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1. www.nba.com › news › georgetown-coach-john-thompson-diesFormer Georgetown coach John Thompson dies at age 78

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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...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_Thompson_(basketball)John Thompson (basketball) - Wikipedia

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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.

4. www.nytimes.com › john-thompson-deathJohn Thompson Was Every Black Boy’s Longed-For Coach

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   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.

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   Who was John Thompson Jr?

   • Doug Mills/Associated Press John Thompson Jr., the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led Georgetown University to national collegiate prominence and became the first African-American coach to take a team to the N.C.A.A. basketball championship, died on Sunday. He was 78. His death was announced in a family statement released through Georgetown.

   John Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78

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   How did John Thompson die?

   • John Thompson Jr., the first Black basketball head coach to win the NCAA National Championship, died at his Arlington, Virginia, home on Sunday night, according to his family. He was 78. Thompson had been suffering from multiple health challenges, a family source said. The cause of death is unknown.

   John Thompson Jr., the first Black coach to win the NCAA championship

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   Was John Thompson a Hall of Famer?

   • When John Thompson Jr. was enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999, he began his speech wiping away tears with a white cotton towel, a commemorative version of the one Thompson wore his entire career as coach of the Georgetown University Hoyas.

   John Thompson Was Every Black Boy’s Longed-For Coach

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   What did John Thompson do for a living?

   • His oldest son, John Thompson III, coached at Georgetown for 13 seasons. Thompson was a vigorous advocate for affording Black athletes greater opportunities to pursue college degrees. [Read about how Thompson pushed open doors for young, Black players.]

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_WJohn W. Thompson - Wikipedia

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   John Wendell Thompson (born April 24, 1949) [citation needed] is an American technology executive who was the chair of Microsoft from 2014 until June 2021, and chair of Illumina from 2021 until 2023. He is a former chief executive of Virtual Instruments, a vice-president at IBM and the former chief executive of Symantec .

7. www.nytimes.com › john-thompson-deadJohn Thompson, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78

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   Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson Jr., the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led Georgetown University to national collegiate prominence and became the first African-American coach to take a team to the N.C.A.A....

8. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-53977215John Thompson: Legendary African American basketball coach dies

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   Aug 31, 2020 · 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...

9. www.cnn.com › 2020/08/31 › sportJohn Thompson Jr., legendary Georgetown basketball coach ...

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   Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson Jr., the first Black basketball head coach to win the NCAA National Championship, died at his Arlington, Virginia, home on Sunday night, according to his family. He...