List of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball head coaches

Last updated May 10, 2025

The following is a list of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball head coaches. The Hoyas have had 17 coaches in their 113-year, 111-season history. Ed Cooley is the current head coach.

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.	Conference championships and co-championships^{[note 1]}	Postseason tournaments^{[note 2]}	Notes
1906-1907	no coach	1	2-2	.500	–	–	Student manager Lou Murray ran the team
1907-1911	Maurice Joyce	4	32-20	.615	–	–
1911-1914	James E. Colliflower	3	32-18	.640	–	–	Returned for 1921–1922 season
1914-1921	John O'Reilly	7	65-30	.684	–	–	Returned for 1923–1927 seasons
1921-1922	James E. Colliflower	1	11-3	.786	–	–	Previously coached 1911-1914 Overall Georgetown record: 4 seasons, 43-20 (.683)
1922-1923	John "Jackie" Maloney	1	8-3	.727	–	–
1923-1927	John O'Reilly	4	22-17	.563	–	–	Previously coached 1914-1921 Overall Georgetown record: 11 seasons, 87-47 (.619)
1927-1929	Elmer Ripley	2	24-6	.800	–	–	Returned for 1938-1943, 1946–1949 seasons
1929-1930	Bill Dudack	1	13-12	.520	–	–
1930-1931	John Colrick	1	5-16	.238	–	–
1931-1938	Fred Mesmer	7	53-76	.411	none	none
1938-1943	Elmer Ripley	5	68–39	.636	EIC regular season co-champion 1938-39	NCAA 1943; NCAA Final Four 1943	Previously coached 1927–1929 seasons Returned for 1946–1949 seasons
1943-1945	Program suspended for World War II
1945-1946	Ken Engles	1	11-9	.550	–	none	The only player-coach in the program's history
1946-1949	Elmer Ripley	3	41–37	.526	–	none	Previously coached 1927-1929, 1938–1943 seasons Overall Georgetown record: 10 seasons, 133-82 (.619)
1949-1952	Francis "Buddy" O'Grady	3	35-36	.493	–	none
1952-1956	Harry "Buddy" Jeannette	4	49-49	.500	–	NIT 1953
1956-1960	Tom Nolan	4	40-49	.449	–	none
1960-1966	Tommy O'Keefe	6	82-60	.578	–	none
1966-1972	John "Jack" Magee	6	69-79	.465	–	NIT 1970
1972-1999	John Thompson, Jr.	26+1⁄2	596-239	.715	ECAC South Region tournament 1975, 1976; ECAC South-Upstate Region tournament 1979; Big East regular season 1979-80,1983-84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1991-92;Big East 7 Division regular season 1995-96, 1996–97; Big East Tournament 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989	NCAA 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997;NCAA Final Four 1982, 1984, 1985; National championship 1984; NIT 1977, 1978, 1993, 1998	Resigned January 8, 1999, with 1998-1999 season underway,^[1]
1999-2004	Craig Esherick	5+1⁄2	103-74	.597	none	NCAA 2001; NIT 1999, 2000, 2003; Declined NIT invitation 2002	Became head coach during 1998-1999 season after John Thompson, Jr., resigned on January 8, 1999.^[1] Fired March 16, 2004.
2004-2017	John Thompson III	13	278-151	.648	Big East regular season 2006-07, 2007–08, 2012–13; Big East Tournament 2007	NCAA 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; 2015; NCAA Final Four 2007; NIT 2005, 2009, 2014	Fired March 23, 2017.
2017–2023	Patrick Ewing	6	75–109	.408	Big East Tournament 2021	NCAA 2021 NIT 2019	Fired March 9, 2023.^[2]
2023–present	Ed Cooley	2	27–39	.409	none	2025 Crown
Totals	19 coaches	119 years; 117 seasons	1739–1164	.599	11 regular season championships and co-championships 11 tournament championships	31 NCAA appearances 5 NCAA Final Four appearances 1 national championship 13 NIT appearances^{[note 3]} 1 College Basketball Crown appearance	Totals through end of 2024–2025 season

Notes

↑ Georgetown was an independent until 1932. From 1932 to 1939, Georgetown was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC), which held no end-of-season conference tournament. From 1939 to 1979, Georgetown was again an independent, although from 1975 to 1979 it participated in one of the regional end-of-season ECAC Tournaments organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference – a loosely organized sports federation of Eastern colleges and universities – for ECAC members which played as independents during the regular season; each of these regional tournaments provided its winner with an automatic bid to that year's NCAA tournament in the same manner as conference tournaments of conventional conferences. From 1979 to 2013, Georgetown was a member of the original Big East Conference and participated in its annual end-of-season conference tournament. In 2013, Georgetown left the original Big East Conference and joined a new Big East Conference; it participates in the new Big East's annual end-of-season conference tournament. The new Big East inherited the history and traditions of the original Big East, and the original Big East became the American Athletic Conference in 2013.
↑ The National Invitation Tournament began play in 1938. The NCAA tournament began play in 1939.
↑ Does not include the invitation to the 2002 National Invitation Tournament, which Craig Esherick declined, or the invitation to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, which Georgetown had a contractual obligation to decline in order to participate in the 2025 College Basketball Crown.

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[conference-1] Georgetown was an independent until 1932. From 1932 to 1939, Georgetown was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC), which held no end-of-season conference tournament. From 1939 to 1979, Georgetown was again an independent, although from 1975 to 1979 it participated in one of the regional end-of-season ECAC Tournaments organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference – a loosely organized sports federation of Eastern colleges and universities – for ECAC members which played as independents during the regular season; each of these regional tournaments provided its winner with an automatic bid to that year's NCAA tournament in the same manner as conference tournaments of conventional conferences. From 1979 to 2013, Georgetown was a member of the original Big East Conference and participated in its annual end-of-season conference tournament. In 2013, Georgetown left the original Big East Conference and joined a new Big East Conference; it participates in the new Big East's annual end-of-season conference tournament. The new Big East inherited the history and traditions of the original Big East, and the original Big East became the American Athletic Conference in 2013.

[nit1938-2] The National Invitation Tournament began play in 1938. The NCAA tournament began play in 1939.

[nitdecline-5] Does not include the invitation to the 2002 National Invitation Tournament, which Craig Esherick declined, or the invitation to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, which Georgetown had a contractual obligation to decline in order to participate in the 2025 College Basketball Crown.

[thompson-3] 1 2 Norwood, Robyn, "Thompson Resigns From Georgetown," The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1999.

[4] Fendricjh, Howard, "Patrick Ewing fired by Georgetown; went 13-50 last 2 seasons," Associated Press, March 9, 2023 Accessed March 10, 2023

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Venues	Washington Light Infantry Armory (1906–1907) Convention Hall (1907–1908) Odd Fellows Hall (1908–1911) Arcade Rink (1911–1914, 1927–1928) Ryan Gymnasium (1914–1927) Clendenen Gymnasium (1928–1929) Tech Gymnasium (1929–1940, 1942–1943) Riverside Stadium (1940–1942) Brookland Gymnasium (1945–1946) Uline Arena (1946–1947, 1949–1951) D.C. Armory (1947–1949) McDonough Gymnasium (1951–present) Capital Centre (1981–1997) Capital One Arena (1997–present)
Rivalries	St. John's UConn
Culture & lore	History Hoya Saxa Jack the Bulldog There Goes Old Georgetown 1989 Princeton game Above the Rim
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics