John Thompson Jr.
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Washington, DC
High School:
Archbishop Carroll High School
- Named national coach of year by USBWA in 1982, by the NABC in 1985 and by UPI in 1987
- Reached NCAA Final Four three times--1982 (runner-up), 1984 (champion) and 1985 (runner-up)
- Coach of two NIT semifinalists--1978 (fourth) and 1993 (runner-up)
- Coach of six Big East Conference Tournament champions--1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989
- Georgetown's all-time winningest coach
- U.S. Olympic head coach in 1988 and assistant coach in 1976
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999
- Major-college career playing statistics under Joe Mullaney (19.2 ppg, 13.4 rpg, 53.1 FG%, 64.5 FT%)
- All-American in 1964 (C2). Selected by the Boston Celtics in third round of 1964 NBA draft (27th pick overall). Averaged 3.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg with the Celtics in two seasons
- Final Top 20 Rankings (15: AP/UPI/USA)--1978 (NR/20), 1979 (NR/12), 1980 (11/10), 1982 (6/7), 1983 (20/20/20), 1984 (2/2/1), 1985 (1/1/2), 1986 (13/15/19), 1987 (4/4/7), 1989 (2/2/5), 1990 (8/9/15), 1991 (NR/23/20), 1992 (22/19/23), 1995 (22/NR/16) and 1996 (T4/6/7)
- All-American Players (seven): Patrick Ewing (1982 through 1985), Sleepy Floyd (1981 and 1982), Allen Iverson (1996), Alonzo Mourning (1989 through 1992), Dikembe Mutombo (1991), Charles Smith (1989) and Reggie Williams (1987).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12-15 | DNP | |||||
13-13 | DNP | |||||
18-10 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
21-7 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
19-9 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
23-8 | NIT (2-2) | |||||
24-5 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
26-6 | 5-1 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
20-12 | 9-5 | 2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
30-7 | 10-4 | 2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
22-10 | 11-5 | 4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
34-3 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (5-0) | |||
35-3 | 14-2 | 2nd | NCAA (5-1) | |||
24-8 | 11-5 | 3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
29-5 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
20-10 | 9-7 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
29-5 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
24-7 | 11-5 | 3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
19-13 | 8-8 | 6th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
22-10 | 12-6 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
20-13 | 8-10 | 8th | NIT (4-1) | |||
19-12 | 10-8 | T-4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
21-10 | 11-7 | 4th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
29-8 | 13-5 | 1st | Big East 7 | NCAA (3-1) | ||
20-10 | 11-7 | 1st | Big East 7 | NCAA (0-1) | ||
16-15 | 6-12 | T-5th | Big East 7 | NIT (1-1) | ||
7-6 | 0-4 |
* Quit in mid-season and was succeeded by Craig Esherick (8-10 record).
- 27-Year Coaching Record: 596-239 (.714) at Georgetown
- 198-110 (.643) in Big East Conference
- 33-13 (.717) in Big East Tournament
- 34-19 (.642) in NCAA Tournament
- 7-5 (.583) in NIT