HEAD COACH BIOS
ALL-TIME ASSISTANT COACHES Brian Hill 1984-86 Jerry Dunn 1984-95 Tim Loomis 1987-89 Ed DeChellis 1987-96 Dave Siepert 1990-91 Mark Schmidt 1992-93 Mike Wilson 1994 Frank Haith 1995-96 Monroe Brown 1995-96 Chuck Swenson 1996-01 Mike Boyd 1996-03 Christian Appleman 1996-03 Rick Callahan 2002 Pat Brogan 2003 James Johnson 2004-05 Hilliary Scott 2004-08 Kurt Kanaskie 2004-11 Dan Earl 2006-11 Lewis Preston 2008-11 Eugene Burroughs 2012-2013 Brian Daly 2012-15 Keith Urgo 2012-present Dwayne Anderson 2014-present Ross Condon 2016-present
MEDIA INFO
1928 1932 1933 1934-35 1936-38 1946-49 1950-54 1955-59 1960-61 1962-63 1964-68 1965-69* 1969 1970* 1970-73 1971-74* 1974-78 1975 1976-78 1978 1979-82 1979-83 1979-83 1983 1984-86
RECORDS
Michael Hamas Leon Schloss E. C. Davis N. S. Walk Glenn “Nick” Thiel Elmer Gross John Egli Don Swegan Stewart Kane Clarence Simpson Joe Tocci Holmes Cathrall Vince Eldred Bill Young Casper Voithofer Don Ferrell Al Ferner Tony McAndrews Ray Hite Ken Korder Perry Clark Ray Edelman Dick Stewart Rod Jensen Jeff Bower
HISTORY
Years: 1996-2003 (7) Record: 117-121 (.492) Postseason: 2 NCAA (2-2); 2 NIT (8-2) Jerry Dunn became the 10th head coach in Penn State history just before the start of the 1995-96 season. A long-time assistant under Bruce Parkhill, Dunn stepped in and guided Penn State to the NCAA Tournament and its first top 10 national ranking in his first season. He was the NABC District 3 Coach of the Year that season as well. The Lions were 21-7 that season, finishing a school best 12-6 in Big Ten play. In 1997-98, Dunn guided Penn State to an 8-8 finish in the Big Ten and a superb post-season run that culminated with a spot in the NIT championship game. He became the fastest coach in Penn State history to reach 50 career wins that season as well. The Nittany Lions ended the year 19-13. Two years later, Penn State advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and once again earned a trip to Madison Square Garden for the NIT semifinals. The Nittany Lions went 19-16 that season. The 2000-01 season was a special and historic one for Penn State as the Nittany Lions again advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Penn State, the No. 7 seed, downed No. 10 Providence in the first round before shocking No. 2 seed North Carolina in the next round. Perhaps the biggest win in school history, the victory vaulted Penn State to its first-ever appearance in the ‘modern day’ NCAA Sweet 16. The Lions ended that campaign 21-12 and earned a post-season top 25 ranking (No. 25 Coaches Poll). Dunn became the fastest coach in school history to reach 100 wins that year. He resigned on March 17, 2003.
14-15 REVIEW
JERRY DUNN
Years: 2004-2011 (7) Record: 114-138 (.452) Postseason: 1 NCAA (0-1); 2 NIT (5-1) 2009 NIT CHAMPIONS Ed DeChellis became the 11th head coach in PSU history prior to the start of the 2003-04 season after a successful seven-year stint at East Tennessee State. An assistant coach at Penn State for 10 years under Bruce Parkhill and then Jerry Dunn, DeChellis guided the Lions to their first national tournament title (2009 NIT) and three postseason appearances, including the program’s first NCAA appearance in a decade in 2011. The 2009 Big Ten Coach of the Year led his teams in posting a school-record 27 wins in 2009 and reached the program’s first Big Ten Tournament Championship game in 2011. DeChellis recruited and coached Penn State’s first three members of the Big Ten All-Freshman team, including 2006 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Jamelle Cornley. He also brought in Talor Battle who would go on to become Penn State’s all-time leading scorer with 2,213 points and the fourth player in NCAA history to record 2,000 points, 600 rebounds and 500 assists. A graduate of Penn State (1982), DeChellis survived a battle with bladder cancer during his tenure and was a driving force pushing Penn State’s Coaches vs. Cancer program to more than $1.5 million in funds raised by the end of his tenure. DeChellis was named the 2006 National Coaches vs. Cancer Man of the Year as he turned the Penn State program into one of the top five CvC programs in the nation. The yearly total marked more than a $100,000 increase in funds raised prior to his taking over as Penn State-CVC committee chairman. DeChellis left Penn State on May 23, 2011 to become head coach at the United States Naval Academy in Anapolis, Md.
COACHES & STAFF
HEAD COACH
ED DeCHELLIS
PLAYER BIOS
Years: 1984-95 (12) Record: 181-169 (.517) Postseason: 1 NCAA (1-1); 4 NIT (9-4) A State College native, Bruce Parkhill directed Penn State into a new era — the Big Ten Conference. His patience was rewarded between 1989-92 when his teams compiled an overall mark of 87-40 and advanced to post-season play each year. His third Big Ten team finished 21-11 in 1994-95. He began his coaching career in 1972 as a graduate assistant at Virginia after starring in three sports at Loch Haven University. At age 28, Parkhill was named head basketball coach at William & Mary and in six seasons registered an 89-75 mark. He was appointed head coach at Penn State prior to the 1983-84 season. Building from the bottom, his Nittany Lion teams demonstrated steady progress, going 53-84 in his first five seasons and then improving to 20-12, 25-9, 21-11 and 21-8. In 1990, Parkhill was named Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year and the Lions went on to place third in the National Invitation Tournament. His 1991 club captured the Atlantic 10 championship and stunned UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. All 43 seniors who played for Parkhill at Penn State graduated. He resigned on Sept. 6, 1995. Parkhill is second in Penn State history in coaching wins.
TEAM INFO
BRUCE PARKHILL
HEAD COACH
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