The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have fired head coach Paul Hewitt after 11 years at the helm.
Hewitt’s teams have struggled in recent years, especially with all of the NBA defections he has had on the team.
The school is getting ready to completely remodel and renovate the current arena, and they want some positive energy around the program.
The head coach won’t go away unhappy, though, as he is do a very expensive buyout from the school. It’s said to be upwards of $6 million. (Read More…)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 4:51 pm by steve
Tags: Georgia Tech news, Georgia Tech schedule, Georgia Tech tickets
By Bud L. Ellis
The long season endured by Georgia Tech likely will end at some point in the next few days. It’s quite possible their head coach’s tenure at the school will end soon after that.
The Jackets come into their Atlantic Coast Conference tournament opener as the 11th seed in a 12-team conference. Tech plays a Virginia Tech team in the opening round on Thursday that it lost to by 25 points a few weeks ago. (Read More…)
Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 7:53 pm by bud
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets news, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets schedule, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets tickets, Iman Shumpert, Miami, Paul Hewitt, UNC-Charlotte, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
By Bud L. Ellis
It is not easy to find positives from the miserable season endured by Georgia Tech in 2010-11. But Iman Shumpert has done more than his part for the Yellow Jackets.
Shumpert, a junior guard, has earned selection to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference second team, getting the nod from the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. (Read More…)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:27 pm by bud
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets news, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets schedule, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets tickets, Iman Shumpert, Virginia Tech
