Brooks James Thompson (July 19, 1970 – June 9, 2016) was an American basketball coach and retired player, who played for the Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Brooks Thompson

Personal information
Born	(1970-07-19)July 19, 1970 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died	June 9, 2016(2016-06-09) (aged 45) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Littleton (Littleton, Colorado)
College	Texas A&M (1989–1991) Oklahoma State (1992–1994)
NBA draft	1994: 1st round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Orlando Magic
Playing career	1994–1998
Position	Point guard
Number	22, 6, 4, 7
Coaching career	1998–2016
Career history
As player:
1994–1996	Orlando Magic
1996	Utah Jazz
1996–1997	Denver Nuggets
1997	Iraklis Thessaloniki
1997–1998	Phoenix Suns
1998	New York Knicks
As coach:
1998–1999	Oklahoma State (assistant)
1999–2000	Metro Christian Academy Tulsa
2000–2001	Southeastern Louisiana (assistant)
2001–2002	Oklahoma State (director of operations)
2002–2004	Yavapai
2004–2006	Arizona State (assistant)
2006–2016	UTSA
Career highlights and awards
As player: Greek League All-Star (1997) First-team All-Big Eight (1994) As head coach: Southland tournament champion (2011)
Career NBA statistics
Points	760 (4.5 ppg)
Rebounds	158 (0.9 rpg)
Assists	281 (1.7 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Thompson, a 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall point guard, attended and played high school basketball at Littleton High, in Littleton, Colorado. He was named the Colorado Player of the Year in 1989, and he led Littleton to a 24–0 record, and the state's 4A title. After high school, Thompson played college basketball at Texas A&M University. He played with the school's men's team, the Texas A&M Aggies, from 1989 to 1991. Thompson also played college basketball at Oklahoma State University, where he played with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, from 1992 to 1994.

Thompson was selected by the NBA's the Orlando Magic, in the first round, with the 27th overall draft pick of the 1994 NBA draft.^[1] In his NBA career, Thompson played in a total of 168 regular season games, in which he scored a total 760 points. On November 26, 1996, while a member of the Denver Nuggets, Thompson scored a career high 26 points against the Phoenix Suns. He also played professionally in the Greek Basket League, with Iraklis Thessaloniki.

On April 19, 2006, Thompson was named the head coach of the men's basketball team of the University of Texas at San Antonio. On November 15, 2009, UTSA defeated the University of Iowa, which was UTSA's first ever win versus a Big Ten Conference school. On March 16, 2011, Thompson guided UTSA to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win, when the Roadrunners defeated Alabama State, by a score of 70–61. On March 10, 2016, Thompson was fired by UTSA, following a 5–27 record.

In April 2016, Thompson was diagnosed with double organ failure. His condition initially improved from critical to stable, but he had to be rushed to a hospital with sepsis, just days later. He died on June 9, 2016.