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Mon, 04.02.1984

The First Black Coach Wins an NCAA Basketball Title

Thompson and Ewing

On this date in 1984, John Thompson of Georgetown University became the first Black coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament.

That evening, Georgetown University beat the University of Houston in the NCAA final, 84-75, to win its only national championship.

To become a Coach

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They shall go down unto life’s Borderland, Walk unafraid within that Living Hell, Nor heed the driving rain of shot and shell That round them falls; but with uplifted hand Be one with... SONNET TO NEGRO SOLDIERS by Joseph Seaman Cotter Jr.
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