Mr Thompson has taught at Walters since the 2012-2013 school year. He has served many roles at Walters including History Department Chair and Adminstrative Designee. Mr Thompson has a degree in History from San Jose State and a Masters in Educational Leadership and Administration from California State East Bay. In addition to teaching, Mr Thompson is heavily involved in coaching baseball. He started his high school coaching career in the mid 1990's. He was the Head Varsity Baseball coach for 11 seasons at Gunn High school in Palo Alto and served as the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League baseball commissioner for 5 seasons. Currently, Mr Thompson is on the varsity staff at Dublin High school. He has also coached many seasons in Tournament Travel Baseball for McNeal Sports and Mission City. For four years he served as League President and Travel Team Director as well as a coach for Sunnyvale Girls Softball where his daughter played.