John Thompson
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About
College basketball coach for the Georgetown University men's team. He was the first African-American head coach to win a Basketball Collegiate Championship. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Before Fame
He played two seasons for the Boston Celtics in the 1960s.
Trivia
He was head coach of the 1988 US National Basketball team.
Family Life
He had two sons named John and Ronny Thompson.
Associated With
He coached the great Allen Iverson at Georgetown.
