Stephen Thompson (basketball)

Stephen M. Thompson Sr. (born December 2, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach at Oregon State University.

This article is about the basketball coach and former player. For his son and current player, see Stephen Thompson Jr.
Stephen Thompson
Oregon State Beavers
PositionAssistant coach
LeaguePac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1968-12-02) December 2, 1968
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrenshaw
(Los Angeles, California)
CollegeSyracuse (1986–1990)
NBA draft1990: undrafted
PositionShooting guard
Number5
Coaching career2002–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1991Rapid City Thrillers
1991–1992Oklahoma City Cavalry
1992Orlando Magic
1992Sacramento Kings
1992–1993La Crosse Catbirds
1993–1994Rochester Renegade
1994–1995Grand Rapids Mackers
As coach:
2002–2005Cal State Los Angeles (assistant)
2005–2014Cal State Los Angeles
2014–2022Oregon State (assistant)
2022-presentOregon State (assistant AD)
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1989 Duisburg National team
FIBA U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1987 Bormio National team

Born in Los Angeles, Thompson attended Crenshaw High School and then Syracuse University, where he was named the Big East's Scholar Athlete of the Year. He played briefly in the NBA during the 1991-92 season for the Sacramento Kings (23 games) and Orlando Magic (one game).

He was selected to the Syracuse Men's Basketball All-Century Team in 2000.

Thompson was appointed head coach of the California State University, Los Angeles men's basketball team for the 2005-06 season after working as an assistant since 2002.[1]

He joined the coaching staff of the Oregon State University men's basketball program in 2014 as an assistant coach.[2]
In 2022, Thompson became the new assistant Athletic Director- Player Development.[3]

Notes
  1. CSULA Men's Basketball Head Coach Stephen Thompson to be Honored with Hanson Medal in Syracuse Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, posted Feb. 27, 2007
  2. "Stephen Thompson". www.osubeavers.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. "Stephen Thompson". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved November 24, 2022.


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