‘Great Hire’: Fans Pleased With Penn State Hoops’ Reported Hiring Of Micah Shrewsberry

Mikey Mandarino | Onward State

Following an 11-14 season and failure to qualify for the NCAA Tournament or the NIT, Jim Ferry’s time as Penn State men’s basketball’s interim head coach is reportedly over.

According to a report by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman Monday morning, Penn State is expected to hire Purdue assistant Micah Shrewsberry as its next head coach.

While some fans were sad to see Ferry go after just a one-year trial run, many are expected for the future ahead under the experienced Shrewsberry. The assistant boasts plenty of experience, as he’s spent time with the Boston Celtics and Butler.

Not surprising at all but a blow to Purdue Basketball. He's really really good. Will make a great Head Coach.
— Greg Braggs Jr. (@GBraggsJr23) March 15, 2021

Great hire. He is basically Purdue offensive coordinator.
— Jonathan Straus (@JonathanStrau13) March 15, 2021

The Athletic’s college basketball reporter Dana O’Neill even called Shrewsberry a “terrific hire.”

Confirmed @GoodmanHoops report that Micah Shrewsberry will be the next head coach at @PennStateMBB. Terrific hire.
— Dana O'Neil? (@DanaONeilWriter) March 15, 2021

I am honestly shocked we managed to pull this off but over the moon excited by this hire. We don’t get a ton of good days as PSU hoops fans but this is one of them!
— Eric Leisure (@Eric_PSU) March 15, 2021

Good luck to him. Penn State got a fantastic one.
— Myles Handley (@myleshandley87) March 15, 2021

While taking over the Nittany Lions’ program will certainly be a tall task, Goodman added that Shrewsberry’s experience in the NBA could be key in recruiting.

Micah Shrewsberry’s best recruiting pitch:

“I worked and helped develop Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.” @jaytatum0 @FCHWPO https://t.co/b05wTWbVom
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 15, 2021

Yes and yes ? https://t.co/Nqhsxz9KZs
— Matthew O'Connor (@moconnor135_) March 15, 2021

This is great! Micah truly deserves this. He is so ready! ? ?? https://t.co/cN55A9WeQV
— Anthony Calhoun ? (@ACwishtv) March 15, 2021

Happy for @Coach_Shrews! Very well deserved! He will be missed by Purdue but Penn State just got a lot better. https://t.co/4u99L8IyEl
— Tyler Smith (@tcsmitty23) March 15, 2021

Really good hire for Penn St and we'll see on what type of hit it does for Purdue. Schrewsberry has handled a ton of recruiting for Painter. #PennState #purdue https://t.co/yRMJhtdXAL
— Jeff Adell (@seeking6) March 15, 2021

Some folks were even calling for some Coach of the Year buzz. Sounds good to us!

Coach of the year coming his way in 3-5 years. Book it. https://t.co/Ivgh2aai0a
— Mr. Right Now (@A_Merrik_A) March 15, 2021

Okay this is a start ?? @PennStateMBB https://t.co/WAoq9eQfa7
— Matthew O'Connor (@moconnor135_) March 15, 2021

Celtics players who worked with Micah speak very highly of him. Very cool. https://t.co/NPiKM1SFGq
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) March 15, 2021

Picking a branch off the Brad Stevens tree??? LFG!!!! 2022 Final Four here we come!!!!! https://t.co/8e2ICo8EwS
— Ryan Hickey (@Ryan_Hickey3) March 15, 2021

Coach of the Year and a Final Four appearance? Sounds like a big jump for the Nittany Lions.

Great hire for Penn State! Coach Shrews will be the next great Head Coach in the B1G https://t.co/HK493geQAV
— Spike Albrecht (@SpikeAlbrecht) March 15, 2021

PSU did very well here. Really like the hire, hope he proves me right. https://t.co/HbufNEqYCi
— Frank (@FrankieGEsquire) March 15, 2021

This was the hire that was buzzing for weeks in Happy Valley. Having worked for Brad Stevens and Matt Painter is a pretty great resume-builder, and Shrewsberry finally gets a HC job after being involved with several over the years. https://t.co/puGYaJcPYO
— Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central) March 15, 2021

Now all PSU needs to do is finally support basketball seriously. Welcome to Mr Shrewsberry if he is indeed our new coach https://t.co/hmBjlwmkLX
— gary b (@BGlbear81) March 15, 2021

As excited as people are for the reported hiring, it’ll be no easy task to lead the Nittany Lions back to where they were in 2019-20.

He will have his work to do right from the start, 1. Keep his roster from transferring, 2. Find recruits as PSU has zero commitments for next year, 3. Find transfers to fill holes.
— Michael Recchiuti (@mikerecchiuti) March 15, 2021

Hope so. Obviously a job that's a lot tougher than it should be, and some really good coaches have only had qualified success. https://t.co/ATjfD1LzLK
— Kyle (@puckandrally) March 15, 2021

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Will Pegler

Will is a senior majoring in digital and print journalism and is an associate editor for Onward State. He is from Darien, Connecticut and is a lifelong Penn State football fan. He loves a good 80's comedy movie, Peaky Blinders, The Office, and the New York Yankees and Giants. You can catch some of his ridiculous sports takes on his Twitter @gritdude and yell at him on his email [email protected]

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