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About John Thompson
John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American professional basketball player and 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. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Everything about John Thompson →- Occupation
- basketball coach, basketball player, sports commentator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 2, 1941, October 28, 1941
- Died
- August 30, 2020