16 Facts About Ed Cooley

Ed Cooley was born on September 10,1969 and is an American college basketball coach and currently the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program.

Ed Cooley was born on September 10,1969, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Jane Ed Cooley and Edward Smith.

Ed Cooley was one of nine children by his mother in a family on welfare, living in the low-income South Providence neighborhood.

At Providence's Central High School, Ed Cooley played basketball and twice earned Rhode Island Player of the Year honors.

Ed Cooley was a three-year team captain at Stonehill College, and was named to the Northeast-10 Conference academic honor roll.

Ed Cooley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in history from Stonehill in 1994.

In 1996, Ed Cooley joined Al Skinner's staff as an assistant coach for URI, before following Skinner to Boston College in 1997.

Ed Cooley earned his first head coaching position in 2006 for Fairfield University of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Ed Cooley was named MAAC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year and was the USBWA District 1 Coach of the Year.

On March 22,2011, Ed Cooley returned to his hometown and the Big East, replacing Keno Davis as head coach at Providence College, becoming the 15th head coach in program history.

Ed Cooley began to reinvigorate the program by recruiting six consensus Top 100 recruits in his first three years.

Ed Cooley received a boost by a dynamic recruiting class which included 3 composite Top 100 recruits, as well as the return of Kris Dunn from his redshirt year due to his shoulder injury the season prior.

Ed Cooley recruited Kentucky transfer Bryce Hopkins, South Carolina transfer Devin Carter, and Louisville graduate transfer Noah Locke - all of whom made immediate impacts.

On March 20,2023, Ed Cooley accepted an offer to become the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team after 12 years in the same role at conference rival Providence College.

The decision to hire Ed Cooley was praised as a move likely to strengthen the program.

Ed Cooley is Catholic, and was known to attend church with Dan Hurley when the latter was coach of the Rhode Island Rams.