John Thompson

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John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Filmography

• Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible (2021)
• Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft (2021)
• Requiem for the Big East (2014)
• Going Big (2012)
• Without Bias (2009)
• Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship (2005)
• Like Mike (2002)
• Allen Iverson - The Answer (2002)
• He Got Game (1998)
• The 6th Man (1997)
• Patrick Ewing - Standing Tall (1993)