David Thompson

Biography

David Thompson joined the Blue Demons in November of 2024. Thompson comes back to Chicago following stops at San Francisco State and NYU the last four years. In his first season at DePaul, Coach Thompson’s hurdles and horizontal jumps group made an immediate impact, setting four school records. Jaiah Hopf had a standout indoor season, finishing runner-up in both the triple jump and long jump at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships and breaking the indoor triple jump school record with a mark of 13.03m. Darius Brown dominated the hurdles, breaking both the DePaul and BIG EAST records in the 60m hurdles while also capturing the conference title. He went on to earn Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships after running a record time of 7.61 to take 10th place. During the outdoor season, Brown was crowned Drake Relays Champion and later shattered the school and BIG EAST records in the 110m hurdles en route to a 6th place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning First Team All-American Status. Jaiah Hopf claimed the BIG EAST title in the triple jump, finished runner-up in the long jump, and broke the school triple jump record at the NCAA West Regionals with a jump of 13.26m. Eveline Reno also earned a runner-up finish in the triple jump at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, contributing to a stellar year for the group. While at San Francisco State, Thompson led the program to individual titles in the pole vault and high jump and coached the school's