Notre Dame to hire Penn State’s Micah Shrewsberry as coach

Notre Dame is finalizing a deal to make Penn State’s MicahShrewsberry its new men’s basketball coach, two people with directknowledge of the situation told The Associated Press onWednesday.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity because contractdetails were still being completed and needed school approval.

Shrewsberry, in his second season at Penn State (23-14), led theNittany Lions to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011and a tournament victory for the first time since 2001.

The Nittany Lions beat Texas A&M and were eliminated byTexas in the second round.

Notre Dame has been searching for a replacement for Mike Brey,who spent the last 23 season as coach of the Fighting Irish. Heannounced in January that this would be his last season with NotreDame

The Irish finished 11-21.

Shrewsberry grew up in Indianapolis and went to school atDivision III Hanover College in Indiana.

He was the head coach at Indiana University South Bend, an NAIAschool located in the same city as Notre Dame, from 2005-07.

He later worked as an assistant coach at Butler and Purdue, witha stint as an assistant with the Boston Celtics in between.

ESPN first reported Notre Dame was close to a deal withShrewsberry.