The Georgetown Hoyas are the collegiate athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C. Georgetown's athletics department fields 24 men's and women's varsity level teams and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in football and women's heavyweight rowing. The University also fields 5 non-NCAA varsity teams in men's heavyweight and lightweight rowing, women's lightweight rowing, women's squash, and sailing. In late 2012, Georgetown and six other Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference. The rowing and sailing teams also participate in east coast conferences. The men's basketball team is the school's most famous and most successful program, but Hoyas have achieved success in a wide range of sports.
Arthur McArthur Devlin was an American athlete and coach. He is most known for his Major League Baseball career from 1904 to 1913.
James Branch Bocock was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia (1908), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina (1911), Louisiana State University (1920–1921), the University of South Carolina (1925–1926), and The College of William & Mary, compiling a career college football record of 98–55–9. Bocock was also the head basketball coach at VPI, LSU (1920–1921), and South Carolina (1924–1927), tallying a career college basketball mark of 109–33, and the head baseball coach at VPI, LSU (1922–1923), and South Carolina (1925–1927), amassing a career college baseball record of 70–54–2.
Patrick Edward "Bunny" Larkin was an American physician, college football coach, and baseball manager. He served as a co-head coach alongside William Lang for the Maryland Agricultural College in 1909. Larkin was also an assistant football coach at Cornell University, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and Georgetown University. He worked for many years as a team physician for the Washington Senators baseball team.
John Leo Hagerty was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He played halfback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1926 to 1932 before returning to his alma mater of Georgetown University to serve as head football coach from 1932 to 1948. Hagerty led the Hoyas to back-to-back undefeated seasons in 1938 and 1939, as well as the school's first bowl game appearance, at the 1941 Orange Bowl, which Georgetown lost to Mississippi State, 14–7. His career record as Georgetown's coach was 62–41–10.
Edward Scott Glacken was an American football quarterback and coach. He played college football at Duke University. In 1963, Glacken threw for a school-record 12 touchdown passes. Glacken finished his Duke career with 3,170 yards and 24 touchdowns, helping the Blue Devils to a 15–13–2 record during his final three years as a player.
Maurice "Mush" Dubofsky was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Georgetown and professional football for the New York Giants. He later served as the line coach for the Georgetown football team for 16 years and coached at the high school level for several years. He was also the head coach of Georgetown's club football team in 1968 and 1969.
Joseph Augustus Reilly was an American college football player, coach, and athletic director. He served as the head football coach of Georgetown University from 1904 to 1907, and the co-head football coach at Boston College in 1908. From 1909 to 1937 he was the director of the Kansas City Athletic Club. Later in life he also served as a "midwestern sports official, and wrestling judge at several Olympic games".
Thomas Emmet Mills was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Creighton University (1915–1919), Beloit College (1920–1925), Georgetown University (1930–1932), and Arkansas State College (1934–1935), compiling a career college football record of 63–45–12. Mills was the head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1927 to 1929, during which time he was also an assistant football coach at the school under Knute Rockne. In addition, Mills was the head basketball coach at Creighton (1916–1920), Beloit (1920–1926), and Arkansas State (1935–1936), amassing a career college basketball record of 119–41. Mills died at the age of 60 on February 25, 1944, of a heart attack at the Rockne Memorial Field House in Notre Dame, Indiana. He served as the director of the field house for the four years before his death.
The Georgetown Hoyas football team represents Georgetown University in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football. Like other sports teams from Georgetown, the team is named the Hoyas, which derives from the chant, Hoya Saxa. They play their home games at Cooper Field on the Georgetown University campus in Washington, D.C. Their best season in the recent era was produced in 2011 when the team produced an 8–3 record.
William Curtis Kenyon was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine in 1942 and from 1944 to 1945, compiling a record of 4–11. Kenyon also the head coach of the basketball team at Maine from 1935 to 1943 and again in 1944–45, and the head coach of the baseball team at the school from 1936 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1949. Kenyon played college football at Georgetown University from 1919 to 1922 and in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants in 1925. He also played baseball at Georgetown and was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1927. Kenyon died on May 6, 1951, at a hospital in Bangor, Maine.
The Georgetown Tigers football program represents Georgetown College of Georgetown, Kentucky in college football. The Tigers have been one of the most successful football teams playing NAIA.
The 1904 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1904 college football season. Led by Joe Reilly in his first year as head coach, the team went 7–1 and claims a Southern championship.
The 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata, the Hoyas compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Patriot League. Georgetown played home games at Cooper Field in Washington, D.C.
The 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata, the Hoyas compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the Patriot League. Georgetown played home games at Cooper Field in Washington, D.C.
The 1891 Georgetown football team represented the Georgetown University during the 1891 college football season. Georgetown finished the season with a 2–2 record. For the first time in their history, Georgetown had a coach, Tommy Dowd, who also played baseball for the Washington Senators. They played home games at Boundary Park, also the home venue for the Senators.
The 1892 Georgetown football team represented the Georgetown University during the 1892 college football season. Georgetown finished the season with a 4–2–1 record. Tommy Dowd, who also played baseball for the Washington Senators, served as Georgetown's head coach for the second season. They played home games at Boundary Park, also the home venue for the Senators.
The 1894 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented the Georgetown University during the 1894 college football season. Georgetown finished the season with a 4–5 record. Bob Carmody served as player-coach. They played home games at Georgetown Field. During the final game against Columbia AC, Shorty Bahen was seriously injured and left partially paralyzed. He died from his injuries four months later. Georgetown disbanded its football team for three years as a result. When the team reformed in 1898, only collegiate opponents were permitted.
The 2021 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hoyas, led by seventh-year head coach Rob Sgarlata, played their home games at Cooper Field.
Chris Oliver is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, a position he has held since 2022. Oliver was the head football coach at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky from the inception of the school's football program, which began play in 2010, through the 2021 season. Oliver led the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders to the NAIA Football National Championship in the spring of 2021.
