Ryan Christopher Thompson (born June 9, 1988) is an American college basketball assistant coach for Rowan University of the New Jersey Athletic Conference. He played college basketball for Rider University before playing professionally in the NBA D-League, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Serbia, Turkey and Israel.
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College career
Thompson played four seasons of college basketball at the Rider University, with the Rider Broncs, where he earned All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) honors three times, with selections to the All-MAAC First Team in his junior and senior seasons. He scored 1,879 career points to rank fourth on the school’s all-time list (through 2023–24) while he holds the program’s record with 188 career steals. Thompson is the only Rider player to be ranked in the school's top 10 in points, rebounds, and assists..
Professional career
Thompson went undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft. For the 2010–11 season he played with the Utah Flash of the NBA Development League. On July 13, 2011, he signed with Basket Brescia Leonessa of the Italian Legadue Basket for the 2011–12 season.