Newsmakers

Fired Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Paul Hewitt was fired two days after another disappointing season. Hewitt, who took the Yellow Jackets to the national championship game in 2004, muddled through his fourth losing season in the last six years. In the end, the financial impact of a half-filled arena for Georgia Tech’s home games overwhelmed the $7.2 million buyout Hewitt will be paid over five years. Athletic director Dan Radakovich said at a press conference on Saturday that he hopes to hire a coach before the Final Four, which begins on April 2 in Houston.

• Utah men’s basketball coach Jim Boylen was fired just two days after the Utes ended a second straight losing season by falling to San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas. During four seasons at Utah, Boylen was 69-60 overall, including 32-32 in the Mountain West. The Utes were 13-18 overall this season, 6-10 in the MWC. Resigned The coach who built Virginia’s women’s basketball program into a perennial NCAA tournament team and overcame pancreatic cancer, Debbie Ryan, has resigned after 34 years and 736 victories. Ryan’s resignation is effective at the end of the season. The Cavaliers (16-15) are not expected to make the NCAA tournament field, a bitter pill to swallow since they will host first- and second-round games.

Arrested Atlanta Hawks reserve forward Josh Powell was arrested for refusing to move his car for an oncoming ambulance. The 28-year-old Powell was not at Philips Arena while the Hawks played the Portland Trail Blazers. Hawks spokesman Arthur Triche said the team was “aware of the traffic incident concerning Josh and that he is not at the game tonight.” Triche also said he would have no additional comment until the team had gathered more information.

Agreed The Philadelphia Phillies and general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. agreed to a four-year contract extension. Amaro, entering his third season on the job, helped the Phillies to back-to-back National League East titles and the N.L. pennant in 2009. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Phillies have the most wins in the National League (190-134) and second-best overall, record behind only the New York Yankees (198-126), in Amaro’s first two seasons on the job.