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John Thompson

John Thompson

Birthday: 1941-09-02 | Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., United States of America

John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) 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.

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Year
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Role

2014
Requiem for the Big East

as    Self