FDU Knights Athletics

Experience

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, FDU (NCAA Division I - NEC) - 2023-Present
Head Women's Basketball Coach, Monroe [Bronx] (NJCAA - Region XV) - 2019-2023
Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, CCNY (NCAA Division III - CUNYAC) - 2018-2019
Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Mitchell (NCAA Division III - NECC) - 2017-2018
Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, Albertus Magnus (NCAA Division III - GNAC) - 2016-2017
 

At FDU

• Helped the Knights set a program record in wins (29) in 2025.
• Played a role in leading the Knights to the 2025 NEC Championship and NCAA Tournament.
• Tabbed to join new head coach Stephanie Gaitley's staff on May 10, 2023

Monroe Highlights

• Posted 63 wins as the head coach of the Express
• Two-time Region XV Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)
• Developed nine All-Conference players
• Two Region XV Players of the Year
• Posted one NJCAA All-American
• Thompson's teams were nationally-ranked in each of his final two seasons
• Back-to-back national tournament appearances, including once as the #5 seed
• Selected as a member of the Top Connect Leadership Program Class of 2020, one of just 11 NJCAA women's basketball coaches chosen to participate

CCNY Highlights

• Responsible for preparing and assisting in all practice, completion of scouting reports and film breakdown
• Identified top recruits, building recruiting database and coordinating visits
• Coached a 1,000-point scorer
• Reached the CUNYAC semifinal
• Assisted in the development of two all-conference players

Mitchell Highlights

• Prepared practice plans and film breakdown
• Coordinated recruiting operations
• Placed fourth in the regular season
• Developed three all-league honorees

Albertus Magnus Highlights

• Coordinated practices and recruiting
• Coached a student-athlete with 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds
• Advanced to GNAC quarterfinal
• Successfully recruited five players for the 2017-18 season

Other experience

• Founder, Connecticut Sound Youth Basketball Club (2016-18)
  • Founded the AAU program consisting of six girls' teams and two boys' squads
  • Handled all budgeting for the entire program and managed marketing and public relations
  • Ran summer camps and clinics for girls in grades 5th-12th with more than 75 players attending each session
  • Won Connecticut championship
• Varsity Girls Basketball Coach, Bunnell High School (2015-16)
  • Oversaw all aspects of an interscholastic girls basketball team
  • Developed two all-conference players
• Girls Basketball Program Director, Sports Center of Connecticut (2016-18)
  • Run camps and clinics for grades 5th-12th
  • Hosted AUU tournaments with more than 30 teams participants across the northeast
  • Hosted youth outreach and community fundraiser events
• Head U-17 Women's Basketball Coach, JCC Maccabi Games [Detroit, Mich.] (2014)
  • Recruited a team of 10 women to participate in international competition
  • Finished as a silver medalist
• Varsity Girls Basketball Assistant Coach, Staples High School (2013-15)
  • Coached the No. 1 freshman team in the FCIAC