Football
Thompson, Matt
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Matt Thompson
- Title:
- Director of Quality Control/Special Teams
- Phone:
- 303-492-1636
Matt Thompson is in his third year as the director of quality control for the special teams, having joined the Colorado staff on April 1, 2016.
He came to CU from just down the road in Broomfield, where he ran the Elite Kicking Academy, which trained high school, college and National Football League free agents (specialized coaching for placekickers and punters). He conducted the academy from 2007-10 and 2013-15, as in-between he was a video assistant working with the coaching staff at Colorado under head coach Jon Embree for the 2011-12 seasons. He also had worked in the construction business while running the kicking academy.
Thompson, 36, earned his bachelor’s degree in 2005 in Business-Marketing from Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colo.). He began his college days at Tulane University, where he was on the team for spring drills and fall camp in 2001. He then transferred to Fort Lewis, where he played on the 2001 team, mainly handling kickoff chores but did make good on both of his extra point attempts.
He personally trained with kicking guru Doug Blevins for two years in Virginia, and then had a brief career in Arena Football, playing with the Odessa Roughnecks and the Pueblo Pistols.
He was born November 8, 1981 in Joplin, Mo., and graduated from Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colo., where he lettered in football and baseball. His hobbies include golf, spending time with family and playing with his dog, Ruby. A distant relative is actor Randolph Mantooth (Emergency, several soap operas) his grandfather’s cousin. He is married to the former Lindsay Christopher, and the couple has a daughter, Lily Ann, who will be 2 this November.
He came to CU from just down the road in Broomfield, where he ran the Elite Kicking Academy, which trained high school, college and National Football League free agents (specialized coaching for placekickers and punters). He conducted the academy from 2007-10 and 2013-15, as in-between he was a video assistant working with the coaching staff at Colorado under head coach Jon Embree for the 2011-12 seasons. He also had worked in the construction business while running the kicking academy.
Thompson, 36, earned his bachelor’s degree in 2005 in Business-Marketing from Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colo.). He began his college days at Tulane University, where he was on the team for spring drills and fall camp in 2001. He then transferred to Fort Lewis, where he played on the 2001 team, mainly handling kickoff chores but did make good on both of his extra point attempts.
He personally trained with kicking guru Doug Blevins for two years in Virginia, and then had a brief career in Arena Football, playing with the Odessa Roughnecks and the Pueblo Pistols.
He was born November 8, 1981 in Joplin, Mo., and graduated from Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colo., where he lettered in football and baseball. His hobbies include golf, spending time with family and playing with his dog, Ruby. A distant relative is actor Randolph Mantooth (Emergency, several soap operas) his grandfather’s cousin. He is married to the former Lindsay Christopher, and the couple has a daughter, Lily Ann, who will be 2 this November.
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