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Micah Shrewsberry (born July 31, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is the current head coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference.

Micah Shrewsberry

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Penn State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	14–16 (.467)
Biographical details
Born	(1976-07-31) July 31, 1976 (age 46)
Playing career
1995–1999	Hanover (college)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Wabash (assistant)
2001–2003	DePauw (assistant)
2005–2007	IU South Bend
2008–2011	Butler (assistant)
2011–2013	Purdue (assistant)
2013–2018	Boston Celtics (assistant)
2019–2021	Purdue (assistant)
2021–present	Penn State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2003–2005	Marshall (Dir. Basketball Ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall	29–64 (.312)

Playing career

Shrewsberry attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and played collegiately at Hanover College where he was a three-year starter and tri-captain, while leading the league in free throw percentage and assists during the 1998–99 season.[1]

Coaching career

After his playing career, Shrewsberry had assistant coaching stops at Wabash and DePauw before joining the coaching staff at Marshall for two seasons under Ron Jirsa. In 2005, he was named the head coach at Indiana University South Bend, where he served until 2007, when he joined Brad Stevens' staff at Butler.[2][1] While with the Bulldogs, Shrewsberry was part of the program's back-to-back NCAA national runner-up squads.

In 2011, Shrewsberry would join Purdue's coaching staff where he was credited for helping lead the Purdue Boilermakers to 8.74 turnovers per game, a nation-leading effort.[3] He'd reunite with Stevens in the NBA ranks, joining the Boston Celtics coaching staff, helping the Celtics to five playoff appearances, including back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals.[4] On May 9, 2019, Shrewsberry returned to Purdue as an associate head coach.[5]

Penn State

On March 15, 2021, Shrewsberry was named as head coach at Penn State, the 14th head coach in program history. [6][7]

Personal life

Shrewsberry graduated from Cathedral High School. He earned a B.A. from Hanover College and a master's degree in sports management from Indiana State University.[4]

Head coaching record

NAIA

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
IU South Bend (CCAC) (2005–2007)
2005–06	IU South Bend	3–28[8]	1–11	N/A
2006–07	IU South Bend	12–20[9]	4–6	N/A
IU South Bend:		15–48 (.238)	5–17 (.227)
Total:		15–48 (.238)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten) (2021–present)
2021–22	Penn State	14–17	7–13	T–10th
Penn State:		14–17 (.452)	7–13 (.350)
Total:		14–17 (.452)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

External links

• Purdue coaching bio

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