player_team coach_years birth_place overall_record player_years coach_team birth_date article_title name
louisiana college 1968-1970 2006 - '' present '' 1971-1973 1974-1975 1976-1977 1978-1981 1982-1985 1986-1988 1989-1992 1993-2001 texas port arthur , tx 89-77-3 1965-1967 texas -rrb- vidor hs lamar -lrb- oc -rrb- pa jefferson hs city texas -lrb- qb/rb coach -rrb- texas a & m -lrb- hs qb/rb coach -rrb- south garland hs -lrb- oc -rrb- south sa garland hs pa memorial hs jefferson hs -lrb- assist . c. 1944 ronnie thompson -lrb- american football -rrb-
 ronnie thompson
ronnie thompson -lrb- american football -rrb-

ronald h. `` ronnie '' thompson -lrb- born c. 1944 -rrb- 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 a retired head coach from port arthur memorial high school .
