“Like, enough. I’d had enough. I’ve done it. I’ve lived here my whole life,” Cooley said, of his decision to leave Providence. He’s now dedicated to resurrecting the men’s basketball program at Georgetown.
Speaking in the athletic center barring his idol's name, Ed Cooley recalled John Thompson's influence on his life. The late Georgetown coach wasn't just someone that Cooley watched growing up on television seeing a prominent Black coach, wanting to be the same but also as someone who once gave him the ultimate compliment.
Ed Cooley is the new men's basketball coach at Georgetown, hired away from Big East rival Providence in the hopes of rebuilding a once-proud program that dropped to new lows under former star player Patrick Ewing.
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