Person
John Thompson
- Spezialität
- Schauspiel
- Geburt
- 2. September 1941 · 78 Jahre
- Tod
- 30. August 2020
- Herkunft
- Washington, D.C., United States of America
Werdegang
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.
