Quick Facts
Biography
Samuel Huston "Shy" Thompson, Jr. (November 1, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was a lawyer and an American football coach. The Princeton University graduate served as head football coach at Oberlin College in 1897, at Lehigh University from 1898 to 1899, and at the University of Texas at Austin from 1900 to 1901, compiling a career college football record of 24–18–3. He was the first head coach at Texas to return for a second season. Thompson served as assistant U.S. attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918 and on the Federal Trade Commission from 1919 to 1927.
Coaching career
Thompson was the seventh head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for two seasons, from 1898 until 1899. His record at Lehigh was 5–15–1. Highlights of his two seasons included back-to-back victories over rival Rutgers.
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin Yeomen () (1897) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Oberlin | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| Oberlin: | 5–1–1 | ||||||||
| Lehigh Brown and White (Independent) (1898–1899) | |||||||||
| 1898 | Lehigh | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| 1899 | Lehigh | 2–9 | |||||||
| Lehigh: | 5–15–1 | ||||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900–1901) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Texas | 6–0 | 1–0 | 6th | |||||
| 1901 | Texas | 8–2–1 | 0–0–1 | 11th | |||||
| Texas: | 14–2–1 | 1–0–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 24–18–3 | ||||||||