Paul Hewitt
Paul Hewitt (born May 4, 1963)
Teams coached: Siena Saints, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, George Mason Patriots
Siena record: 66-27 (.710)
Georgia Tech record: 190-162 (.540)
George Mason record: 66-67 (.496)
Overall record: 322-256 (.557)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2004)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2004)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2004)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2000, 2003)
- CBI Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2013)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2013)
- MAAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1999, 2000)
- MAAC Tournament Champion: 1 (1999)
Awards:
- ACC Coach of the Year: 1 (2001)
- MAAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2000)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Ontario Clippers |
| 2011-2015 | George Mason |
| 2000-2011 | Georgia Tech |
| 1997-2000 | Siena |
| 1992-1997 | Villanova (asst) |
| 1990-1992 | Fordham (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | USC (asst) |
| 1988-1989 | C.W. Post (asst) |
Paul Hewitt Facts
- Paul Harrington Hewitt
- Born May 4, 1963
- Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
- Alma Mater: St. John Fisher College (BA, 1985)
- Grew up mostly in Queens, NY, attending Westbury HS and then playing at and graduating from St. John Fisher College (NY)
- Started his coaching career at C.W. Post, spending one season as a full-time assistant
- As an assistant coach, Hewitt worked under George Raveling at USC, Nick Macarchuk at Fordham and Steve Lappas at Villanova
- Hired as the head coach at Siena in 1997, winning 66 games and earning two NCAA Tournament berths in three seasons
- Left Siena for Georgia Tech in 2000, coaching the Yellow Jackets for the next eleven seasons
- Won 190 games and went to five NCAA Tournaments, including a Runner-Up finish in 2004
- Tenure at Tech was inconsistent, as the team enjoyed several high points but failed to finish higher than a tie for 3rd in the ACC and did not make it past the first weekend of any other NCAA Tournament
- Hewitt was fired in March 2011 after the Yellow Jackets finished 13-18 (5-11 ACC)
- A month later, Hewitt was hired as the head coach at George Mason
- Finished as 2013 CBI Runner-Up but went 20-42 in the next two seasons after the program moved to the Atlantic-10
- Hewitt was fired in March 2015 after four years at Mason and a 66-67 overall record there
- Has worked in broadcasting since 2015, as well as spending time as a scout for the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA)
- Was the head coach of the U19 Team USA squad at the 2011 FIBA World Championship and was an assistant with the U18 Team USA squad in 2006 and 2010
- In 2021, Hewitt became the head coach of Clippers’ NBA G League affiliate, the Ontario Clippers
Paul Hewitt Coaching Tree
- Austin Claunch (UTSA, Nicholls)
- John Dunne (Marist, Saint Peter’s)
- Dean Keener (James Madison)
- Robert McCullum (Florida A&M)
- Eric Skeeters (Delaware State)
- Cliff Warren (Jacksonville)
- Charlton Young (Georgia Southern)