John Thompson III (born March 11, 1966)
Teams coached: Princeton Tigers, Georgetown Hoyas
Princeton record: 68-42 (.618)
Georgetown record: 278-151 (.648)
Overall record: 346-193 (.642)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2006, 2007)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2007)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2002, 2005, 2009, 2014)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 3 (2007, 2008, 2013)
- Ivy League Regular Season Champion: 3 (2001, 2002, 2004)
- Big East Tournament Champion: 1 (2007)
Awards:
- John McLendon Award: 1 (2013)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2004-2017 | Georgetown |
2000-2004 | Princeton |
1995-2000 | Princeton (asst) |
John Thompson III Facts
- John Robert Thompson III
- Born March 11, 1966
- Hometown: Washington, D.C.
- Alma Mater: Princeton University (BS, 1988)
- Father is long-time Georgetown head coach – and 1984 National Champion – John Thompson
- Played at Princeton for four seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Pete Carril, whom he later worked under for one season as an assistant coach with the Tigers
- Also spent four seasons as an assistant to Bill Carmody before taking over the Princeton program as head coach in 2000
- Won 68 games in four seasons as Princeton head coach, leading the Tigers to two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT
- Became the head coach at Georgetown, where his father was head coach for 27 years, in 2004
- Led the Hoyas to the program’s fifth Final Four in 2007, just his third season at the helm
- Went 278-151 overall and went to eight NCAA Tournaments and three NITs in 13 seasons
- Fired from Georgetown in March 2017 after two straight losing seasons
- Along with his wife, Monica, has three children
John Thompson III Coaching Tree
- Mike Brennan (American)
- Kevin Broadus (Morgan State, Binghamton)
- David Cox (Rhode Island)
- Tavaras Hardy (Loyola MD)
- Sydney Johnson (Fairfield, Princeton)