Penn State football coach and Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Bill O'Brien will be this year's guest speaker at the Penn State Shenango Friends of Penn State 2013 Annual Dinner on Feb. 13. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. and dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., in the Penn State Shenango Auditorium located in downtown Sharon, Pa. Tickets are $50 per person (cash bar will be available). The event is sponsored by the Penn State Shenango Alumni Society. Proceeds will go to Penn State Shenango student scholarships and Special Olympics of Pennsylvania. Tickets are going fast, so please call 724-983-2907 or email sxh46@psu.edu.

To call O'Brien's first year as a head coach "great" would be a vast understatement.

Named the Nittany Lions' 15th head football coach on Jan. 6, 2012, O'Brien quickly and effectively established the foundation and shared his passionate vision for the new era of Penn State football during his initial eight months on the job.

Tom Bradley, assistant coach of the Nittany Lion football team, will be the guest speaker at this year's Friends of Penn State Shenango Dinner, to be held at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, in the campus' auditorium. The Penn State Shenango Alumni Society welcomes all community members to attend. Doors open at 5:45; beverages and hors d'ouvres will be available at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner at 6:30. Tickets cost $40, and proceeds will benefit Penn State Shenango student scholarships.