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Stephen Thompson
Oregon State Beavers
Assistant coach
Personal information
Born (1968-12-02) December 2, 1968 (age 55)
Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
High school Crenshaw
(Los Angeles, California)
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College Syracuse (1986–1990)
NBA Draft 1990 / Undrafted
Coaching career 2002–present
League West Coast Conference
Career history
As player:
1990–1991 Rapid City Thrillers
1991–1992 Oklahoma City Cavalry
1992 Orlando Magic
1992 Sacramento Kings
1992–1993 La Crosse Catbirds
1993–1994 Rochester Renegade
1994–1995 Grand Rapids Mackers
As coach:
2002–2005 Cal State Los Angeles (assistant)
2005–2014 Cal State Los Angeles
2014–2022 Oregon State (assistant)
2022-present Oregon State (assistant AD)
Career highlights and awards
  • CBA Rookie of the Year (1991)
  • CBA scoring champion (1992)
  • 2× Second-team All-Big East (1989, 1990)
  • Second-team Parade All-American (1986)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
Summer Universiade
Gold 1989 Duisburg National team
FIBA U19 World Championship
Silver 1987 Bormio National team

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.

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.

He joined the coaching staff of the Oregon State University men's basketball program in 2014 as an assistant coach.

In 2022, Thompson became the new assistant Athletic Director- Player Development, before returning to his role as assistant coach in the 2023-24 season.[1]

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