John Thompson's teams mirrored their coach's own fearlessness, and his impact on college basketball endures 20-plus years after he hung up the whistle. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ...

John Thompson Jr. won a single NCAA basketball title. He never appeared in another Final Four after his Georgetown teams reached three national title games in four seasons from 1982 through 1985.

The former Archbishop Carroll star and revered DMV coach helped shape generations of players, from NBA stars to future ...

Remembering John Thompson, a college basketball giant who made his voice heard. By Dana O'Neil. Aug. 31, 2020. On its own, it was nothing — a piece of white cotton spun together, meant to mop sweat.

Thompson boasts, not entirely unreasonably, “Basketball gave Georgetown a national reputation.” Meanwhile, the Hoyas, with their Black coach and their Black players, achieved a different sort ...

John Thompson Jr., who turned Georgetown University's men's basketball team into a juggernaut and became the first Black coach to win a national men's college basketball title, has died. He was 78.

John Thompson, Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies at 78 +18. Thompson led Georgetown to the 1984 NCAA championship and served as a mentor to generations of players.

John Thompson, a Hall of Fame coach, a cultural icon, an irrepressible force, died on Sunday at 78 years old. He made Georgetown basketball a phenomenon, and he stayed until his retirement in 1996.

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Thompson created Georgetown basketball — and Big East basketball — as we know it. When Big John arrived at Georgetown in 1972, after brief stints in the ...

John Thompson, who died Aug. 30 at 78, ... He would go on to become a 11-time All-Star in the NBA, yet he still counts those years he spent at Georgetown as among the best of his life.

John Thompson's teams mirrored their coach's own fearlessness, and his impact on college basketball endures 20-plus years after he hung up the whistle. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ...

John Thompson, the Hall of Fame college basketball head coach who led a dominant Georgetown team in the 1980s died Monday, according to multiple reports. He was 78.