What does the Georgetown University men’s basketball program and George Mason University‘s Sports Management program have in common?  They both have employed Craig Esherick (#mce_temp_url#).

Esherick served as a coach of Georgetown’s basketball program for about 30 years.  During that time he did everything from serving as coach John Thompson‘s chief recruiter, assistant coach, and head coach after coach Thompson retired and before his son took over as head coach.

Esherick has since moved into a career in the following areas:

  • Sports commentator for college basketball
  • Professor at George Mason University
  • Author

Esherick’s latest achievement is Media Relations in Sport, which he co-authored with Brad Shultz and Philip H. Caskey.  His major contribution was to provide the perspective of a coach in dealing with the media.

Esherick said that he would like to continue to write, and possibly write more books that could be used outside of just the academic world.