Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing

Ewing in 2008
Charlotte Hornets
Position	Assistant head coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1962-08-05) August 5, 1962 (age 54) Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality	American / Jamaican
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Cambridge Rindge and Latin (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
College	Georgetown (1981–1985)
NBA draft	1985 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1985–2002
Position	Center
Number	33, 6
Coaching career	2002–present
Career history
As player:
1985–2000	New York Knicks
2000–2001	Seattle SuperSonics
2001–2002	Orlando Magic
As coach:
2002–2003	Washington Wizards (assistant)
2003–2006	Houston Rockets (assistant)
2007–2012	Orlando Magic (assistant)
2013–present	Charlotte Bobcats / Hornets (associate HC)
Career highlights and awards
11× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1997) All-NBA First Team (1990) 6× All-NBA Second Team (1988, 1989, 1991–1993, 1997) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988, 1989, 1992) NBA Rookie of the Year (1986) No. 33 retired by the New York Knicks NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NCAA champion (1984) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1984) College national player of the year (1985) 3× Consensus first-team All-American (1983–1985) 2× Big East Player of the Year (1984, 1985)
Career NBA statistics
Points	24,815 (21.0 ppg)
Rebounds	11,617 (9.8 rpg)
Blocks	2,894 (2.4 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team competition 1992 Barcelona Team competition Americas Championship 1992 Portland

Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. He is currently the associate head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, working under Steve Clifford.

Ewing played center for the Georgetown Hoyas for four years and was named as the 16th greatest college player of all time by ESPN. He won Olympic gold medals as a member of the 1984 and 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball teams. In a 1996 poll celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NBA, Ewing was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He is a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts (in 2008 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1992 Olympic team). In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a member of the "Dream Team". He was inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 5, 2008, along with former NBA coach Pat Riley and former Houston Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon. His number 33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003.