Jess Thompson
American gridiron football and basketball coach (1907–1975)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1907-08-14)August 14, 1907 Temple, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | January 26, 1975(1975-01-26) (aged 67) Hempstead, New York, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928–1930 | Central State Teachers |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1931–1933 | Seminole HS (OK) |
1934–1935 | Cameron (line) |
1936–1937 | Jet HS (OK) |
1939–1941 | Cameron |
1946 | Cameron |
1947 | Centenary |
1948 | Mississippi Southern (assistant) |
1951–1954 | Cameron |
1955–1959 | Tulsa (line) |
1960 | Texas Tech (line) |
1961–1964 | Calgary Stampeders (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1948–1949 | Mississippi Southern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–10 (basketball) 58–30–2 (football) |
Jess E. Thompson (August 14, 1907 – January 26, 1975) was an American gridiron football, and basketball coach. He served three stints as the head football coach at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma—1939 to 1941, in 1946, and 1951 to 1954—and at Centenary College of Louisiana in 1947.[1][2] Thompson was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Southern College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—from 1948 to 1949.[3] He was assistant coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for four seasons and also served as a scout for the Houston Oilers and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).[4]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
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Cameron Aggies (Independent) (1939–1941) | |||||||||
1939 | Cameron | 8–1 | |||||||
1940 | Cameron | 8–3 | |||||||
1941 | Cameron | 8–2–1 | |||||||
Cameron Aggies (Independent) (1946) | |||||||||
1946 | Cameron | 10–1 | |||||||
Centenary Gentlemen (Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1947) | |||||||||
1947 | Centenary | 1–9–1 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
Centenary: | 1–9–1 | 1–4 | |||||||
Cameron Aggies (Independent) (1951–1954) | |||||||||
1951 | Cameron | 6–4 | |||||||
1952 | Cameron | 7–3 | |||||||
1953 | Cameron | 4–6 | |||||||
1954 | Cameron | 6–3 | |||||||
Cameron: | 57–21–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 58–30–2 |
College basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Mississippi Southern Southerners (Gulf States Conference) (1948–1949) | |||||||||
1948–49 | Mississippi Southern | 6–10 | 5–9 | 8th | |||||
Mississippi Southern: | 6–10 (.375) | 5–9 (.357) | |||||||
Total: | 6–10 (.375) |
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References
- ^ "Jess Thompson". Cameron Aggies. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Jess Thompson". Lawton Constitution. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Southern Miss Men's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "All-Time Coaches". Calgary Stampeders. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "2021–22 Southern Miss Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). 2021. p. 61. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
External links
- Jess Thompson at Find a Grave
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Cameron Aggies head football coaches
- Unknown (1912)
- George L. Hawkinson (1913)
- Robert P. Short (1914)
- Harry J. Clemmer (1915)
- Emmett Gee (1916)
- C. L. Russell (1917)
- Unknown (1918)
- Byron F. Jolly (1919–1922)
- Guy Lookabaugh (1923)
- Unknown (1924)
- Goldie Dennis (1925–1926)
- William Huff (1927–1928)
- Penn Dickinson (1929–1931)
- Bryan J. Griffon (1932–1933)
- Julius H. Johnston (1934–1938)
- Jess Thompson (1939–1941)
- Lyle Yarbrough (1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Jess Thompson (1946)
- Billy Stamps (1947)
- Darwin Johnson (1948–1950)
- Jess Thompson (1951–1954)
- Leroy Montgomery (1955–1963)
- Lester Jensen (1964–1973)
- John Linville (1974–1975)
- Jim Helms (1976–1978)
- Keith Lavender (1979–1980)
- Cecil Morris (1981–1983)
- Brian Naber (1984–1989)
- Frank Crosson (1990–1992)