WASHINGTON -- Legendary basketball coach John Thompson Jr. has died at the age of 78, according to ESPN. Thompson was the first African-American head coach to win the NCAA Men's Basketball ...
WASHINGTON -- John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a "Hoya Paranoia" powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men's basketball ...
STAN? REPORTER: JOHN THOMPSON’S IMPACT EXTENDED WAY PAST THE BASKETBALL COURT. HE DIVERSIFIED GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY’S BASKETBALL TEAM. HEY SPOKE UP AGAINST WHAT HE -- HE SPOKE UP AGAINST WHAT HE ...
On this day in Boston Celtics history in 1941, big man and NCAA coaching legend John Thompson was born in Washington D.C. A former player for the Providence College Friars and a key part of their 1963 ...