Brent Thompson (American football)

American football coach

Brent Thompson
Current position
Title	Director of Recruiting Operations
Team	East Carolina Pirates
Conference	American
Biographical details
Born	c. 1975 (age 48–49)
Playing career
1994–1997	Norwich

Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999	Dickinson (assistant)
2000	Stony Brook (assistant)
2001–2002	Northeastern (assistant)
2003–2009	Bucknell (assistant)
2010–2013	Lenoir–Rhyne (OC)
2014–2015	The Citadel (OC)
2016–2022	The Citadel

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2023-present	East Carolina (Director of Recruiting Operations)

Head coaching record
Overall	36–44
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SoCon (2016)
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (2016)

Brent Thompson is an American college football coach, most recently served as head coach of The Citadel Bulldogs football team. He was named to that position after the 2015 season. The Citadel and Thompson parted ways following back to back 4-7 seasons in 2021 and 2022.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	STATS	Coaches
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (2016–2022)
2016	The Citadel	10–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division I Second Round	10	9
2017	The Citadel	5–6	3–5	T–6th
2018	The Citadel	5–6	4–4	T–5th
2019	The Citadel	6–6	4–4	T–4th
2020–21	The Citadel	2–10	2–6	7th
2021	The Citadel	4–7	3–5	T–7th
2022	The Citadel	4–7	3–5	T–6th
The Citadel:		36–44	27–29
Total:		36–44
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

Kevin Bilodeau (January 19, 2016). "The Citadel names Brent Thompson as new head coach". Charleston, SC: WCSC-TV. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
Jeff Hartsell (January 19, 2016). "Citadel will name Brent Thompson new football coach". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
"Thompson named head football coach". The Citadel Bulldogs. January 19, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
Brice, John (November 21, 2022). "Sources: The Citadel is making a change atop its football program". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

External links

The Citadel Bulldogs profile

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Syd Smith (1905) Ralph Foster (1906–1908) Sam Costen (1909–1910) Louis LeTellier (1911–1912) George C. Rogers (1913–1915) Harry J. O'Brien (1916–1918) George C. Rogers (1919) Harry J. O'Brien (1920–1921) Carl Prause (1922–1929) Johnny Floyd (1930–1931) Tatum Gressette (1932–1939) Bo Rowland (1940–1942) No team (1943–1945) J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952) John D. McMillan (1953–1954) John Sauer (1955–1956) Eddie Teague (1957–1965) Red Parker (1966–1972) Bobby Ross (1973–1977) Art Baker (1978–1982) Tom Moore (1983–1986) Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995) Don Powers (1996–2000) Ellis Johnson (2001–2003) John Zernhelt (2004) Kevin Higgins (2005–2013) Mike Houston (2014–2015) Brent Thompson (2016–2022) Maurice Drayton (2023– )

The Citadel Bulldogs head football coaches

Syd Smith (1905)
Ralph Foster (1906–1908)
Sam Costen (1909–1910)
Louis LeTellier (1911–1912)
George C. Rogers (1913–1915)
Harry J. O'Brien (1916–1918)
George C. Rogers (1919)
Harry J. O'Brien (1920–1921)
Carl Prause (1922–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1930–1931)
Tatum Gressette (1932–1939)
Bo Rowland (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
J. Quinn Decker (1946–1952)
John D. McMillan (1953–1954)
John Sauer (1955–1956)
Eddie Teague (1957–1965)
Red Parker (1966–1972)
Bobby Ross (1973–1977)
Art Baker (1978–1982)
Tom Moore (1983–1986)
Charlie Taaffe (1987–1995)
Don Powers (1996–2000)
Ellis Johnson (2001–2003)
John Zernhelt (2004)
Kevin Higgins (2005–2013)
Mike Houston (2014–2015)
Brent Thompson (2016–2022)
Maurice Drayton (2023– )

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