Patrick Ewing Jr. accepted the head coaching position at Vermont Academy this week, his first seat at the top of any program after seven years as an assistant under his father at Georgetown and scattered stops before that. The New England prep school competes in the NEPSAC Class AAA league, where alumni pipelines run directly into mid-major Division I programs and occasionally into Power Five systems. Ewing Jr. inherits a roster that went 14-11 last season.
The move ends a prolonged apprenticeship that delivered limited upside. Georgetown dismissed Patrick Ewing Sr. in March after five seasons and a 75-109 record. The younger Ewing stayed on staff through the transition conversations but was not retained when Ed Cooley arrived from Providence. He spent the spring working private training sessions in the DC area while his name circulated quietly among prep and junior college programs. Vermont Academy's athletic director reached out in late May, and terms closed in fewer than three weeks.
This matters because prep school head coaching roles function as rehabilitation assignments for assistant coaches whose last program collapsed, and as launch pads for younger coaches trying to prove they can build rather than maintain. Ewing Jr. is 36 years old, which makes him older than the typical first-time head coach but young enough that a strong two-year run at Vermont Academy would reposition him for a Division I assistant role at a program outside his father's gravity well. The NEPSAC circuit is watched closely by mid-major head coaches hunting for assistants who can recruit the Northeast corridor without needing introductions. A winning record and two or three player placements into America East or Atlantic 10 programs would be sufficient signal.
The financial structure is modest. NEPSAC head coaching salaries range from $70,000 to $120,000 depending on the school's endowment and the coach's leverage. Vermont Academy sits in the middle of that band. Housing is typically included. The job comes with a 12-month contract and minimal job security, which is standard at this level. What matters more is the recruiting budget and whether the school will fund July evaluation periods. Vermont Academy has historically sent its head coach to four or five AAU tournaments per summer, which is enough exposure to build relationships but not enough to compete with the schools that fund 15-day travel circuits.
Ewing Jr. played at Georgetown and Indiana, then spent four years overseas in leagues that paid between $3,000 and $8,000 per month. His playing career ended in 2014. He returned to the U.S. and took an assistant role at his high school alma mater before his father hired him at Georgetown in 2017. The younger Ewing's portfolio at Georgetown centered on player development and alumni relations, not recruiting. His Rolodex is his father's Rolodex, which has value but also creates confusion about whose relationships belong to whom. Vermont Academy offers him the chance to build a separate identity, assuming he wins.
The school announced the hire internally on Monday and posted it publicly on Wednesday. Ewing Jr. will relocate to Saxtons River, Vermont, before the end of June. His first recruiting class will be small, likely three or four players, with most slots already committed to returning students. The 2024-25 roster will largely reflect the previous coach's work. The 2025-26 season is the real test, when the roster will be entirely his.
Vermont Academy's season begins in mid-November. The league schedule runs 22 games, and the program typically plays six to eight non-league contests against other prep schools and a handful of post-graduate academies. Winning 18 games would be a success. Winning 20 would generate calls.
The takeaway
Ewing Jr. takes a modest prep role to escape his father's collapsed tenure and build a standalone résumé that mid-majors might value by 2026.
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