Patrick Ewing (born August 5, 1962)
Teams coached: Georgetown Hoyas
Georgetown record: 75-109 (.408)
Overall record: 75-109 (.408)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- Big East Tournament Champion: 1 (2021)
Awards:
- AP Player of the Year: 1 (1985)
- Naismith Player of the Year: 1 (1985)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (1985)
- NABC Player of the Year: 1 (1985)
- Big East Player of the Year: 2 (1984, 1985)
- AP All-American: 3 (1983, 1984, 1985)
- NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: 1 (1984)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2008 as a player and 2010 as a member of the Dream Team)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2012 as a player)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2017-2023 | Georgetown |
2013-2017 | Charlotte Hornets (assoc. HC) |
2007-2013 | Orlando Magic (asst) |
2003-2007 | Houston Rockets (asst) |
2002-2003 | Washington Wizards (asst) |
Patrick Ewing Facts
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing
- Born August 5, 1962
- Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
- Alma Mater: Georgetown University (BA, 1985)
- Lived in his native Jamaica until age 12, when his family moved to Boston, MA; played at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Decided to attend Georgetown over North Carolina, helping boost the relevance of the new Big East Conference in the early ’80s
- Played four years at Georgetown under head coach John Thompson, playing in four NCAA Tournaments, finishing runner-up to UNC in 1982 and to Villanova in 1985; Ewing was named a First-Team AP All-American three straight seasons (1983-85)
- Led the Hoyas to the 1984 NCAA National Championship by defeating Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Cougars; Ewing was named the NCAA Tournament MOP in 1984
- Drafted first overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, playing fifteen seasons with the team; also spent one season each with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic before retiring in 2002 and beginning to coaching career
- Named Rookie of the Year in 1986, was an 11x All-Star, and named to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
- Had his number #33 retired by the New York Knicks
- Played for head coaches Hubie Brown, Bob Hill, Rick Pitino, Stu Jackson, John MacLeod, Pat Riley, Don Nelson, Jeff Van Gundy, Nate McMillan and Doc Rivers
- Won two Olympic gold medals, one in 1984 as a college star (coached by Bob Knight) and another in 1992 with the famed “Dream Team” (coached by Chuck Daly)
- Inducted twice into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first as individual in 2008 and then again as a member of the Olympic “Dream Team” in 2010
- Also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012
- Spent fifteen seasons as an assistant coach in the NBA, mostly with the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets, including four seasons as Charlotte’s associate head coach
- Has worked for the following coaches through his career: Doug Collins, Jeff Van Gundy, Stan Van Gundy, Jacque Vaughn and Steve Clifford
- Hired in April 2017 to return to his alma mater and become head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas
- Led the Hoyas to the NIT in his second season after winning 19 games
- In 2021, Ewing and the Hoyas made an unlikely run to the Big Dance by winning the Big East Tournament as the 8-seed
- Over the next two seasons, the Hoyas were just 13-50 and in 2021-22 they went 0-19 in Big East play
- Ewing and Georgetown parted ways in March 2023; he left with an overall record of 75-109 in six seasons
- Has two daughters and one son, Patrick Jr, who played at Georgetown and is currently a collegiate coach
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