Grady Eifert 2026-27 Men's Basketball Staff

A Fort Wayne, Indiana, native and former Purdue student-athlete and graduate assistant, Grady Eifert joined Shrewsberry’s staff ahead of the 2023-24 season. Eifert, who served as a video coordinator in both years at Penn State under Shrewsberry, began his stint with the Irish as Development & Recruiting Coordinator. In the summer of 2025, he was promoted to Assistant Coach. He kickstarts year four with the Irish for the 2026-27 season.

Prior to following Shrewsberry to Penn State, Eifert spent the previous two seasons on staff at Purdue as a graduate assistant.  His role included opponent scouting, film breakdown and helping with individual workouts and administrative duties.

Eifert possesses many strong examples of his player development skills during his Notre Dame tenure.

You can start with two-time All-ACC honoree and the 2024 ACC Rookie of the Year, Markus Burton. Burton averaged 17.5, 21.3, and then 18.5 points across three seasons, amassing 1,315 career points. Burton entered his junior year as a Preseason First Team All-ACC selection and was on numerous watch lists like the Naismith, Wooden and Bob Cousy.

You can then look at the evolution of Braeden Shrewsberry. He jumped from 10.2 ppg in year one to 14.0 in year two. In year three, Shrewsberry shot a career best 40.2 percent from three while draining a career best 88 three-pointers. Braeden is now in the program’s all-time top-10 list for career made three-pointers and will undoubtedly break the program record for most threes made during ACC play.

You can also look at the development of a Notre Dame guy through and through like Logan Imes. The junior came on strong down the final stretch of the 2025-26 season, producing three double-digit scoring performances over the last six games. He averaged 8.8 ppg in that span, shooting 46.5 percent from the field.

Lastly, one can witness the big jump Cole Certa took from freshman to sophomore season, when he went from averaging 2.5 points to 12.8 points per game. Certa produced three 30-point performances during ACC play and ended the year on a career best nine-game double-digit scoring streak.

As a student-athlete, Eifert arrived at Purdue as a freshman walk-on before earning a scholarship as a sophomore and working his way to starting all 36 games as a senior for a Purdue squad that advanced the Elite Eight in his senior season. Eifert shot over 50.0 percent from the field during his senior season, a team-best 43.8 percent from three-point range and boasted an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.11 while leading the country in offensive rating. Eifert helped the Boilermakers to a pair of Big Ten championships in 2017 and 2019.

Eifert was named Purdue’s recipient of the 2019 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award, the team’s Courage Award and Mr. Hustle Award. He earned a bachelor’s degree in selling and sales management from Purdue in 2019 and a master’s degree in organizational leadership and supervision in 2021.