John Thompson (basketball)
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John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American 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.
Thompson with President Ronald Reagan and Patrick Ewing after Georgetown won the 1984 national title
Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
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The Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program represents Georgetown University in NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball and the Big East Conference. Georgetown has competed in men's college basketball since 1907. The current head coach of the program is Ed Cooley.
Bill Dudack was the team captain in 1921, and returned to coach the 1929–30 team.
The 1942–43 team went 22–5 and reached the NCAA finals, but the team was suspended for World War II the following season.
Coach John Thompson and Patrick Ewing meet with Ronald Reagan after winning the 1984 National Championship.
Georgetown playing Princeton in the first round of the 1989 NCAA tournament