Penn State's Micah Shrewsberry, and Indiana native will replace Mike Brey as Notre Dame's 18th men's basketball coach
Micah Shrewsberry is going home to the state where he was born and the state where he went to high school and to college. Home to the state where he spent seven years as an assistant coach at two respected college basketball schools — Butler and Purdue. Home to where he first became a head coach at the age of 28 when he also became the first full-time head coach in the history of the IU South Bend men’s program.
It seems everyone at Notre Dame and Penn State has been Shrewsberry Watch ever since. On Tuesday, ESPN reported that Shrewsberry might have a decision within the next 24 to 36 hours.He’s now coming home to coach college basketball. It all seems to fit. When Brey announced in late January that last season would be his last after 23 years at Notre Dame, Shrewsberry’s name was one of the first to appear on many “who’s next?” lists. It all seemed so natural, so easy.
This month, it seemed everybody wanted him. A coaching vacancy opened, and it likely had Shrewsberry’s name next to it. Notre Dame. Georgetown. Providence. Texas Tech There would’ve been others this spring for the 1999 graduate of Hanover College.stop on his coaching career climb. He previously served as an assistant coach at Wabash, DePauw, Butler, Purdue and with the Celtics.
Penn State didn’t wow many with its overall numbers this season. The Nittany Lions finished seventh in the Big Ten in offense , eighth in defense , 11in rebounding and 14and tied for ninth in the league.
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