John Robert Thompson Jr.

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John Robert Thompson Jr. was a Hall of Fame American basketball coach best known for leading the Georgetown University men’s team to national prominence and an NCAA championship in 1984.

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John Robert Thompson Jr. canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Fame coach ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
almaMater Providence College ⓘ
awardReceived NCAA championship (coach, 1984) ⓘ
coached Allen Iverson ⓘ
Alonzo Mourning ⓘ
Dikembe Mutombo ⓘ
Patrick Ewing ⓘ
coachedTeam Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-08-30 ⓘ
draftedBy Boston Celtics ⓘ
draftYear 1964 ⓘ
educatedAt Providence College ⓘ
St. Anthony High School ⓘ
employer Georgetown University ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition 1999 (head coach, Georgetown Hoyas) ⓘ
familyName Thompson ⓘ
fullName John Robert Thompson Jr. ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
headCoachRecord 596–239 (college coaching record) ⓘ
height about 6 ft 10 in ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Black student-athletes ⓘ
building Georgetown into a national basketball power ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsHallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname Big John ⓘ
notableAchievement first Black head coach to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship ⓘ
notableWork leading Georgetown to the 1984 NCAA men's basketball championship ⓘ
occupation basketball coach ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
parentOf John Thompson III ⓘ
Ronny Thompson ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
playedFor Boston Celtics ⓘ
Providence Friars men's basketball ⓘ
positionPlayed center ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. (during coaching career) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Gwendolyn Thompson ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1972 (head coach, Georgetown Hoyas) ⓘ
won 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship ⓘ

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John Thompson → fullName → John Robert Thompson Jr. ⓘ
John Robert Thompson Jr. → fullName → John Robert Thompson Jr. ⓘ