WASHINGTON (AP) - Now that he’s the team’s coach, Patrick Ewing wants to figure out a way to return Georgetown basketball to the good ol’ days.
All of that winning. All of that reputation.
“‘Hoya Paranoia’ was great,” Ewing said during an interview as he prepares to make his sideline debut at his alma mater, with Georgetown hosting Jacksonville University on Sunday. “Everybody was against us. And I’d love to bring all of that back.”
He punctuated that thought with his baritone chuckle.
Ewing’s first job as a head coach at any level, after 15 years as an assistant in the NBA, comes with challenges at a school he led to the 1984 NCAA championship and two other title game appearances.