What is John Thompson (basketball)?
[[File:John Thompson (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''John Robert Thompson Jr.''' (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American [[college basketball]] coach, player and sports commentator. He coached for the [[Georgetown Hoyas basketball|Georgetown Hoyas]] between 1972 to 1999. In 1984, he became the first [[African-American]] head coach to win a major collegiate championship. During his basketball playing career, he played for the [[Boston Celtics]]. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Thompson was honored into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] on October 1, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/06/24/thompson-stood-for-something/b81c2b25-828f-4e53-8683-4016eed92ac9/|title=Thompson Stood for Something|last=Boswell|first=Thomas|date=1999-06-24|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> Thompson died on August 30, 2020 in [[Arlington, Virginia]] at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wjla.com/news/local/former-georgetown-coach-john-thompson-dies|title=Former Georgetown coach John Thompson dies at age 78|date=31 August 2020 |publisher=[[ABC 7]]|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, John}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Boston Celtics players]] [[Category:College basketball coaches]] [[Category:American sports commentators]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}