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.
Penn State's current head coach is Mike Rhoades. He was hired as the Nittany Lions' head coach in March 2023, replacing Micah Shrewsberry, who left to become the head coach at Notre Dame.
Key
+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached† Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses O% Winning percentage
+ Conference CW Wins CL Losses C% Winning percentage
+ NCAA Tournament TA Total appearances TW Total wins TL Total losses
+Championships NC National championships CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournaments
Bold = leader in each category
Coaches + List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, NCAA Tournament records, championships and selected awards. # Name Term — No coach 1896–1915, 1917-1918 197 131 66 — — — — — — — —— 1, 2 Burke M. "Dutch" Hermann 1915–1917, 1919–1932 221 148 73 — — — — — — — — — Int. Hugo Bezdek 1918–1919 13 11 2 — — — — — — — — — 3 Earl Leslie 1932–1936 57 29 28 0 10 — — — 0 — — 4 John Lawther 1936–1949 243 150 93 17 13 1 1 1 0 — 0 5 Elmer Gross 1949–1954 120 80 40 — — — 2 4 3 — — 0 6 John Egli 1954–1968 322 187 135 — — — 2 1 3 — — 0 7 Johnny Bach 1968–1978 243 122 121 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dick Harter 1978–1983 140 79 61 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Bruce Parkhill 1983–1995 350 181 169 82 116 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 Jerry Dunn 1995–2003 238 117 121 45 87 2 2 2 0 0 0 11 Ed DeChellis 2003–2011 252 114 138 41 95 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 Pat Chambers 2011–2020 298 148 150 56 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 Int. Jim Ferry 2020–2021 25 11 14 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Micah Shrewsberry 2021–2023 68 37 31 17 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 14 Mike Rhoades 2023–Present 82 41 41 15 32 0 0 0 0 0 0
NCAA Tournament Coach Appearances Final Four Elmer Gross 1 (1954) Elite Eight John Lawther 1 (1942) Elmer Gross 1 (1954) Sweet Sixteen Elmer Gross 2 (1952, 1954) John Egli 1 (1955) Jerry Dunn 1 (2001)
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