| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1907 Temple, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | January 26, 1975 (aged 67) Hempstead, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1928–1930 | Central State (OK) |
| 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 | 1–9–1 (college football) 6–10 (college basketball) 57–23–1 (junior college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 OJCC (1939, 1941, 1946, 1954) | |
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] Thompson was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Southern College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—from 1948 to 1949.[2] 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).[3]
Thompson died of an apparent heart attack, on January 26, 1975, at a hotel in Hempstead, New York.[4][5]
- ^ "Jess Thompson". Cameron Aggies. 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.
- ^ "Jess Thompson Dies; Services Pending Here". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma. January 27, 1975. p. 6. Retrieved October 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Jet's scout dies". The Herald-News. Passaic, New Jersey. Associated Press. January 28, 1975. p. 21. Retrieved October 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
