We are waiting for an official announcement from Notre Dame about a new men’s basketball coach.
There are several reports it is Micah Shrewsberry, a former coach at Indiana University South Bend.
A familiar face will reportedly return to South Bend, as Notre Dame has potentially found its next Men’s basketball coach.
From 2005 to 2007, Micah Shrewsberry strolled the sidelines at the Student Activities Center on the campus of IU South Bend.
The Titans men's basketball coach was in exclusive company, as the school only had two sports at the time: men's and women's basketball.
Steve Bruce, the women's basketball coach during Shrewsberry's second year, says it did not take long for Micah to show him what kind of person he was.
“We would talk basketball occasionally, but we're kind of siloed in our own world, he's trying to win games in his program, and I'm trying to win games in mine, so we didn't spend a lot of time together, but we did spend enough time together for me to know that, and this is basketball aside, but for me to know that instantly, it was evident that he was a high character person,” said Steve Bruce, IUSB women's basketball head coach.
Bruce had just come from Valparaiso University to accept a job as the head coach with the Titans.
He says despite not spending a lot of time around Shrewsberry, he learned a lot about the potential future Irish coach.
“You couldn't find a better person to lead those 18- to 22-year-old young men, and really I'm speaking from the heart here, we just crossed paths for one year, so I'm making these statements with just one year of being around him and the impact he's going to have is tremendous, I just think he's such a good person and he's such a humble person too,” said Bruce.
Of course, he also mentions the impressive basketball resume that Notre Dame will potentially get with Shrewsberry.
But Bruce says his resume as a person is equally as stellar.
“He's everything that Notre Dame wants their coaches to stand for, he's a do right guy he's a hard worker he's humble he's loyal, he's honest all those things I could rattle on more adjectives, but you get the idea,” said Bruce.
Notre Dame is expected to make an official announcement in the coming days.