Thompson was the first Black coach to win the NCAA national championship in 1984 with the Georgetown Hoyas
John Thompson Jr., the legendary basketball coach who led the Georgetown Hoyas to the NCAA national championship in 1984, died Monday. He was 78. The Team 980, a D. C. sports radio station, first reported the news. No cause of death has been announced. Thompson, affectionately known as “Big John,” became the first Black coach to win the NCAA championship when the Hoyas topped the Houston Cougars by nine points in 1984.
