Brooks Thompson
Brooks Thompson (1970-2016)
Teams coached: UTSA Roadrunners
UTSA record: 133-178 (.428)
Overall record^: 133-178 (.428)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2011)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Southland Tournament Champion: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2006-2016 | UTSA |
| 2004-2006 | Arizona State (asst) |
| 2002-2004 | Yavapai CC |
| 2001-2002 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Southeastern Louisiana (asst) |
| 1998-1999 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
Brooks Thompson Facts
- Brooks James Thompson
- Born July 19, 1970
- Died June 9, 2016
- Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University (BA, 1994)
- Played two years at Texas A&M, one each under head coaches Shelby Metcalf and Kermit Davis
- Transferred to Oklahoma State in 1991 where he finished his career playing for HOF coach Eddie Sutton
- Named First-Team All-Big Eight in 1994 and was drafted in the first round (27th) overall by the Orlando Magic
- Played four seasons in the NBA, spending time in Orlando, Utah, Denver, Phoenix and New York
- Head coaches he played for include Brian Hill, Dick Motta, Danny Ainge and Jeff Van Gundy
- Started his coaching career in 1998, spending the season as an assistant under Sutton at his alma mater
- Was the head coach at Metro Christian Academy, a K-12 school in Madison, TN, for one season (1999-2000)
- Spent one season on Billy Kennedy‘s staff at Southeastern Louisiana and then one more with Sutton at OK State
- Hired in 2002 to be the head coach at Yavapai CC in Arizona; went 59-17 in two seasons at the helm
- Won the Arizona CC Athletic Conference and reached the NJCAA Division I National Tournament in both seasons
- Stayed in the Copper State, spending two years as an assistant at Arizona State under Rob Evans
- Hired in 2006 to be the head coach at UTSA, a position he held for the next ten seasons
- Compiled an overall record of 133-178, highlighted by a Southland Tournament title and NCAA berth in 2011
- Fired in March 2016 following a 5-27 campaign, his fourth-straight sub-.500 season
- Just a month after his firing, Thompson was diagnosed with double organ failure; he was diagnosed with a blood infection in May 2016 and then in June, passed away at the age of 45
- Survived by his wife, Michelle, and their three daughters
Brooks Thompson Coaching Tree
- Gus Argenal (Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State East Bay)
- Jay Spoonhour (Eastern Illinois)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
