The Penn Stater Magazine

More on LJ’s Decision to Stay

January 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm Tina Hay Leave a comment

Our senior editor, Ryan Jones, called my attention to this story by Dave Jones (no relation to Ryan!) in today’s Harrisburg Patriot-News about Larry Johnson Sr. deciding to stay at Penn State. Johnson, the Nittany Lions’ defensive line coach, reportedly was offered an assistant coaching job at Illinois for potentially a lot more money, and evidently he went back and forth many times in his own mind before deciding yesterday that he belongs at Penn State.

As Ryan points out, you can tell by reading the story that Dave Jones asked a lot of good questions when he interviewed Johnson. The story is a very interesting and detailed look at how Illinois coach Ron Zook recruited Johnson, how Johnson ultimately decided not to go, and how Johnson told his Penn State players the news. I don’t know Johnson personally, but he sure comes out sounding like a heck of a good guy.

Tina Hay, editor

Entry filed under: Penn State football. Tags: Dave Jones, Harrisburg Patriot, Illinois football, Larry Johnson Sr., Ron Zook.