Georgetown fires coach after another losing year
FILE - In this March 9, 2013, file photo, former Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr., left, congratulates his son Georgetown head coach John Thompson III, right, after the Hoya's 61-39 win over Syracuse in an NCAA college basketball game in Washington. Georgetown has fired basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, March 23, 2017, after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2016, file photo, Georgetown head coach John Thompson III reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette in Washington. Georgetown has fired basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, March 23, 2017, after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2015, file photo, Georgetown head coach John Thompson III gestures toward his players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke at Madison Square Garden in New York. Georgetown has fired basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, March 23, 2017, after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
WASHINGTON — John Thompson III was fired as Georgetown’s basketball coach Thursday after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship.
Thompson said in a statement that he was “honored” to have been the Hoyas’ coach and proud of what his players have “accomplished on the court and how they are thriving since leaving Georgetown.”
School president John DeGioia told Thompson on Thursday he would not be brought back next year at a basketball program strongly associated with his last name.
Thompson, known as “JT3,” was Georgetown’s head coach for 13 seasons, including a run to the Final Four in 2007 with future NBA players Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert on the roster. But he went a combined 29-36 the past two years.
