Confirmed: Penn State hires Purdue associate head coach Micah Shrewsberry as men’s basketball coach
Penn State men’s basketball has its new head coach.
The Nittany Lions have hired Purdue associate head coach Micah Shrewsberry to lead the men’s basketball team.
The expected hire was first reported by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman and confirmed by the Centre Daily Times Monday morning.
Shrewsberry will remain with Purdue through its NCAA Tournament run, according to a source.
“I’m extremely humbled and excited to be the next head coach at Penn State University,” Shrewsberry said in a release. “...The values of this university and its commitment to excellence are the major reasons why this job was so appealing to me. I can’t wait to arrive on campus to begin working with our tremendous student-athletes.”
Penn State’s board of trustees’ Subcommittee on Compensation approved Shrewsberry’s terms of employment Monday night following an executive session. The details of the contract were not disclosed.
“Micah was a name that immediately jumped to the top of our list with his experience in the Big Ten and the NBA,” Penn State athletics director Sandy Barbour said in a release. “He has had success at all levels and knows what it takes to develop a program into a consistent national contender.”
The new leader of the Nittany Lions will come to University Park with plenty of valuable experience on his resume. Shrewsberry has worked under two of the most successful coaches in basketball for the past 13 years.
He worked under Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens from 2008-11, when the pair was at Butler and made back-to-back appearances in the National Championship Game in 2010 and 2011, and then again worked with Stevens in Boston from 2013-19.
Shrewsberry spent the rest of that time working alongside Purdue head coach Matt Painter with the Boilermakers from 2011-13 and from 2019 to present.
The Penn State job opened up after former head coach Pat Chambers resigned in October following an internal investigation. Former assistant Jim Ferry served as interim head coach since Chambers’ departure and led the Nittany Lions to an 11-14 season. Penn State’s 2020-21 campaign officially ended Sunday night when the Nittany Lions were denied a bid to the National Invitational Tournament.
This story was originally published March 15, 2021 at 9:31 AM.
