Former NBA G League assistant coach Tre Whitted is set to begin his second season on Micah Shrewsberry’s staff. Whitted, who played professionally in the NBA D League and the Premier Basketball League (PBL), owns more than 10 years of player development experience and is set to begin his second season in Happy Valley in 2022-23.
Whitted was an assistant coach with the NBA G League’s Maine Red Claws, now Maine Celtics, during the 2019-20 season. He created and organized defensive drills, assisted with offensive analytics, scouting, and developed and trained key players. Whitted also served as a guest coach with the Boston Celtics during 2019 preseason training camp, where he participated in live drills and assisted coaches with player development segments of preseason training camp, summer league training and pre-draft workouts.
Whitted spent seven months as the head coach of the high school boys and high school girls travel teams with 3 Step Sports’ Blue Wave Basketball Academy. He served as the lead skill development coach and lead camp and skills clinic instructor while working with the largest youth sport event and club operator in the nation.
Whitted was the president and CEO of Groundwork Player Development from 2015-20. He handled all aspects of the company’s operations, spanning from grading top talent, lead coaching duties and program construction, and player acquisition and retention. Whitted also spent three years as a basketball skills trainer with Blizzard Athletics prior to his time with Groundwork Player Development.
Whitted played four years of professional basketball before entering the coaching ranks. He won a 2008 PBL Championship with the Rochester Razor Sharks before spending two years in the NBA G League with the Springfield Armor. Whitted was a co-captain for Springfield during the 2010-11 season.
Whitted put together an outstanding collegiate career at Marshall, where he was coached by both Shrewsberry and current Penn State assistant coach Aki Collins. A four-year starter and three-year captain for the Thundering Herd, he finished his collegiate career ranked in the top five in school history in minutes played and top 15 in school history in 3-pointers made. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a concentration in sports management and marketing.
Whitted originally hails from Wilmington, North Carolina, where he attended Laney High School, the same high school as basketball legend Michael Jordan. He was named an honorable mention McDonald’s All-American and North Carolina All-Star alongside NBA veterans Chris Paul and PJ Tucker. Whitted is also the cousin of former Penn State women’s basketball player Peyton Whitted, who played for the Lady Lions from 2013-17.
