William G. Thompson (c. 1866 – March 1940) was an American educator, university administrator, and college football coach. Thompson attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

.INDIAN ATHLETES MAKE FINE RECORD; Director Thompson of Carlisle School Points Out Their Splendid Work. THEIR BASEBALL SKILL Bender's Excellent Showing -- Football Prowess Well Known -- Track Work
''The New York Times'', March 3, 1907. He served for fifteen years as the executive director of the

Carlisle Indian Industrial School The United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. It took over the historic Carlisl ...

, school disciplinarian,ESPN Book Club: "The Real All Americans"
ESPN, August 9, 2007. and an instructor of business. He was also the school's first head football coach in 1893 and led the Indians to a 2–1 record.Coaching Records Game By Game
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 16, 2010. Thompson also coached the Carlisle baseball, basketball, and track teams for five years.''The Carlisle Arrow, Volume IX, Number 9''
Carlisle Indian Industrial School, November 1, 1919. From 1897 to 1907, he was in " practical charge of the athletics" at the school. In 1907, he left Carlisle to teach at Reading High School for three years. Thompson died in March 1940.W.G. THOMPSON, 74, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD; Executive Director 15 Years of Carlisle Indian School Had Been Commercial Teacher HEADED TRAINING COURSE Directed Business Subjects at Plattsburg--Also Taught Physical Education
''The New York Times'', March 31, 1940.

Head coaching record

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