Ed Cooley
Ed Cooley (born September 10, 1969)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Georgetown Hoyas
Current conference: Big East Conference
Fairfield record: 92-69 (.571)
Providence record: 242-153 (.613)
Georgetown record: 9-23 (.281)
Overall record: 343-245 (.583)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2022)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2011, 2013, 2019)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2011)
- Big East Tournament Champion: 1 (2014)
Awards:
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- Ben Jobe Award: 1 (2010)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- MAAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Georgetown |
| 2011-2023 | Providence |
| 2006-2011 | Fairfield |
| 1997-2006 | Boston College (asst) |
| 1996-1997 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Stonehill (asst) |
| 1994-1995 | UMass-Dartmouth (asst) |
Ed Cooley Facts
- Ed Cooley
- Born September 10, 1969
- Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island
- Alma Mater: Stonehill College (BA, 1994)
- Was named Rhode Island Player of the Year twice while starring at Central HS in Providence
- Played at New Hampton School and at D-II Stonehill College (MA), where he was three-year captain for coach Raymond Pepin
- Started his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant at D-III UMass-Dartmouth for head coach Brian Baptiste and after one year returned to Stonehill to spend one year as an assistant there under Dave DeCiantis
- Spent one season at Rhode Island and nine seasons at Boston College as an assistant to head coach Al Skinner
- Was head coach at Fairfield for five seasons, leading the Stags to a MAAC title and NIT berth in 2011
- Returned to his hometown in 2011 when he was hired to be the new head coach of the Providence Friars
- Led the Friars to seven 20+ win seasons, seven NCAA Tournament appearances and two NITs
- In 2022, Cooley’s team won the first Big East regular season title in the program’s long history
- Finished his 12-year tenure with 242 wins, the second-most in PC history
- Hired in March 2023 to be the new head coach at Georgetown, also in the Big East
Ed Cooley Coaching Tree
- Carmen Maciariello (Siena)
- Ivan Thomas (Hampton)
