Question: Facts: - sport: basketball - player team: princeton - current record: 249 -- 115 -lrb- 249 115 -rrb- - coach team: princeton -lrb- asst. -rrb- princeton georgetown - player years: 1984 -- 1988 - coach years: 1995 -- 2000 2000 -- 2004 2004 -- present - current team: georgetown - current title: head coach - birth date: 11 march 1966 - name: john thompson iii - overall record: 317 -- 157 -lrb- 317 157 -rrb- - image: jtiii campout.jpg - birth place: boston , massachusetts - championships: big regular season championship -lrb- 2007 , 2008 , 2013 -rrb- east ivy league regular season -lrb- 2001 , 2002 , 2004 tournament -rrb- championship -lrb- 2007 -rrb- big east Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john thompson iii .
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john robert thompson iii -lrb- born march 11 , 1966 -rrb- is the current head coach of the men 's basketball team at georgetown university .he grew up in washington , d.c. and was named first team all-metro by '' the washington post '' while playing for gonzaga college high school in 1984 .thompson was hired on april 20 , 2004 to replace craig esherick .prior to being hired at georgetown , thompson was the head coach for four years at his alma mater , princeton university .