John Thompson III

In seven seasons as the head coach of the program he has been around since his youth, John Thompson III has made his mark not only on the Georgetown men’s basketball program, but in the elite circles of college basketball. Thompson, who has been a collegiate head coach for 11 seasons, has compiled several coaching milestones:
• He has led the Hoyas to three appearances in the BIG EAST Tournament Championship game in seven years at the helm of the program.
• Including the team’s appearance in 2011, Georgetown has been selected to the NCAA Tournament in five of the last seven seasons.
• In three of the team’s five NCAA Tournament appearances, the Blue & Gray have been seeded among the top three teams, earning two No. 2 seeds and a No. 3 seed in 2010.
• In 2006-07, Thompson led the program to a 30-7 record as the Hoyas won the BIG EAST Tournament Championship, the NCAA East Regional and advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1985.
• In 2007-08, the Hoyas won back-to-back BIG EAST Regular Season titles (2006-07, 2007-08), posting a two-year record of 28-6 against conference opponents
• Since his arrival on the Hilltop, the Hoyas have reached the postseason in all seven seasons.
• He has twice been named the Black Coaches Association (BCA) Male Coach of the Year and was named the 2007 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coach of the Year.
• In the last six years, Georgetown is one of only four schools nationally to be ranked among the top-10 teams in the country at one point during that span.

In seven-plus years at Georgetown, Thompson has guided the Hoyas to a 173-74 overall record (.700 win percentage) and to a 76-47 record in conference play.

Overall in 11 years as a head coach, including four at his alma mater, Princeton, Thompson has compiled a 241-116 (.675) overall record, with a 121-58 record in conference play (BIG EAST and Ivy League combined), won five league championships and guided his teams to 10 postseason appearances