Jamaican-American basketball player and coach (born 1962)
For his son and former basketball player, see Patrick Ewing Jr.
Ewing in 2021
Position
Basketball ambassador
League
NBA
Born
(1962-08-05) August 5, 1962 (age 62) Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality
Jamaican / American
Listed height
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight
255 lb (116 kg)
High school
Cambridge Rindge and Latin (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
College
Georgetown (1981–1985)
NBA draft
1985: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career
1985–2002
Position
Center
Number
33, 6
Coaching career
2002–present
1985–2000
New York Knicks
2000–2001
Seattle SuperSonics
2001–2002
Orlando Magic
2002–2003
Washington Wizards (assistant)
2003–2007
Houston Rockets (assistant)
2007–2012
Orlando Magic (assistant)
2013–2017
Charlotte Bobcats / Hornets (assistant)
2017–2023
Georgetown
As player:
11× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1997)
All-NBA First Team (1990)
6× All-NBA Second •
Dundee
Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB lived from 27 March 1855 to 7 January 1935. He was an eminent physicist, engineer and academic who is remembered primarily for his work on the magnetic properties of metals. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Ewing was born in Dundee, the son of a church minister. He was educated at West End Academy and the High School of Dundee before progressing to the University of Edinburgh. While there he studied engineering under William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait. He spent his summer vacations working on telegraph cable laying expeditions, including one in Brazil. At the age of 23 in 1878 he moved to Japan where he became professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Tokyo. Here he helped establish the science of seismology. He also taught students about the magnetic properties of metals and was the first to use the word "hysteresis", a property of magnetised materials that in a later era would allow the