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Aug 31, 2020 · Thompson’s coaching résumé—one national title, three Final Four appearances, three Big East Coach of the Year awards, 20 NCAA tourney berths, and a 596-239 record in 27 seasons at Georgetown—is...
Sep 8, 2015 · Between 1972 and 1999, the Hoyas won seven “Big East” conference championships and reached postseason play 24 times, earning 20 NCAA and four National Invitational Tournament (NIT) bracket-berths. Named “Coach of the Year” seven times between 1980 and 1987, Thompson retired in January 1999.
THOMPSON, John Robert, Jr. ( b. 2 September 1941 in Washington, D.C.), college basketball coach noted for being the first African-American coach whose team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball championship.
May 21, 2019 · John Thompson Jr., the big man and personality, sits quietly inside a Georgetown athletic center bearing his name. To visit him, you walk past the enthralling bronze Thompson statue that...
Aug 30, 2020 · Thompson’s Georgetown teams won 596 games and lost 239. They captured seven Big East titles. Thompson also coached the United States 1988 Olympic team to a bronze medal. Thompson played college basketball for the Providence Friars and earned honorable mention All-American honors in 1964.
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Apr 20, 2020 · After graduating from Archbishop Carroll, Thompson went to Providence College, where he played on the 1963 NITChampionship team with Ray Flynn, and was part of the first Providence NCAA tournament team in 1964.
Aug 31, 2020 · John Thompson Jr., the Washington native who elevated Georgetown University basketball to national prominence, earned Hall of Fame honors and carved a place in history as the first African...
