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David Thompson

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David Thompson joined the Blue Demons in November of 2024. Thompson comes back to Chicago following stops at San Francisco State and NYU the last four years.

In his first season at DePaul, Coach Thompson’s hurdles and horizontal jumps group made an immediate impact, setting four school records. Jaiah Hopf had a standout indoor season, finishing runner-up in both the triple jump and long jump at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships and breaking the indoor triple jump school record with a mark of 13.03m. Darius Brown dominated the hurdles, breaking both the DePaul and BIG EAST records in the 60m hurdles while also capturing the conference title. He went on to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships after running a record time of 7.61 to take 10th place. During the outdoor season, Brown was crowned Drake Relays Champion and later shattered the school and BIG EAST records in the 110m hurdles en route to a 6th place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning First Team All-American Status. Jaiah Hopf claimed the BIG EAST title in the triple jump, finished runner-up in the long jump, and broke the school triple jump record at the NCAA West Regionals with a jump of 13.26m. Eveline Reno also earned a runner-up finish in the triple jump at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, contributing to a stellar year for the group.

While at San Francisco State, Thompson led the program to individual titles in the pole vault and high jump and coached the school's first All-American in the high jump since the 2019 season.

Prior to his role at NYU, Thompson served as the head women's cross country and track & field coach for Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 2015 to 2021. There, he helped produce nine NCAA Division III All-Americans and 28 national qualifiers. Under his leadership, Augustana posted a 20th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships and earned a third-place finish at the 2019 CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) Indoor Championships.

From 2013-15, Thompson served as the head men's track & field coach at Williams College. During his tenure, his athletes earned five NCAA All-America honors and set six school records. The Ephs placed 12th at the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships and were runners-up at the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference) Outdoor Championships.

Between 2011 and 2013, Thompson served as the head men's and women's track & field coach at SUNY Oswego. His student-athletes set 12 indoor and outdoor school records and claimed individual SUNYAC titles in the men’s 60m hurdles and women’s pole vault.

From 2008 to 2011, Thompson led the men’s and women’s track & field programs at the University of Dubuque, where he coached the 2011 NCAA Division III Indoor Men's National Champion in the 55m and the school's first-ever women's triple jump All-American. In total, his teams featured numerous national qualifiers and broke over 20 school records.

A 1999 graduate of North Central College with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Thompson was an 11-time All-American and a three-time NCAA National Champion for the Cardinals. He won the indoor national title in the long jump in 1997, and helped lead North Central to the 1998 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship by winning the 200m and running as part of North Central's national champion 4x100m relay team. He was inducted into the North Central College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.