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He is one of only four players in program history to score at least 2, points 2, Ewing is the all-time leader in total rebounds 1, , blocked shots and games played Ad Blocker Detected. Thanks for visiting! Thank you for your support! Georgetown officials hoped the new coach could take the Hoyas to an NIT bid every few years or so.

Over the next twenty-seven years, Thompson changed the course of basketball at Georgetown. Craig Esherick was thrust into the national spotlight upon John Thompson's sudden resignation in January Largely unknown to the national media, Esherick had been a part of Georgetown basketball for a quarter-century.

Yet his fall from coaching was as rapid as his rise. Georgetown's most famous basketball player was a career NBA assistant who had never secured a head coaching job in the pros. Amidst a long coaching search following John Thompson III's departure, Ewing put his name in contention, and was selected the program's 18th head coach in A list of all former assistant coaches follows here. Georgetown Basketball History Project. Home Coaches. Maurice Joyce If all Maurice Joyce had ever done was serve as the first coach of basketball at Georgetown University, that alone would be a story worth telling.

James Colliflower , In , the Washington Post called James Colliflower "the fellow who has a hand in everything that goes on around Washington. John O'Reilly , In a two decade career as a Georgetown coach and administrator, few were as beloved among its student body than John D.

Jackie Maloney One of Georgetown's most popular athletes of his day, Jackie Maloney's time as head basketball coach is, like the man himself, all but forgotten today. Opponents tried to counter his size and dominance with cheap fouls, and Ewing did retaliate when provoked. If you said show up at eight, he arrived at seven forty-five. Now, years later, there is an outpouring of goodwill in the basketball world toward Ewing and what he accomplished this season.

We were the bad guys, the guys with the black hats. But things have changed. No change looms larger than the absence of Thompson, who was a consistent presence at Georgetown in retirement and loved attending the Big East and NCAA tournaments. Ronny Thompson still instinctively picks up the phone almost daily to call his pops. Whether it was Coach Ewing or me as the AD, he would be the only one to give it to you unvarnished. Jesse Washington is a senior writer for The Undefeated.

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