John Beale
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MAC BOOK
McWhorter came out
of retirement to join
Bill O'Brien's staff at
Penn State and has
enjoyed his tenure
with the Nittany Lions.
"This profession helps
keep you young,"
he said.
A
heated scuffle erupted during a recent
Penn State football practice. One offensive lineman. One defensive lineman.
Six hundred pounds and a whole lot of
built-up frustration.
Confrontations like this are common at any
college football practice. No big deal. But as this
one began to teeter on the verge of becoming a
full-blown fight, in jumped Mac McWhorter to
break it up.
A former Division I lineman himself, Hamilton
Pierce McWhorter is now 39 years into his coaching
career. He has a few more gray hairs and he's far
from the playing weight of today's linemen. You'd
think a seasoned vet like that, a guy who is reaching
the tail end of his football career, might be putting
himself in harm's way when attempting such a
feat.
But McWhorter – the Nittany Lions' offensive
line coach, who when asked how he's doing,
