University of North Dakota Athletics

Brock Thompson enters his second season behind the bench of the University of North Dakota women’s soccer team in 2006.

When he accepted the job on June 21, 2005, Thompson knew that taking over a Sioux team which had gone 28-8-4 over the previous two seasons would be no small task. However, the Blair, Neb., native was up to the challenge.

Thompson continued the excellence established in the Fighting Sioux soccer program over its first six seasons, coaching UND to a 12-5-1 record and the second NCAA tournament berth in school history.

Thompson’s efforts did not go unnoticed, as he was named the North Central Conference’s co-Coach of the Year at season’s end.

For Thompson, taking over the UND program was a natural.

“Being familiar with the area, it’s an exciting opportunity to be able to come back and coach,” Thompson said at the time of his hiring. “I’m excited to be a part of a program that has had a lot of success in the six years that they’ve been around.”

Thompson took over at UND after spending one year as an assistant coach at Indiana State, a Division I school in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In his short time with the Sycamores, Thompson helped the team achieve its highest win total in program history and its highest placing in the conference standings.

Prior to his stint in Terre Haute, Ind., Thompson served as the head women’s coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., where he led the Marauders to back-to-back 14-win seasons and two consecutive NAIA Region III Championships.

In his three seasons at Mary, Thompson’s teams achieved a 39-23-4 overall record, which included several games against Division II competition in the area.

The coach was recognized for his efforts by being named the 2002 and 2003 recipient of the Region III Coach of the Year award. He was also named the Midwest Senior College Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in 2002.

Thompson’s coaching duties in Bismarck were not limited to the collegiate level. He also served as the girls’ head coach at Bismarck Century High School from 2000-2004, leading the Patriots to an overall mark of 64-22-1 and North Dakota state titles in 2001, ?02 and ?03.

Thompson also serves as a regional staff coach for the Region II Olympic Development Program, where he works with the top players in the region.

After completing four years as a player at Mary, Thompson served as an assistant coach with the Marauder’s men’s team from 1998 to 2001.

He was a four-year starter at Mary, where he was named an NAIA All-American in 1998 and the team MVP in 1995, ?96 and ?98.

Thompson graduated from the University of Mary in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in biology education and is finishing a master’s degree in sport management from Indiana State.