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

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 ...

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. 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.

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.

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 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.

Former Villanova basketball teammates Chuck Everson (l.) and Connally Brown (c.), are photographed ...More with former Georgetown men's basketball head coach John Thompson Jr. (seated) and his son ...

Don’t bother asking John Thompson III about unwinding or getting away. He has been coaching collegiate basketball for more than 20 consecutive years, but don’t bother wondering whether he ...

John Thompson III, Big John’s son, left Princeton to replace Esherick, made the NCAA tournament eight times in 13 seasons, led the Hoyas to the 2007 Final Four and posted a respectable .648 ...

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.