| Jess Thompson | |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Temple, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hempstead, New York, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1928–1930 |
| Player Team2: | Central State (OK) |
| Player Positions: | Center |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1931–1933 |
| Coach Team2: | Seminole HS (OK) |
| Coach Years3: | 1934–1935 |
| Coach Team3: | Cameron (line) |
| Coach Years4: | 1936–1937 |
| Coach Team4: | Jet HS (OK) |
| Coach Years5: | 1939–1941 |
| Coach Team5: | Cameron |
| Coach Years6: | 1946 |
| Coach Team6: | Cameron |
| Coach Years7: | 1947 |
| Coach Team7: | Centenary |
| Coach Years8: | 1948 |
| Coach Team8: | Mississippi Southern (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 1951–1954 |
| Coach Team9: | Cameron |
| Coach Years10: | 1955–1959 |
| Coach Team10: | Tulsa (line) |
| Coach Years11: | 1960 |
| Coach Team11: | Texas Tech (line) |
| Coach Years12: | 1961–1964 |
| Coach Team12: | Calgary Stampeders (assistant) |
| Coach Sport13: | Basketball |
| Coach Years14: | 1948–1949 |
| Coach Team14: | Mississippi Southern |
| Overall Record: | 1–9–1 (college football) 6–10 (college basketball) 57–23–1 (junior college football) |
| Championships: | Football 4 OJCC (1939, 1941, 1946, 1954) |
Jess E. Thompson (August 14, 1907 – January 26, 1975) was an American gridiron football, and basketball coach. He served three stints as the head football coach at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma—1939 to 1941, in 1946, and 1951 to 1954—and at Centenary College of Louisiana in 1947.[1] Thompson was also the head basketball coach at Mississippi Southern College—now known as the University of Southern Mississippi—from 1948 to 1949.[2] He was assistant coach for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for four seasons and also served as a scout for the Houston Oilers and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).[3]
Thompson died of an apparent heart attack, on January 26, 1975, at a hotel in Hempstead, New York.[4] [5]