Ewing out at Georgetown after six seasons

Patrick Ewing will not return as men’s basketball coach of the Georgetown Hoyas next season, the school announced Thursday evening.Ewing, among the greatest college basketball players of perpetuity while at Georgetown, had actually been the head coach of his alma mater for 6 years and surfaces with a 75-109 record.

“I am extremely happy to be a graduate of Georgetown University,” Ewing stated in a statement. “And I am very grateful to President [John J.] DeGioa for giving me the chance to attain my aspiration to be a head basketball coach. It is particularly meaningful for me to be in charge of the basketball program at my university. I want the program nothing but success. I will always be a Hoya.”

Ewing had never ever been a head coach at any level prior to prospering John Thompson III at Georgetown.The Hoyas stated they have currently begun a national search for” new management. “Editor’s Picks

1 Associated Ewing coached the Hoyas to the NCAA competition in 2021 after they won the Big East tournament title, but they have actually struggled strongly given that. Georgetown went winless in conference play last season, finishing 6-25 overall. This season, the Hoyas went 7-25 overall and 2-18 in Big East play.The Hoyas

lost a Big East-record 29 successive conference games that began throughout the 2021 routine season and ended in January.Georgetown’s season

ended Wednesday night with an 80-48 loss to Villanova in the preliminary of the Big East tournament. “Patrick Ewing is the heart

of Georgetown basketball,”DeGioa stated in a declaration. “I am deeply grateful to Coach Ewing for his vision, his decision, and for all that he has enabled Georgetown to accomplish. Over these past six years, he was determined in his dedication to his team and the young men he coached and we will permanently be grateful to Patrick for his nerve and his leadership in our Georgetown neighborhood.”School Win%Conference Georgetown.051 Big East Evansville.079 Missouri Valley IUPUI.081 Horizon Cal Poly.091 Big

West >> Over the past 2 seasons Under

the tutelage of head coach John Thompson, Ewing helped make Georgetown one of college basketball’s powerhouses in the 1980s . He was a three-time All-American during his time with the Hoyas, earning National Player of the

Year honors in 1985 and winning

a championship game in 1984. Ewing was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1985 NBA draft by the New york city Knicks, investing 15 seasons of his Hall of Fame profession with the Knicks. He was named an NBA All-Star 11 times. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. Prior to joining Georgetown as its head coach in 2017, Ewing spent 14 seasons as an assistant coach in the NBA with the Charlotte Bobcats, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards.