Mike McQueary
Mike McQueary (born October 10, 1975)[1] is an assistant football coach at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).[2]
Playing career
McQueary was a record-setting quarterback for Penn State. He led the team for two seasons, 1996 and 1997, and set several records that still stand.
Coaching career
As recruiting coordinator, McQueary oversaw the recruitment of several high profile recruits including Justin King, Derrick Williams and Andrew Quarless. Mike McQueary returned to Penn State in 2000 following attempts to catch on in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders[3] and in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores.[4] On November 11, 2011, Penn State announced McQueary would not be serving as receivers coach in the final home game of the season due to threats against him,[5] and put him on indefinite paid administrative leave. Later that day, The Patriot-News reported that McQueary told his receivers in a conference call that he would no longer be their coach.[6]
Role in Penn State sex abuse scandal
McQueary was identified as a key witness in the ongoing Penn State sex abuse scandal.[7] Grand jury testimony alleged McQueary reported to head coach Joe Paterno of witnessing Sandusky raping a 10 year old boy in a campus locker room; McQueary first told his father about the incident, then the next day informed Paterno, and then ten days later informed other university officials.[7][8] According to investigators, McQueary did what he was legally required to do, and was not implicated in any wrongdoing.[9] He was criticized for not intervening to protect the boy from Sandusky, as well as for not reporting the incident to police himself.[10][11] McQueary later said he made sure the observed assault stopped before leaving, and that he discussed the incident with police;[12] Penn State and State College police say they have no record of it.[13] The university senior vice president and others have been charged with perjury for saying that McQueary had reported only horseplay at the time. A prominent Pennsylvania nephrologist (doctor) says that he was present when McQueary described the incident to his father and the description mentioned hearing but not seeing a slapping sound in the other room, seeing Sandusky put his hand around the child's waist and later emerging wearing a towel.[14] Mike McQueary's testimony for the preliminary perjury trial says that he heard 'two or three' slapping sounds before entering the locker room, and later saw Sandusky with his arms around the child's waist while hearing 'more than one' of the showerheads running and saw that the child's hair 'was wet'; although he did not see any sexual contact of hands or genitals or any evidence of arousal, just from the positions of the bodies he knew it was 'over the line' and 'extremely sexual' and 'some sort of intercourse' was taking place, and that he tried to explain what he had seen to Coach Paterno by using the word 'fondling.' [15] Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett, who as state attorney general opened the grand jury investigation, has said that McQueary "met the minimum obligation in reporting it up, but did not in my opinion meet a moral obligation that all of us would have."[16] It has been speculated that he was still employed because he was protected by Pennsylvania's whistleblower law.[10]
References
- ^ Jordan, Pat (August 29, 2004). "The Lion in Late, Late Autumn". The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/magazine/the-lion-in-late-late-autumn.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ "Bio: Mike McQueary". Pennsylvania State University. http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mcqueary_mike00.html. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
- ^ Christopher Antonacci. "McQueary trades in blue and white for silver and black, signs deal with Raiders". The Daily Collegian (Penn State). http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1998/06/06-23-98tdc/06-23-98d03-002.asp.
- ^ Jordan Hyman. "Waive goodbye: McQueary placed on waivers in NFL Europe". The Daily Collegian (Penn State). http://146.186.194.36/archive/1999/03/03-31-99tdc/03-31-99dsports-8.asp.
- ^ PSU: McQueary Won't Coach Saturday Due to Threats (Associated Press, November 11, 2011)
- ^ Jones, David (November 11, 2011). "McQueary tells PSU wideouts he's out as coach and in "protective custody"". Harrisburg Patriot-News. http://blog.pennlive.com/davidjones/2011/11/mcqueary_tells_psu_wideouts_he.html. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Ganim, Sara (November 6, 2011). "Report: Former coach Jerry Sandusky used charity to molest kids". The Patriot-News. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/report_former_coach_jerry_sand.html. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Anger of Penn State boy's mother" BBC News Accessed November 11, 2011.
- ^ Joe Paterno hires criminal defense lawyer J. Sedgwick Sellers. ABC News, 2011-11-11.
- ^ a b Staples, Andy. Penn State making progress, but two personnel moves still remain. Sports Illustrated, 2011-11-10.
- ^ Rana L. Cash, "Tom Bradley steps in with 'very mixed emotions' at Penn State", Sportingnews.com, 11 November 2011
- ^ Penn State's Mike McQueary says he told police of alleged rape LA Times. Accessed November 16, 2011.
- ^ GENARO C. ARMAS, MARK SCOLFORO and MARYCLAIRE DALE, "Police: Penn State asst. didn't tell us of abuse", Associated Press, 17 November 2011
- ^ Sports Grid, December 2011, [1], Sports Grid, December 2011;
- ^ Dauphin County public files, December 16 2011, [[2]], Commonwealth of Pennsylvanania vs. Schultz and Curley, December 16 2011;
- ^ Pennsylvania governor expects more Sandusky victims (Reuters, Nov 13, 2011)
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McQueary, Mike |
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American football player and coach |
| Date of birth |
October 10, 1974 |
| Place of birth |
State College, Pennsylvania |
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