| Bobby Thompson | |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Eastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Player Team3: | Adams State |
| Player Sport4: | Baseball |
| Player Team5: | Eastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Player Team6: | Adams State |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1961–1962 |
| Coach Team2: | Highland HS (NM) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1963 |
| Coach Team3: | Highland HS (NM) |
| Coach Years4: | 1964–1965 |
| Coach Team4: | Altus HS (OK) |
| Coach Years5: | 1966–1968 |
| Coach Team5: | Oklahoma State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1969–1972 |
| Coach Team6: | Idaho (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1973 |
| Coach Team7: | West Texas State (DB) |
| Coach Years8: | 1974 |
| Coach Team8: | Northwestern Oklahoma State |
| Coach Years9: | 1975 |
| Coach Team9: | Ardmore HS (OK) |
| Coach Years10: | 1977–1978 |
| Coach Team10: | Kansas State (DB/RC) |
| Coach Years11: | 1979–1980 |
| Coach Team11: | Fort Hays State |
| Coach Years12: | 1984 |
| Coach Team12: | Fort Hays State |
| Coach Years13: | 1985–? |
| Coach Team13: | Nebraska–Omaha (assistant) |
| Admin Years1: | 1980–1981 |
| Admin Team1: | Fort Hays State |
| Admin Years2: | 1981–1982 |
| Admin Team2: | South Dakota |
| Admin Years3: | 1985–1988 |
| Admin Team3: | Nebraska–Omaha |
| Admin Years4: | 1988–1999 |
| Admin Team4: | UTSA |
| Overall Record: | 16–23–2 (college) |
Bobby Thompson (born August 2, 1937) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served at the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1974 and two stints as the head football coach at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, from 1979 to 1980 and again in 1984, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–23–2.[1] He was the athletic director at Fort Hays State from 1980 to 1981, the University of South Dakota from 1981 to 1982, the University of Nebraska Omaha from 1985 to 1988, and University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) from 1988 to 1999.
Thompson was born on August 2, 1937, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and attended Guthrie High School there. He played football and baseball at Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Eastern Oklahoma State College—in Wilburton, Oklahoma and at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—in Alamosa, Colorado.[2] [3]