Ryan Thompson (basketball)

Ryan Thompson

Thompson with Bonn in 2016
Rowan Profs
Position	Assistant coach
League	New Jersey Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born	(1988-06-09) June 9, 1988 (age 36) Mount Laurel, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school	Lenape (Medford, New Jersey)
College	Rider (2006–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–2020
Coaching career	2021–present
Career history
As player:
2010–2011	Utah Flash
2011–2012	Basket Brescia Leonessa
2012–2013	Generali Okapi Aalstar
2013–2014	Telenet Oostende
2014–2015	Brose Baskets
2015	Crvena zvezda
2016	Trabzonspor
2016–2017	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2017–2019	ratiopharm Ulm
2019–2020	Hapoel Holon
As coach:
2021–present	Rowan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Bundesliga champion (2015) All-Bundesliga Second Team (2015) Belgian League champion (2014) Belgian Cup winner (2014) 2× First-team All-MAAC (2009, 2010) Second-team All-MAAC (2008)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ryan Christopher Thompson (born June 9, 1988) is an American college basketball assistant coach for Rowan University of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. He played college basketball for Rider University before playing professionally in the NBA D-League, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Serbia, Turkey and Israel.

College career

Thompson played four seasons of college basketball at the Rider University, with the Rider Broncs, where he earned All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors three times, with selections to the All-MAAC First Team in his junior and senior seasons. He scored 1,879 career points to rank fourth on the school’s all-time list (through 2023–24) while he holds the program’s record with 188 career steals. Thompson is the only Rider player to be ranked in the school's top 10 in points, rebounds, and assists..[1]

Professional career

Thompson went undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft. For the 2010–11 season he played with the Utah Flash of the NBA Development League. On July 13, 2011, he signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.[2]

In July 2012, he signed with Generali Okapi Aalstar of Belgium for the 2012–13 season.[3] On July 15, 2013, he signed with Telenet Oostende.[4] With Oostende he won the Belgian League and Belgian Cup in the 2013–14 season.

On July 8, 2014, he signed with Brose Baskets of Germany for the 2014–15 season.[5][6] On August 25, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Crvena zvezda.[7] On December 28, 2015, he parted ways with Crvena zvezda after appearing in seventeen ABA league games and ten Euroleague games.[8] The same day he signed with Trabzonspor for the rest of the season.[9]

On July 13, 2016, he signed with German club Telekom Baskets Bonn for the 2016–17 season.[10] On June 9, 2017, Thompson signed with German club ratiopharm Ulm.[11] On July 28, 2019, Thompson signed with Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Premier League for the 2019–20 season.[12]

Coaching career

Thompson joined Rowan University's men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach prior to the 2021–22 season.[13]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2015–16	Crvena zvezda	10	6	19.5	.373	.190	.667	1.6	.9	.5	.1	4.8	1.7
Career		10	6	19.5	.373	.190	.667	1.6	.9	.5	.1	4.8	1.7

Personal life

Thompson is the younger brother of former NBA player Jason Thompson.[14]

References

1. "Ryan Thompson-Rider Broncs Bio". gobroncs.com. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
2. "Leonessa Brescia announces Ryan Thompson". Sportando.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
3. "Okapi Aalstar agreed to terms with Ryan Thompson". Sportando.com. July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
4. "Telenet Ostend tabs Thompson". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 15, 2013. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
5. "Bamberg tabs Ryan Thompson". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
6. "Thompson offiziell bei den Brose Baskets". brosebaskets.de (in German). July 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
7. "Crvena Zvezda signs Ryan Thompson". Euroleague.net. August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
8. "Sporazumni raskid KK Crvena zvezda i Tompsona". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
9. "Ryan Thompson officially signs with Trabzonspor". Sportando.com. December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
10. "Ryan Thompson kommt aus der Türkei". telekom-baskets-bonn.de (in German). July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
11. "VIELSEITIGER BBL-ALLSTAR KOMMT NACH ULM". basketball-ulm.com (in German). June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
12. "זר ראשון: ראיין תומפסון בהפועל חולון". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
13. "Assistant coach Ryan Thompson". RowanAthletics.com. Rowan University. 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
14. "Ryan Thompson in NBA Summer League". gobroncs.com. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.

External links

• Ryan Thompson bio @ RowanAthletics.com
• Ryan Thompson on Twitter