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 14 head coaches of the Nittany Lions in their 127-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.

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1896–1915 1917–1918	No coach	20	131–66–1	.664
1	1915–1917 1919–1932	Dutch Hermann	15	148–73	.670
2	1918–1919	Hugo Bezdek	1	11–2	.846
3	1932–1936	Earl Leslie	4	29–28	.509
4	1936–1949	John Lawther	13	150–93	.617
5	1949–1954	Elmer Gross	5	80–40	.667
6	1954–1968	John Egli	14	187–135	.581
7	1968–1978	Johnny Bach	10	122–121	.502
8	1978–1983	Dick Harter	5	79–61	.564
9	1983–1995	Bruce Parkhill	12	181–169	.517
10	1995–2003	Jerry Dunn	8	117–121	.492
11	2003–2011	Ed DeChellis	8	114–138	.452
12	2011–2020	Pat Chambers	9	148–150	.497
13	2020–2021*	Jim Ferry	1	11–14	.440
14	2021–2023	Micah Shrewsberry	2	37–31	.544
15	2023–present	Mike Rhoades	0	0–0	–
Totals		15 coaches	127 seasons	1,545–1,242–1	.554
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source