[1] After playing defensive back at Central Arkansas, Thompson was defensive coordinator at Arkadelphia (AR) High School, working under John Outlaw and helping lead the Badgers to a state championship.
[2] He later became a graduate assistant under Lou Holtz at Arkansas, which led to him landing the defensive coordinator job at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, LA.
[4] In 2005, Thompson was hired by Steve Spurrier as co-defensive coordinator at South Carolina, but then left in 2006 to return to his alma mater, the University of Central Arkansas, as the athletics director.
Thompson then worked as defensive coordinator at Ole Miss under his former player Orgeron in 2007.
He moved into private business before coaching again at Fellowship Christian School, also in Roswell, as defensive coordinator in 2021–22.