PITTSBURGH (AP) – Duquesne coach Ron Everhart withdrew his name from consideration for the same job at Penn State on Thursday.
Everhart, 49, who has led the Dukes to four consecutive winning regular seasons and three straight postseason appearances, interviewed with Penn State athletic director Tim Curley on Tuesday at an undisclosed location. He was in the mix along with Milwaukee’s Rob Jeter and Boston University’s Pat Chambers for the position left vacated by Ed DeChellis, who took the same job at Navy last week.
Everhart is 83-74 at Duquesne, and has three years remaining on a contract that pays him $400,000 per year.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a 19-15 season in which they advanced to the NCAA tournament. But the new coach will inherit a rebuilding project as graduations will give the roster a decidedly new look next season. Among the departures will be guard Talor Battle, who averaged 20.2 points per game last season.
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