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Georgetown fired head basketball coach John Thompson III on Thursday, ending a successful 13-year run in which he became the school's second-winningest head coach.
Nicole Auerbach of USA Today provided a statement:
Thompson, the son of legendary Hoyas coach John Thompson, went 278–151 during his tenure. The Hoyas made eight NCAA tournaments, including the 2007 Final Four, but had fallen off since the inception of the new Big East conference.
Georgetown went 14-18 in 2016-17, its second straight losing season. The Hoyas have missed the tournament in three of the four years since the dissolution of the original Big East.