Coach Ed reportedly brings Thomas, Battle, Blaney and more to Georgetown
It’s Saturday the 13th of May and the Georgetown Hoyas have still not announced the full coaching staff. Ed Cooley has been the head coach since March 22nd and no assistant coaches have been formally announced. While some have speculated that potential contract changeover on April 1st or May 1st may spark an official announcement, the socials and webpages of Georgetown Basketball are still familiarly silent.
This is not to say that we don’t have a pretty good idea of who is on the Georgetown Men’s Basketball coaching staff from the Georgetown Directory, it’s just worrisome that a holdover closed-door policy is rearing it’s head so obviously and early in this new Cooley Chapter.
- Ed Cooley, Head Coach
- Ivan Thomas, Associate Head Coach (former Assistant Coach at PC)
- Jeff Battle, Assistant Coach (former Associate Head Coach at PC)
- Brian Blaney, Assistant Coach (former Assistant Coach at PC)
- Walt Corbean, Director of Operations for Men’s Basketball (former Assistant Coach at BU)
- LaDontae Henton, Director of Player Development (former coordinator at PC)
- Kyron Cartwright, Special Assistant to the Head Coach (former Special Assistant at PC)
- Greg Fahey, Special Assistant to the Head Coach (former Assistant Coach at Siena)
Here are some Twitter posts from/about the expected assistants:
#NewProfilePic New opportunity, new challenge. Excited for the journey. #HoyaSaxa #TheDistrict pic.twitter.com/fQwgEgnnzL
— K (@Cartwright_2014) May 11, 2023
I’m so grateful for my time at Siena and I can’t thank everyone enough for the support. Thank you to Coach Carm & all the players as well!
I’m excited for this next challenge and look forward to building down in DC. Thank you to Coach Cooley and staff for this opportunity pic.twitter.com/TkSch3PxTC
— Greg Fahey (@CoachFahey973) May 11, 2023
The power of the G! Here we come! pic.twitter.com/OSWzgNo2XL
— Walt Corbean (@coachbeangu) April 18, 2023
Basketball can save/change your life! Appreciate the game
— LaDontae Henton (@HentonBuckets23) April 20, 2023
Congratulations to Jeff Battle of Georgetown on being named to the 2023 50 Most Impactful High Major Assistants: Men’s Division I Basketball list.@coachbattle21 https://t.co/kHTmf9ntO0 pic.twitter.com/IFYow4UIB0
— Silver Waves Media (@SilverWaveMedia) May 7, 2023
Don’t know what this is but if it leads to more documentation of breakfast foods I am all in. https://t.co/t2zDkLU6mo pic.twitter.com/puXBGjD0nY
— Casual Hoya (@CasualHoya) May 12, 2023
Admittedly these coaches are hard at work building a roster (for now and for the future), but it would be nice to see some bios.
Thank you to @HoyaCoachCooley , @coachivanthomas , and the rest of the coaching staff for hosting me on an amazing unofficial visit! #hoyasaxa #e4yall pic.twitter.com/j3toxb4DeL
— Caleb Williams (@calebwill1ams) May 6, 2023
Shoutout my man @coachivanthomas. He did a really good job recruiting me and I appreciate his upfront honest approach. Never lied to me always told me the real. Can’t wait to get to work. #HoyaSaxa pic.twitter.com/LV0jefOp0w
— Drew Fielder (@DrewFielder6) April 10, 2023
Thankful for the coaching staff at Georgetown for hosting me .It was a great visit. pic.twitter.com/VMSQoKnkh7
— nyk lewis (@nyklewis) May 12, 2023
It would also be nice to see some more scheduling news!
Report: Two familiar foes for Georgetown in 23-24.
It will be the Hoyas 4th meeting vs American since the 2020 season and 3rd vs The Mount since 2018.
Note: 1st year AU coach Duane Simpkins hit a gw- floater as Maryland beat a ranked Hoyas team in the 1994 season opener. https://t.co/sOC4DqMGtP
— Bobby Bancroft (@BobbyBancroft) May 10, 2023
For now, welcome, coaches! HOYA SAXA!