Paterno's coaching career ended abruptly in 2011, when the Penn State Board of Trustees terminated his contract in response to a child sex abuse scandal involving Paterno's former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. An investigation conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh concluded that Paterno concealed information relating to Sandusky's sexual abuse of young boys. A critique of the Freeh report by the law firm King & Spalding, commissioned by the Paterno family, disputed Paterno's involvement in the alleged cover-up. Freeh called the critique a "self-serving report" that "does not change the facts." In 2012, the NCAA vacated all of Penn State's wins from 1998 through 2011 as part of its punishment for the child sex abuse scandal, dropping Paterno from first to 12th on the list of winningest NCAA football coaches. In a 2015 legal settlement with Penn State, the NCAA reversed its decision and restored all 111 wins to Paterno's record.