Thompson's 1984 Georgetown team, headlined by Patrick Ewing, won the NCAA championship.
John Thompson, the trailblazing Georgetown coach who became the first Black coach to win an NCAA championship, has died at 78. Washington, DC news station WJLA reported the news on Monday morning, citing Thompson’s family and friends.
Then Georgetown came calling in 1972. Within three years that 3-23 team had made the NCAA tournament, the first of 20 times they’d participate over Thompson’s 27 years as coach. Georgetown made it to the Final Four in 1982, and in 1984 he became the first Black coach to win the NCAA tournament. The following year they were defeated in the national championship game by Villanova.
Thompson made a tremendous impactAs people woke up to the news on Monday morning, tributes began pouring in on social media. Georgetown winning the 1984 NCAA championship was a cultural event, and Thompson meant a lot to many people. — Chris Haynes August 31, 2020 Big John Thompson is the single most important black man in the history of D.C. sports.
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