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The hiring of Patrick Ewing as the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas is costing his son a job due to a nepotism rule at the school. Patrick Ewing Jr. has served as the director of basketball operations at Georgetown since August 2015, but he will not be allowed to stay on the coaching staff…
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There's a picture of 7-foot Patrick Ewing, the "Hoya Destroya," with his arms extended to the sides and palms turned upward. Ewing is wearing that Georgetown gray. It's on the wristbands that creep up his forearms, his sweat-laden T-shirt and most of his uniform. Five of the most recognizable letters in Georgetown basketball history are stitched…
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Patrick Ewing has been involved in basketball for a long time. He put together a Hall of Fame career as a player before moving on to coaching. He's spent 13 years as an NBA assistant coach, but has never received an offer to serve as a head coach. That could change following Georgetown's decision to move…
Georgetown legend Patrick Ewing is among the candidates under consideration to become the school's next head coach, multiple outlets reported Friday. The university fired John Thompson III on Thursday after a second straight losing season. Ewing, a Hall of Fame player at Georgetown, is currently an assistant coach with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. He has been…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Georgetown University's alumni may have found out something about themselves while they secretly worked to force the school to fire John Thompson III as head basketball coach. They're no different than the Louisville alumni who protected basketball coach Rick Pitino during the school's recruiting sex scandal, where basketball officials helped organize sex parties for recruits.…
Georgetown fired men's basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, ending speculation about what the school would do with a coach enveloped in the program's legacy. Thompson waded through back-to-back losing seasons and his team closed 2017 with six losses amid "Fire Thompson!" chants before his dismissal. "It is with profound regret and deep appreciation that…
