Ronnie Thompson
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| Ronnie Thompson | ||
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| Born | c. 1944 | |
| Place of birth |  Port Arthur, TX |
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| Overall | 89-77-3 | |
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| 1965-1967 | Louisiana College | |
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| 1968-1970 1971-1973 1974-1975 1976-1977 1978-1981 1982-1985 1986-1988 1989-1992 1993-2001 2006-present |
Texas City HS SA Jefferson HS (Assist.) Vidor HS Lamar (OC) PA Jefferson HS Texas (QB/RB coach) Texas A&M (QB/RB coach) South Garland HS (OC) South Garland HS PA Memorial HS |
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Ronald H. “Ronnie” Thompson (born c. 1944) is an American football coach. He coached for almost 40 years in the high school and collegiate ranks.
Thompson graduated in 1962 from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas and went on to play at Louisiana College. After graduation, he coached at various high schools. As a young assistant coach at San Antonio Jefferson High School, he closely followed the exploits of the 1971 4A state champions Robert E. Lee High School, playing a pass-happy offense coached by John Ferrara, who in 1975 became an assistant at SMU. In 1978 Thompson installed a very similar offense at Port Arthur Jefferson High School, led by quarterback Todd Dodge. Jefferson reached the 1980 state championship game but lost to Odessa Permian.
A year after Dodge left for Texas, Thompson joined the Longhorns as backfield coach under Fred Akers. Later Thompson went to coach at Texas A&M University under offensive coordinator Lynn Amedee and head coach Jackie Sherrill. He is now head coach at Port Arthur Memorial High School.
