Paul Hewitt Fired by George Mason: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

Paul Hewitt's four-year run at George Mason is over. The university let Hewitt go Monday morning, less than a week after the Patriots finished a 9-22 campaign. 

“Mason made a significant commitment to its athletic programs, especially men’s basketball, when the university moved to the Atlantic 10 Conference two years ago,” George Mason Director of Athletics Brad Edwards said in a statement. “The university has high expectations for the program and thus determined a change was needed."

Hewitt, 51, succeeded Jim Larranaga after the 2010-11 season after being let go by Georgia Tech. He went a combined 46-26 in his first two years at the school but struggled mightily when the program moved to the Atlantic 10.

George Mason has gone a combined 20-42 over the last two years, including an 8-26 mark within the conference. The Patriots won just four games since the beginning of the 2015 calendar year. It's been a disappointing fall from grace for a program that was a regular postseason fixture under Larranaga, with a 2006 Final Four berth.

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Will be a broadcaster -->RT @gmuhoops: Paul Hewitt has been fired at George Mason http://t.co/fNK92iWFn9 pic.twitter.com/1z7YzZZ21X”

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) March 16, 2015"

Before taking the George Mason job, Hewitt had an 11-year run as the head coach of Georgia Tech and spent three years at Siena. He currently has a career 321–251 record and has made six NCAA tournament appearances. The peak of his professional career was a national runner-up run in the 2004 NCAA tournament.

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