“I was more a John Thompson fan than I was a (Georgetown) Hoya fan,” said Ed Cooley, who grew up in Providence and went on to become the head men’s basketball coach at Thompson's alma mater.

John Thompson Jr., the Washington native who elevated Georgetown University basketball to national prominence, earned Hall of Fame honors and carved a place in history as the first African ...

John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship ...

A day after another confounding loss in the NCAA tournament, Georgetown Coach John Thompson III searched for answers about his program's failure in March. He'll probably be at it for a while ...

Trailblazing Georgetown Coach John Thompson Dies At 78. ByAdam Zagoria. Follow ... (with glasses), and player Jason Buchanan, all of St John's University, after a game against the University of ...

The guest of honor at Friday morning’s groundbreaking ceremony for Georgetown’s John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center sat patiently on stage as family, friends, former ...

Georgetown University's legendary basketball coach John Thompson has died at the age of 78, according to ESPN. Known as "Big John," Thompson coached the Hoyas from 1972 to 1999. He was also the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s ...

John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a "Hoya Paranoia" powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men's basketball championship, has died.

The Georgetown Hoyas, coached by John Thompson Jr., were unable to stop Iowa’s rally from 14 points down and lost when they surrendered a three-point play to Hawkeyes center Steve Waite with ...

John Thompson, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the Georgetown Hoyas to three NCAA title games, including winning the 1984 championship, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 78.