List of Penn State Nittany Lions basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Penn State Nittany Lions basketball head coaches. There have been 15 head coaches of the Nittany Lions in their 128-season history.^[1]

Penn State's current head coach is Mike Rhoades. He was hired as the Nittany Lions' head coach in March 2023,^[2] replacing Micah Shrewsberry, who left to become the head coach at Notre Dame.^[3]

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#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	TA	TW	TL	CCs	CTs	NCs
—	No coach	1896–1915, 1917-1918	197	131	66	.665	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1, 2	Burke M. "Dutch" Hermann	1915–1917, 1919–1932	221	148	73	.670	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Int.	Hugo Bezdek	1918–1919	13	11	2	.846	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Earl Leslie	1932–1936	57	29	28	.509	0	10	.000	—	—	—	0	—	—
4	John Lawther	1936–1949	243	150	93	.617	17	13	.567	1	1	1	0	—	0
5	Elmer Gross	1949–1954	120	80	40	.667	—	—	—	2	4	3	—	—	0
6	John Egli	1954–1968	322	187	135	.707	—	—	—	2	1	3	—	—	0
7	Johnny Bach	1968–1978	243	122	121	.502	9	11	.450	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dick Harter	1978–1983	140	79	61	.564	13	11	.542	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Bruce Parkhill	1983–1995	350	181	169	.517	82	116	.542	1	1	1	0	1	0
10	Jerry Dunn	1995–2003	238	117	121	.492	45	87	.341	2	2	2	0	0	0
11	Ed DeChellis	2003–2011	252	114	138	.452	41	95	.301	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	Pat Chambers	2011–2020	298	148	150	.497	56	110	.337	0	0	0	0	0	0
Int.	Jim Ferry	2020–2021	25	11	14	.440	7	12	.368	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Micah Shrewsberry	2021–2023	68	37	31	.544	17	23	.425	1	1	1	0	0	0
14	Mike Rhoades	2023–Present	82	41	41	.500	15	32	.319	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Coach	Appearances
Final Four	Elmer Gross	1 (1954)
Elite Eight	John Lawther	1 (1942)
Elite Eight	Elmer Gross	1 (1954)
Sweet Sixteen	Elmer Gross	2 (1952, 1954)
	John Egli	1 (1955)
	Jerry Dunn	1 (2001)

List of Penn State Nittany Lions basketball head coaches

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