Penn State will "swing for the fences" in its upcoming coaching search, taking a broad view of the landscape rather than zeroing in on one or two candidates.

That's a prediction from Jay Paterno , who's spent his entire life around the program and now sits on the university's Board of Trustees.

Paterno, whose dad Joe won a record 409 games and two national titles in a 46-year run as Penn State's head coach, was a backup quarterback and later a long-time assistant coach for the Nittany Lions.

He coached the Nittany Lions' tight ends in the 1990s when Nebraska coach Matt Rhule arrived as a walk-on tight end before becoming a linebacker.

Paterno told The World-Herald Monday — a day after Penn State fired James Franklin — that he plans to stay out of the university's coaching search, w

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