Pitino claimed three national coach of the year awards in 1987 with Providence, but Georgetown's John Thompson garnered the Big East prize that season. Lou Carnesecca (1983, '85, '86), Brian Mahoney ...

The 72-year-old former Providence and Celtics coach became the first coach to lead five different programs to regular-season conference crowns by guiding St. John's to its first outright Big East ...

(WDRB) -- You can blame John Thompson and Georgetown. Or Billy Tubbs and Oklahoma ... Then Smith, the Tar Heels' legendary coach, gave the concept a Hall of Fame endorsement by writing, "It ...

Georgetown has been a frequent visitor, a power in the Big East under late Friars alum John Thompson ... was in his penultimate year as the coach before accepting an offer from Tulane for ...