Biographical details | |
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Born | April 17, 1948 |
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
1966–1970 | Seton Hall |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Men's basketball | |
1971–1972 | Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham (assistant) |
1972–1975 | Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham |
1975–1985 | James Madison (assistant) |
1985–1988 | James Madison |
1988–1997 | Wingate |
Women's basketball | |
2003–2006 | UNC Wilmington (assistant) |
2006–2008 | Northwood |
2008–2010 | Fordham (assistant) |
2010–2012 | St. Francis Brooklyn (assistant) |
2012–2018 | St. Francis Brooklyn |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 165–232 (men's) 114–131 (women's) |
Tournaments | Men's 0–1 (NIT) Women's 0–1 (NCAA Division I) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Women's 2 FSC regular season (2007–2008) NEC tournament (2015) | |
Awards | |
Men's CAA Coach of the Year (1987) Women's FSC Coach of the Year (2008) | |
John Thurston (born April 17, 1948) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the St. Francis College women's basketball team from 2012 to 2018.[1] Thurston was born in the Bronx, New York and is an alumnus of Archbishop Molloy High School and Seton Hall University.[2] Through both high school and college, Thurston was a two sport player playing baseball and basketball. After graduating high school in 1966, Thurston was drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 MLB Amateur Draft.[2]