Duncan Thompson (American football) explained

Duncan Thompson
Birth Date:19 February 1929
Player Years1:1947
Player Team1:Arkansas
Player Years2:1950
Player Team2:Tyler
Player Years3:1951–1952
Player Team3:East Texas State
Player Positions:End
Coach Years1:1953
Coach Team1:Linden HS (TX)
Coach Years2:1954
Coach Team2:Spring Hill HS (TX)
Coach Years3:1955–1956
Coach Team3:Linden HS (TX)
Coach Years4:1957–1958
Coach Team4:Texarkana
Admin Years1:1955–1957
Admin Team1:Linden HS (TX)
Admin Years2:1957–1959
Admin Team2:Texarkana
Overall Record:18–2 (junior college)
Bowl Record:2–0 (junior college)
Championships:Football
1 NJCAA National (1957)
1 TJCC (1957)
1 TEC (1958)

Duncan W. Thompson (February 19, 1929 – April 16, 1997) was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texarkana Junior College—now known as Texarkana College—in Texarkana, Texas from 1957 to 1958. He led his 1957 Texarkana Bulldogs football team to a NJCAA National Football Championship.

A native of Atlanta, Texas, Thompson first played college football at the University of Arkansas in 1947. He then played at Tyler Junior College in 1950 and for two season at East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce. He graduated from East Texas State in 1953 and began his coaching career that year as head football coach at Linden High School in Linden, Texas.[1] The next year he took on the same position at Spring Hill High School in Longview, Texas.[2] He returned to Linden in 1955 as head football coach and athletic director.[3]

Thompson was hired as head football coach and athletic director at Texarkana Junior College in 1957, succeeding Woody Boyles.[4] [5] In early 1959, he turned down an offer to become freshman football coach at Baylor University.[6] That spring, he resigned from his post at Texarkana to go into the oil business as a bulk agent for Humble Oil and Refining Co. in his hometown of Atlanta.[7]

Head coaching record

Junior college

Notes and References

  1. News: . Thompson Is Named Coach At Linden . . . April 12, 1953 . 2B . June 30, 2024 . .
  2. News: . East Texas Coach to Take New Position . . . January 5, 1954 . 11 . June 30, 2024 . .
  3. News: . Thompson To Get Linden Post . . . April 15, 1955 .
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    . June 30, 2024 . .
  4. News: . TJC Hires New Coach . . . . January 25, 1957 . 27 . June 30, 2024 . .
  5. News: . Linden Coach Gets Texarkana College Position . . . February 7, 1957 . 6 . June 30, 2024 . .
  6. News: . Baylor Turned Down By JC Coach . . . February 10, 1959 . 15A . June 30, 2024 . .
  7. News: . Texarkana Coach To Enter Oil Business . . . May 19, 1959 . A13 . June 30, 2024 . .