Some Penn State basketball fans and former players want Adam Fisherย to succeed Micah Shrewsberryย as head coach.
But it looks like Fisher is being seriously considered for another job.
Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday afternoon that Fisher and Rutgersโ associate head coach Karl Hobbs are the two names heโs โheard the mostโ on the Temple coaching search front.
Iโve heard Karl Hobbs or Adam Fisher the most for Temple lately. But a couple more possible candidates in play: Missouri assistant Charlton Young, Vermont head coach John Becker.
— Mike Jensen (@jensenoffcampus) March 27, 2023
Jensen reported last week that Fisherโ along with former Penn State head coach Pat Chambersโ were being looked at by Temple.
Chambers, who coached at Penn State from 2011-20 and is currently the head coach at Florida Gulf Coast,ย wasnโt mentioned in Jensenโs tweet Monday.
Fisher would certainly make sense for the Philadelphia school. Heโs from Jamison, Pennsylvania, which is roughly an hour from Philadelphia, and he played a big part in one of the greatest menโs basketball seasons in Penn State history that featured the programโs first NCAA Tournament and Big Ten Championship Appearances since 2011 and climaxed with its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001.
He was Shrewsberryโs right hand man, and Fisherโs work didnโt go unnoticed by his players.
Within an hour of word getting out that Shrewsberry was leaving Penn State for Notre Dame last Wednesday, Jalen Pickett, Penn Stateโs star from this past season, tweeted his endorsement for Fisher to be promoted.
HIRE COACH FISH KEEP THE SUCCESS GOING !!!!!
— Jay Pick (@JalenPickett7) March 22, 2023
Myles Dread, Cam Wynterย and Andrew Funkย soon followed.
HIRE COACH FISH. LETโS KEEP IT GOINGโผ๏ธ @PennStateMBB @PSUHoopsClub
— Myles Dread (@mylesd12_) March 22, 2023
HIRE FISH @PennStateMBB we cool off them other dudes!
— Cam Wynter (@iamcamrenwynter) March 22, 2023
Donโt overthink it, Adam Fisher is the man for the job @PennStateMBB
— Andrew Funk (@andrewfunk11) March 22, 2023
Along with being from somewhat close to Philly, Fisher, a 2006 Penn State graduate, has experience coaching in the area, learning under Jay Wright at Villanova from 2007-09 while getting his Masterโs.
Outside of Pennsylvania, Fisher is probably best known for eight seasons at the University of Miami.
Before joining Shrewsberry, Fisher was on Miamiโs staff for eight seasons, six of which were under Jim Larranaga. Miami had the best stretch in its program history from 2014-2018 when it was the 2015 NIT runner-up, made the Sweet 16 in 2016 and added two more tournament appearances in 2017 and โ18.
