Fresh out of their unsuccessful 2016-17 NCAA season that saw them lose eight of their last nine games, the Georgetown University basketball program is searching for a new man to lead them next year.
The team is reportedly considering no less than the university’s most celebrated basketball alumnus, Patrick Ewing, for the recently-vacated head coach position.
In his time with the Hoyas the 7-foot big man was a dominant figure. In his four-year college career spanning from 1981-85, Ewing averaged 15.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks. He was awarded the Naismith College Player of the Year in his final season with the team.
His stellar Georgetown stint led to him being drafted first overall in the 1985 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. Ewing brought his game to a whole new level in the pros and ended his 17-year career with averages of 21 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks.
The 54-year-old’s coaching career though has not been as legendary. Ewing has been a long-time assistant in the league, but has never had a crack at being the head coach.
“Ewing, the associate head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, has been an NBA assistant coach for 15 seasons and has increasingly become a viable NBA head-coaching candidate,” wrote Adrian Wojnarowski in his article for Yahoo Sports. “…Ewing, 54, has long been committed to pursuing an NBA head-coaching job and moved closer to getting one with the Sacramento Kings in the spring. Only the sudden availability of Dave Joerger, whom Memphis fired, stood between Ewing and a formal offer, league sources said.”
The emergence of this report presents an opportunity for Big Pat to finally pursue his dream of becoming a head coach. Although it won’t be at the professional level just yet, this could very well be a stepping stone for Ewing who we might eventually see coaching an NBA team in the near future.
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