1979–80 Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball Team
The 1979–80 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 1978–79 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson (basketball), John Thompson, coached them in his eighth season as head coach. It was the Hoyas first season as members of the original Big East Conference, which began play this season; prior to this year, Georgetown had been an independent during the 38 seasons it had fielded a team since the dissolution of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference at the end of the 1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1938-39 season. Georgetown would remain a member of the original Big East for 34 seasons, through the end of the 2012–13 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 2012–13 season. The teams penchant for playing tight games decided in the last seconds led to it being nicknamed the Heart Attack Hoyas. Georgetown played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the ...
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John Thompson (basketball)
John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941August 30, 2020) was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, 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 List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions, NCAA Division I national championship in 1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Thompson played college basketball for the Providence Friars men's basketball, Providence Friars and earned honorable mention NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American honors in 1964. He played for two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics, who won an NBA championship in both seasons. Thompson became a high school coach in Washington, D.C., before coaching Georgetown for ...
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