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John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984.
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Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has...
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78. The first Black coach to lead a team to the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, he helped mold N.B.A. stars like Patrick...
Dec 23, 2020 · A stern disciplinarian with a white towel on his shoulder, he was every Black boy’s longed-for coach. By Kiese Makeba Laymon.
Coach John Thompson, who led the Georgetown University Hoyas basketball team to victory at the 1984 national championship, has died aged 78. Thompson, who was the first black coach to win the...
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson, the trailblazing Georgetown basketball coach who became the first Black coach to win an NCAA championship, has died at 78.
