They looked the other way.
JoePa also aided Rene Portland at Penn State....

In the case of Rene Portland when she was hired she put out a statement that NO lesbians were allowed on the team.
Penn State was really just a club type team at that point. Portland thought she would get good players by assuring parents their daughters would not be exposed to "these type of people". But she took it to far when she went after 2 different players who were NOT gay be she believed to be gay. In one case Penn State would not send the players medical records which kept her from playing for any school. I saw a really good movie about this subject called Training Rules....Penn State did build a good team but never won a championship under Portland. The joke in the WBB world was how can she expect to win a championship without a lesbian on the team? So on this one they were after a winner.

In football there was no doubt it was about winning and keeping the secret!