:Stephen Thompson (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1968)}}

{{about|the basketball coach and former player|his son and current player|Stevie Thompson}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Stephen Thompson

| image =

| width =

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| position = Assistant coach

| league = West Coast Conference

| team = Oregon State Beavers

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|2}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California

| nationality = American

| high_school = Crenshaw
(Los Angeles, California)

| college = Syracuse (1986–1990)

| draft_year = 1990

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 5

| career_position = Shooting guard

| coach_start = 2002

| years1 = 1990–1991

| team1 = Rapid City Thrillers

| years2 = 1991–1992

| team2 = Oklahoma City Cavalry

| years3 = {{nbay|1991|end}}

| team3 = Orlando Magic

| years4 = {{nbay|1991|end}}

| team4 = Sacramento Kings

| years5 = 1992–1993

| team5 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years6 = 1993–1994

| team6 = Rochester Renegade

| years7 = 1994–1995

| team7 = Grand Rapids Mackers

| cyears1 = 2002–2005

| cteam1 = Cal State Los Angeles (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2005–2014

| cteam2 = Cal State Los Angeles

| cyears3 = 2014–2022

| cteam3 = Oregon State (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2022-present

| cteam4 = Oregon State (assistant AD)

| highlights =

• 2× All-CBA Second Team (1991, 1992)
• CBA Rookie of the Year (1991)
• CBA All-Rookie Team (1991)
• CBA scoring champion (1992)
• 2× Second-team All-Big East (1989, 1990)
• Second-team Parade All-American (1986)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold| 1989 Duisburg | National team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA U19 World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver| 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).

Thompson played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Rapid City Thrillers, Oklahoma City Cavalry, La Crosse Catbirds, Rochester Renegade and Grand Rapids Mackers from 1990 to 1995. He was selected as the CBA Rookie of the Year in 1991 and named to the All-CBA Second Team in 1991 and 1992.{{cite web |title=Stephen Thompson minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-thompste001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 25, 2025}}

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.[http://www.csulaathletics.com/News/mbball/2007/2/27/20070227%20thompson%20hanson%20medal.asp?path=mbball CSULA Men's Basketball Head Coach Stephen Thompson to be Honored with Hanson Medal in Syracuse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093453/http://www.csulaathletics.com/News/mbball/2007/2/27/20070227%20thompson%20hanson%20medal.asp?path=mbball |date=2007-09-30 }}, posted Feb. 27, 2007

He joined the coaching staff of the Oregon State University men's basketball program in 2014 as an assistant coach.{{cite web|title=Stephen Thompson|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=696&path=mbball|website=www.osubeavers.com|accessdate=15 March 2017}}

In 2022, Thompson became the new assistant Athletic Director- Player Development,{{cite web |url=https://osubeavers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/stephen-thompson/1235 |title= Stephen Thompson|publisher=OSUBeavers.com|accessdate=November 24, 2022}} before returning to his role as assistant coach in the 2023–24 season.[https://osubeavers.com/news/2023/9/21/mens-basketball-nelson-returns-to-beavers]