A familiar Penn State basketball name will be back in State College on Thursday only on the sidelines as the opposing head coach.
Dan Earl, who played for the Nittany Lions from 1993-1999, is the head coach of the Chattanooga Mocs of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
The Mocs and Nittany Lions will tip-off at 6:00 P.M. inside the Bryce Jordan Center.
Earl is in his fifth season at the helm for Chattanooga and holds an overall record of 81-58 for the Tennessee team.
The Mocs are currently 0-1 as they loss to the No. 11 team in the country, Louisville, by a score of 84-70 at Louisville’s KFC YUM! Center on November 2.
Penn State is coming off a 97-57 victory over Canisius on Monday night and holds a 1-0 record.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Earl began his Penn State career in 1993-94, starting at point guard under head coach Bruce Parkhill and assistant Ed DeChellis. He left Penn State six seasons later, following several injuries, with 1,256 career points (15th all-time), 574 assists (second all-time), 194 career three-pointers (seventh all-time), and 491 three-point attempts (seventh all-time).
The Medford Lakes, N.J. native was also an assistant coach for Penn State for five years (2006-2011) under Ed DeChellis.
Thursday’s game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.
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