Jess Thompson

Jess Thompson
Biographical details
Born	August 14, 1907; Temple, Oklahoma
Died	January 26, 1975 (aged 67); Hempstead, New York
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)

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]

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