Penn State Sports Magazine
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&'(##((%!*&($ #)( #($(&$$$(!!!!$" No. 74 in Lou Prato's book + , Autographed copies available via louprato@comcast.net or through Lou Prato & Associates at 814-954-5171 Price: $14.95 plus shipping, handling and tax where applicable Also available with autograph: Lou's book We Are Penn State: The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions Price: $19.95 plus shipping and tax where applicable and played lacrosse, while daughter Taylor earned a degree in communica- tions from Virginia Tech, also playing lacrosse for the Hokies. Matt and his wife, Chelsea, live in San Diego with their three children, Reagan, Rory and Remley. Taylor lives in Denver with husband Jahre and son Khylin. Radecic has many memories of Joe Paterno. One of his favorites took place long after his playing days when he was the project manager for the Lasch Building and for the first time in his life said "no" to his former coach. He wrote about it in Town & Gown's 324 Magazine in 2001 when Paterno sur- passed Bear Bryant to become the win- ningest coach in major-college football. Here is an edited excerpt of what happened: "On a quiet Sunday in the middle of the design process, I flew into State College to review some things with Joe. … I came to town to discuss the locker room options. … [Joe] didn't like the first options I showed him at all. He started telling me all the reasons why it was a bad design. Then he said, 'What did you learn in school? Didn't you learn anything?' The second option wasn't much better, he told me. Know- ing Joe, I had been saving the third – and best – option for last. … Joe said, 'That works for me.' But we also had to relocate the equipment room in a way Joe didn't want. … 'No,' I told my former coach… [and] I gave him all the reasons. With Joe, you always have to have a ra- tionale. He finally agreed. Joe [had] only himself to blame for that one. He – and Penn State's tremendous AE depart- ment – trained me well." That was another of those serendipi- tous moments in an unpredictable ath- letic life that began all those years ago with the Brentwood Dukes. "I never thought in my wildest dreams I would own an architecture company let alone own one of the world's finest architectural companies that focuses on sports and entertain- ment and assembles buildings," Radecic said. "I'm an incredibly blessed individ- ual." ■