Ryan Christopher Thompson (born June 9, 1988) is an American

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assistant coach for

Rowan University Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden. Founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a site donated by 107 residents, the scho ...

of the

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. He played college basketball for

Rider University Rider University is a private university in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, United States. It consists of three academic units: the Norm Brodsky College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which includes Westminster Choir Coll ...

before playing professionally in the

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, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Serbia, Turkey and Israel.

College career

Thompson played four seasons of

at the

, with the Rider Broncs, where he earned All-

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(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..

Professional career

Thompson went undrafted in the

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. For the 2010–11 season he played with the Utah Flash of the

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. On July 13, 2011, he signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian

Legadue Basket Serie A2, known for sponsorship reasons as Serie A2 Old Wild West, is a men's basketball league in Italy. It constitutes the second-tier of the Italian league pyramid, below the first division LBA and above the third division Serie B, with ...

for the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, he signed with Generali Okapi Aalstar of Belgium for the 2012–13 season. On July 15, 2013, he signed with Telenet Oostende. With Oostende he won the Belgian League and

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in the 2013–14 season. On July 8, 2014, he signed with

Brose Baskets Bamberg Baskets is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia/North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup six times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketball ...

of Germany for the 2014–15 season. On August 25, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

. On December 28, 2015, he parted ways with Crvena zvezda after appearing in seventeen

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games and ten

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games. The same day he signed with

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

for the rest of the season. On July 13, 2016, he signed with German club

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for the 2016–17 season. On June 9, 2017, Thompson signed with German club

ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany. The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the major German professional league an ...

. On July 28, 2019, Thompson signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The ...

of the

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for the 2019–20 season.

Coaching career

Thompson joined

's men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach prior to the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

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Personal life

Thompson is the younger brother of former NBA player Jason Thompson.

References

External links

Ryan Thompson bio
@ RowanAthletics.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Ryan 1988 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Serbia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from New Jersey Basketball players from Burlington County, New Jersey Pallacanestro Brescia players BC Oostende players Bamberg Baskets players Hapoel Holon B.C. players KK Crvena zvezda players Lenape High School alumni Okapi Aalstar players Sportspeople from Mount Laurel, New Jersey Ratiopharm Ulm players Rider Broncs men's basketball players Rowan Profs men's basketball coaches Small forwards Telekom Baskets Bonn players Trabzonspor B.K. players Utah Flash players