John Thompson won back-to-back NBA Championships with the Celtics, but it was his turn as a coach where his impact became immeasurable. In 1972, he became the coach at Georgetown, where he helped the team find its footing and turned them into national champions. In his storied, 27-year career at the university, he won nearly 600 games, made 24 consecutive postseason appearances, won seven Big East tournament championships, and had 26 of his players drafted into the NBA. But for “Big John,” known

John Thompson's success at Georgetown created opportunity after opportunity for black coaches all across college basketball. | OutKick

1941-2020: Legendary Georgetown University coach John Thompson, who became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship and was known as an advocate for Black athletes, has died; he was 78. Tom Llamas reports. https://abcn.ws/2DgOUo7 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir