Georgetown Basketball: 9 candidates to replace Patrick Ewing as head coach

Chris Mack

This one’s a bit like Brey, but without the direct connections to Washington DC. Mack is an unemployed head coach who’s had significant success in the past in the Big East and he certainly knows Georgetown well from recent years. It’s all about what the Hoyas are looking for in their new direction; Mack could certainly check all their boxes.

A native of Cincinnati, he played at Evansville and Xavier before coaching at the high school level in his hometown. He coached under the great Skip Prosser at both Xavier and Wake Forest before returning to the Musketeers on Sean Miller’s staff in 2004. After five seasons as his aide, he became head coach and led Xavier to eight NCAA Tournaments in nine seasons, including an Elite Eight and three Sweet Sixteens. Mack then spent four years at Louisville, taking the Cardinals to the NCAA Tournament in his first season but failing to build success with the program.

Considering the current state of Louisville, we shouldn’t ding Mack too much for his tenure with the Cardinals, but we’ll certainly laud what he did at Xavier, including the program’s first five seasons in the Big East. They joined the league and immediately outclass Georgetown and this is exactly the type of guy they want putting the Hoyas back into conference contention. He’s another coach who doesn’t have some buyout from another school to hire, but he’s also probably not at the very top of Georgetown’s list.