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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Robert Thompson Jr. canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Hall of Fame coach
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basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Providence College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NCAA championship (coach, 1984) ⓘ |
| coached |
Allen Iverson
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Alonzo Mourning NERFINISHED ⓘ Dikembe Mutombo NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedTeam | Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-09-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-08-30 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Boston Celtics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Providence College
NERFINISHED
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St. Anthony High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Georgetown University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | 1999 (head coach, Georgetown Hoyas) ⓘ |
| familyName | Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Robert Thompson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headCoachRecord | 596–239 (college coaching record) ⓘ |
| height | about 6 ft 10 in ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for Black student-athletes
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building Georgetown into a national basketball power ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame |
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Big John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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basketball player ⓘ |
| parentOf |
John Thompson III
NERFINISHED
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Ronny Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Arlington, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Boston Celtics
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Providence Friars men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | center ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Washington, D.C. (during coaching career) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Gwendolyn Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition | 1972 (head coach, Georgetown Hoyas) ⓘ |
| won | 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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