ActingPopularity Score 0.5
John Thompson
Total Works
13
11 movies • 2 shows
Avg Rating
6.5 / 10
across rated releases
Box Office
—
worldwide gross
Global Reach
#1
TMDB star index
Biography
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.
