Tag: Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing Returns to NBA Sidelines as Assistant Coach for Washington Wizards

Brandon King

Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing is headed back to an NBA bench. According to ESPN, the Georgetown and New York Knicks legend has agreed to join the Washington Wizards as an assistant coach under head coach Brian Keefe. Ewing had most recently served as a basketball ambassador for the Knicks but will now return to a full-time coaching role in the nation’s capital. The move marks another chapter in Ewing’s extensive coaching career. Before taking over at his alma mater, Georgetown, in 2017, Ewing spent more than a decade…

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Patrick Ewing home from hospital

Brandon King

NBA great and current Georgetown head basketball coach Patrick Ewing has returned home from the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. Ewing’s son and namesake, Patrick Ewing, Jr. made the announcement Monday on Twitter. The elder Ewing revealed Friday evening that he tested positive for the coronavirus. We at sneakershoptalk.com are certainly glad to hear that Ewing is now out of the hospital and wish him a continual and speedy recovery.

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Ewing named as Hoyas’ New Basketball Coach

Brandon King

Georgetown announced earlier today that Patrick Ewing will be their new coach, filling the vacancy left when John Thomas III was fired on March 23.  Ewing had this to say in a statement released by the University: My four years at Georgetown were the best of my life. Georgetown is my home and it is a great honor for me to return to my alma mater and serve as the next head coach. I have been preparing to be a head coach for many years and can’t wait to return…

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