Patrick Ewing Jr., 41, has been named head coach at Vermont Academy, a New England prep school that competes in the NEPSAC Class A division. The hire places a coach with Georgetown DNA and a decade of college assistant experience into a prep sector still adjusting to the transfer-portal and NIL realities that have reshaped the post-grad pipeline.
Ewing Jr. spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Austin Peay, following stints at Georgetown (2018-22) and Wake Forest (2014-17). He played collegiately at Indiana under Mike Davis, then Georgetown under John Thompson III, finishing in 2006. His professional career spanned five seasons overseas and in the G League. He is the son of Patrick Ewing, the 11-time NBA All-Star who coached Georgetown from 2017 to 2023.
The Vermont Academy move matters because it reflects a broader shift in prep basketball economics. Post-grad and fifth-year prep programs once served as clearinghouses for marginal Division I prospects and academic reclamation projects. NIL has inverted that model: high school seniors with marketable profiles now bypass prep stops entirely for immediate college paydays, while prep programs compete for international recruits and reclassification candidates whose families pay $60,000 to $75,000 annual tuition. Vermont Academy, located in Saxtons River, Vermont, enrolls roughly 230 students and fields teams in the NEPSAC's top tier, where Brewster Academy, Putnam Science, and St. Thomas More dominate national rankings. Ewing Jr. inherits a program that has not produced a Power Five recruit since 2021.
The hire also signals how lineage operates in coaching labor markets. Ewing Jr.'s surname opens doors—he was on his father's Georgetown staff when the Hoyas went 13-18 in 2021-22—but his résumé is thin on signature wins. Austin Peay went 18-16 and 15-16 in his two seasons there. The Vermont Academy job offers a lower-stakes environment to build a program from scratch, develop a recruiting footprint in Canada and Europe, and position for a return to Division I whenever the next hiring cycle turns over. The salary is not disclosed, but NEPSAC head coaches at Class A schools typically earn $70,000 to $100,000 plus housing, well below mid-major assistant pay but enough to justify the title and autonomy.
Vermont Academy has not announced a staff. Ewing Jr. will need to hire at least one assistant, secure a reliable pipeline to international programs, and manage the delicate politics of parents who are paying boarding-school tuition while their sons chase Division I offers. The school's athletic director, who played lacrosse at Middlebury, has been on staff since 2019 and has overseen coaching turnover in hockey and soccer. Basketball is the revenue driver; football does not exist. Enrollment has been flat since 2020.
Watch whether Ewing Jr. hires a former Georgetown staffer as an assistant, which would confirm this is a network play rather than a clean-slate rebuild. NEPSAC Class A scheduling begins in December, and Vermont Academy typically plays 24 to 26 games, including showcases at Brewster and the National Prep Championship in New Haven. Any Power Five recruit in the 2025 or 2026 class would validate the hire. Ewing Sr., now out of coaching, has not commented publicly but was courtside at a Knicks game last week wearing a Georgetown pullover.
The position was posted in late March. Ewing Jr. was hired in mid-April, faster than the typical 60-day search window for NEPSAC roles, suggesting the school prioritized name recognition over a national search. The previous coach left after three seasons to take a public-school job in Massachusetts. His teams went 38-34 overall.
The takeaway
Ewing Jr.'s prep hire reflects post-NIL recalibration: lineage opens doors, but New England boarding schools now compete for international recruits while Power Five targets skip prep entirely.
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