WASHINGTON — A person with direct knowledge of the deal says Patrick Ewing has been hired as Georgetown’s men’s basketball coach, more than two decades after he led the Hoyas to their only national championship.
The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the school has not announced the hire.
Ewing has been an assistant coach with the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets and had hoped for years to land a head coaching job in the pros.
Instead, he returns to college, rejoining the program he helped win an NCAA title in 1984 with coach John Thompson Jr. Ewing is replacing Thompson’s son, John Thompson III, who was fired as coach last month after two consecutive losing seasons.
The blog Casual Hoya first reported the hire.
NHL not going to 2018 Winter Olympics
The NHL is not going to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
The league announced its decision Monday afternoon, saying the matter was “officially closed.”
The league says no meaningful dialogue had materialized in talks with the NHLPA, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation. The league wanted to close the matter before the playoffs, which begin April 13.
Team owners have complained that stopping the NHL season for three weeks every four years wasn’t worth it.
NHL players had participated in the previous five Olympics dating to 1998. Many players expressed a strong desire to go, and Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has said he plans to go regardless of NHL participation.