John Thompson (American football)

John Thompson

Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Defensive Coordinator
Team	Texas St.
Conference	Sun Belt
Biographical details
Born	(1955-10-16) October 16, 1955 El Paso, Texas
Playing career
1970s	Central Arkansas
Position(s)	Defensive Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982	Arkansas (GA)
1983–1986	Northwestern St. (DC)
1987	Alabama (LB)
1988–1989	Northwestern St. (DC)
1990–1991	Louisiana Tech (DC)
1992	Southern Miss (DC)
1993–1998	Southern Miss (AHC/DC)
1999	Memphis (DC)
2000	Arkansas (Co-DC)
2001	Arkansas (DC)
2002	Florida (DC/MLB)
2003–2004	East Carolina
2005	South Carolina (Co-DC/ILB)
2007	Ole Miss (DC/DB)
2008–2011	Georgia St. (AHC/DC/ILB)
2012–2013	Arkansas St. (DC/LB)
2012	Arkansas St. (Interim HC)
2013	Arkansas St. (Interim HC)
2014–present	Texas St. (DC)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006	Central Arkansas
Head coaching record
Overall	5–20
Bowls	2–0
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John Thompson (born October 16, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Texas State University (TXST), a position he has held since March 2014. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University (ECU) from 2003 to 2004, and at Arkansas State on an interim basis twice—first during the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl and also in the 2014 GoDaddy Bowl. To date, he has compiled a career college football record of 5–20.

Coaching career

Thompson was hired by head coach Ed Orgeron, who played under Thompson at Northwestern State University. Thompson has also served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Alabama, the University of Arkansas, the University of Florida, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech, and the University of Memphis. From 2003 to 2004, he was the head football coach at East Carolina University.

His most recent coaching position, prior to Ole Miss, was as co-defensive coordinator at South Carolina, but he left to return to his alma mater, the University of Central Arkansas, as the athletic director. Thompson then accepted the position as Defensive Coordinator at Georgia State University. Thompson accepted the Defensive Coordinator position for the Arkansas State Red Wolves on February 25, 2012 under Head Coach Gus Malzahn. Thompson, his wife, Charleen, and two sons, Cabe and Hays, currently live in Alpharetta, Georgia outside of Atlanta.

College head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
East Carolina Pirates (Conference USA) (2003–2004)
2003	East Carolina	1–11	1–7
2004	East Carolina	2–9	2–6
East Carolina:		3–20	3–13
Arkansas State Red Wolves (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–2013)
2012	Arkansas State	1–0*
2013	Arkansas State	1–0*
Arkansas State:		2–0		* Only coached bowl games
Total:		5–20
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• Arkansas State profile