High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rip Engle coached the Penn State Nittany Lions football teams from 1950 to 1965, after coaching at Brown University for six seasons. When Engle was hired at Penn State, he brought with him his former quarterback Joe Paterno as an assistant coach. In Engle`s sixteen seasons at Penn State, he compiled a 104–48–4 record and a .679 winning percentage.