Whenever there’s an investigation into the background of a 55-year-old high school employee with three names, you know it’s likely to involve at least one of three things:
1) Some manner of electronic monitoring device.
2) Hiring oversight akin to the Clippers on draft day.
3) Both.
(Ellen DeGeneres stars in Life After People: 2032)
This weekend the ST. PETERSBURG (FL) TIMES provided us with a relentlessly accurate glimpse into the high school basketball coaching career of a 55-year-old man named Stephen Ray Thompson. Thompson was recently fired as coach of a local high school after his resume was found to be a little more than mildly inaccurate.
SPT on Thompson:
He boasts of 407 wins during decades of coaching at high schools in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Florida. He says he has guided numerous teams deep into state playoffs, won an Associated Press Coach of the Year award in Tennessee and taught future pro Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway and other young stars.
A closer look by the St. Petersburg Times, however, reveals that much of the information on his resume is either embellished or fictitious. He claims, for example, to have won a total of 80 games at two schools in Tennessee that do not exist. The AP in Tennessee does not award coach of the year honors.
And when reached by the Times, Hardaway, a former Orlando Magic star, said, “I have no idea who this cat is. I’ve never heard of him.”
The piece is an embarrassment of riches the context of which I don’t want to ruin by extensively excerpting it.
Though it’s worth noting to those of you who also go O’Leary on occasion, avoiding unprompted embellishment of your imaginary accomplishments to local newspaper reporters might not be advisable:
In January, unsolicited, Thompson approached a Times reporter to say that the 401 victories on his resume was an accurate number. Later, Thompson referred to a season in which he coached “Country Day” in Memphis, Tenn., to a 10-18 finish and a berth in the state’s “Elite 8.”
Country Day High School in Memphis? Of course it doesn’t exist.
But I am happy to report that based on his defense of such actions, Thompson has a bright future ahead of him as a criminal defense attorney:
As for the questions about his background, he wrote, “I would think any reputable school system would have checked my credentials before I was hired, wouldn’t you? I have always been able to get coaching jobs without any problem. Maybe they know something you don’t know.”
Misstating the circumstances of the Pasco job offer, Thompson also wrote: “If I was hired by Gulf and Springstead, I am confident they checked my credentials and found them to be authentic since I got the jobs.”
Still can’t believe Penny threw dude under the bus.
7:54 pm on March 14th, 2010
Maybe he meant to say he coached Steve Irkle — Penny’s old flame
5:04 pm on March 15th, 2010
Hey, leave criminal defense attorney’s alone.
7:32 pm on March 15th, 2010
How did he get across state lines with the electronic monitoring device!
Dude looks like he got nailed by Chris Hanson of Dateline NBC.
10:50 pm on May 9th, 2010
The St. Pete Times used bogus and undocumented documents including 2 of their sources who just flat out lied. How the hell did a hs coach warrant getting on this site. Don’t you hacks have bigger fish to fry? See how many more hoes have come out of the woodwork claiming Tiger is the father of their lovechild.
10:08 pm on May 26th, 2010
“”Misstated the circumstances of the Gulf job”? It was reported in August of 2009 in the marvelous St. Pete Times that he resigned the Gulf basketball job because there was no teaching job to go with it. There was NO job for anyone to recind in September. Really man you need to check with your “vast pool of talented contributors” before you blog this bogus shit.
8:46 pm on May 28th, 2010
I got news for ya he did coach Penny and Elliot. Summer of 1990. Memphis Bluff City League. Team was called the Knicks. I even think they won the league championship. Once again another great job of getting the facts. Hell I did not know this existed until someone told me about it. Guy is a friend of mine and you just posted a bit of false information. Looks like somebody just got thrown under da bus.
1:44 pm on May 29th, 2010
Hate to shake you up there Brooks but I saw him coach Penny too. I also coached against him at the Day school in Memphis. You better check your sources better man.
8:47 pm on June 2nd, 2010
i dont know how many wins he has but you can bet your quarter slot it is more than “94″………………….
11:00 am on June 4th, 2010
relentlessly accurate? are you kidding me? derrick rivera can’t even construct a complete verbal sentence in 15 minutes much less be “relentlessly” accurate. try to clean urself up a little man and check your sources for their accuracy or you will just wind up being “punked” again derrick. nice pic there as well. shows your total hate against this coach.
8:22 pm on June 6th, 2010
derrick is too slow witted to cook this crap story up. somebody alot smarter and more devious cooked up this scheme. too bad this coach got caught up in this type of bigotry. sad for all and even sadder it was picked up by these disreputable thugs.
9:30 am on June 9th, 2010
it is time for these folks to admit there are items that back up his claims of both coaching these players and his coaching record. time for one or more of these reporters to admit their bias. this was not a good thing. it was a witch hunt which backfired. admit your mistake. you will be better people and better journalists. thank goodness there are enough of us out there who know what kind of coach and person this man is.
9:26 am on June 30th, 2010
If the Times didn’t think his record was correct why didn’t they initiate an investigation sooner? On 3 separate occasions they listed his record as 401-198. If this was not correct why not find out quicker than 2 weeks before the season ended. I see a hack job. Some lies were told.
9:58 am on June 30th, 2010
another lie by the times. thompson was not “fired” by the school. his contract was not renewed because he was not coming back. they (school) wanted to be free to have another coach in place. do you see the pattern? do the math about this article. even a mentally retarded person can see the truth in this.
10:19 pm on July 8th, 2010
I believe as a sportswriter it is my job to make sure my sources are impeccable. Just one unreliable source is grounds for defamation.
1:42 pm on July 14th, 2010
add matt okeefe of perry central hs in mississippi with making false statements. thompson has hired a prominent hattiesburg attorney to handle his lawsuit.
5:05 pm on July 15th, 2010
HOF juco coach Verties Sails has just verified that Thompson did indeed coach Anfernee Hardaway and Elliot Perry in the Bluff City League. He along with former memphis Pro sar Jerry Dover established the league in 1990 and oversaw its operations. I believe a retraction on this shoud be forthcoming.
2:30 pm on August 10th, 2010
coach t will always be coach t baby and always loved and respected in cadiz,ky!
8:35 pm on August 17th, 2010
why did these people try to question this man. there are thousands like me who have benefited from his coaching and guidance. triggboy is right man. you will never destroy what he has meant to his students and former players. we love him.
4:22 pm on August 18th, 2010
Played for him at Springstead. He is a man of principle even if he is tough sometimes. I heard this whole thing started when he fired our assistant or at least that is what everyone thinks. good for him man. You got a bum rap Coach and we all know it. Why didnt they ask they players what we thought of him. Times sucks and so does fat man.
4:15 pm on August 20th, 2010
They do abound in this hack job. Lie #1…He coached Hardaway. Lie #2…He resigned at Gulf long before September and I think he told this woman he was out in uncertain terms….maybe that is why she got pissed off and lied. Lie #3…He made the state playoffs twice at Philly HS in MS. This Howell dude lied straight up or he was too stupid to know that cat he was talking to and didn’t give a damn. 97 wins? Come on man where did these take place and at what schools. Heck I could interview anyone and they could tell me any thing. What was their credentials? What sources did they use? How can they be trusted?
12:03 pm on August 23rd, 2010
this is a piece of garbage as are those who wrote it. how do you creeps go to sleep at night? his record speaks for itself. what are you? dirtslappers without a shread of decency. cover hs news and cut the enquirer stuff. that is not your jobs. or get in church. you dont see this from the tribune. they have no time for it. plus they have class.
8:44 am on August 31st, 2010
they checked his background. found him to be a quality coach and teacher or they would not have hired him. they did no more than they would have with a science teacher. times has a history of this type of smut. i have been living here for years. buy the tampa tribune!
10:10 am on September 4th, 2010
i have just uncovered 3 documents of note. a story from the hattiesburg(ms) american from 2003 that chronicles his 200th varsity “boys” win. another from the meridian(ms) star that has his varsity “boys” record in 2005 as 219-98. another from the jackson(ms)clarion ledger that has his record from 2005 as 219-98 as well. now he may have included freshman wins or jv wins in an “overall” record but this shows an entirely different account. let me state i write for a mississippi paper and have on several occasions attempted to reach izzy gould for comment on a story i have written and have yet to have him return my call. the story was written in july.
10:05 am on September 15th, 2010
you won’t get izzboy to return a call…he is too busy running for cover on this one. he has been told lies. a good reporter checks his sources izzy. jay fulmer could have told you that. lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1:57 pm on September 24th, 2010
hey derekboy. clean up that nasty breath that would kill beowulf and wash out your crack and try to find out that thompson planted a fake coaching doc with the mac. they have the real one just waiting for you. go get it.
11:22 am on September 26th, 2010
it has come to my attention that a small newspaper in virginia ran a story about a coach in that town in a similar situation where his credentials had been questioned. coach thompson’s name had been used as an example. after contacting people about this issue the paper determined there were questions surrounding this and promptly removed his name as a reference and issued a public retraction in their edition which was published the following week.
9:25 am on October 9th, 2010
Suncoast, Izzy Gould is no longer employed by the St Petersburg Times. I found this out yesterday. Sources at the Times would only tell me that he had, “Left for another position”. They would not even tell me where he was now.
9:10 am on November 2nd, 2010
was gould fired or did he see the writing on the wall and leave. thompson has proven them to be liars and cheap hucksters. they are jokes.
12:09 pm on November 8th, 2010
saw this on that fag scott browns site. brown you are the fag of trigg co, ky and a joke.get your tongue out of mike wright. liar.
12:50 pm on January 5th, 2011
Mississippi Association of Coaches will not authenticate or substantiate the reported document the St Pete Times has claimed they received. This statement issued today by MAC director Johnny Mims.
9:42 am on January 7th, 2011
hey jim poole why aren’t you acknowledging the documentation thompson sent you. are you a brickhead. it proves who he is. you are inviting a lawsuit.
12:23 pm on January 7th, 2011
i still want to know what happened to gould.
3:30 pm on January 7th, 2011
my last post on this joke. thanks brooks for allowing this to stay although i have never heard of you trick. thompson is going after a huge job in ky. if this stuff causes him trouble he will sue the spt. he has talked with a lawyer in npr, fl. this he told me 2 weeks ago. he will sue.
3:12 pm on January 11th, 2011
man who cares about this gould pig. coach thompson go after brown here in ky. he is a liar and a joke with his scott brown sportsbytes. you are the joke of ky brown. everyone knows you hate coach t who is a great man. you been bragging bout trying to stick it to him…now he needs to stick it up yours.
4:05 pm on January 15th, 2011
cough it up bitches$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
9:50 am on January 24th, 2011
hey fat derek we are still waiting for all those “interviewed” about the win total. who were they? what schools? what was his record at these schools? what credentials used? you are a disgrace to those who are honest hard working sports writers who do their job reporting kids and not dealing with trash.
1:14 pm on February 7th, 2011
Steve Thompson’s record verified at 352-205 by the Mississippi Activities Association and the Meridian Star newspaper.
11:09 am on February 11th, 2011
coach thompson will bring legal action against the times and scott brown’s sportsbytes.
10:26 am on February 14th, 2011
derek. gonna go back to work for that spring hill doctor’s office?
10:33 am on February 14th, 2011
My advice to this site is to remove this libelous crock of sheet. Fun and damn games are over.
10:58 am on February 15th, 2011
You tried to harm the man’s reputation with lies. You made it a joke. Now it is no longer a joke sick pervert.
11:33 am on February 15th, 2011
derek you cleaned the taste out of your nasty mouth mongoloid? you are a disgrace to whatever you are. clean out that nasty crack.
10:39 am on February 24th, 2011
wanna see something funny? go to florida scout and look under the username “sptimesnsb” and you will see a pic of this derek mongrol. go to al.com and see a pic of this gould creep. hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3:00 pm on February 24th, 2011
According to Florida state statutes Coach thompson has 2 years from the inception to file a slander lawsuit…and that is what he is going to do. If any of the parties involved still read this take note…it is coming.
8:57 am on April 5th, 2011
I hear Thompson met with Hardaway and his lawyer is sending him an affidavit..
9:41 am on April 6th, 2011
Derek LaRiviere you changed your underwear today? You are a liar and you need to be removed from any position where you come into contact with children.
10:10 am on April 27th, 2011
Thompson cannot hold on to a job. He wears out his welcome within two years every time.
He attacks others to try to cover up his own shortcomings. If he won a scrimmage game 30 years ago, he would brag that it was the state championship if no one could prove otherwise.
8:00 pm on April 27th, 2011
It’s funny to see Steve come on here and call someone else a liar. What a total loser!
6:58 am on April 29th, 2011
I’ve heard he’s been bragging about how fantastic he did here in Florida, “making the state playoffs” when in fact his team was 6-19. They “made the playoffs” because they played in a district where only one team even had a winning record, and they went as the runnerup. It is nothing to brag about, they were beat by 30+ points by Forest and Newsome. They totally sucked, they were obviously horribly coached. The players improved much more the following year under coach Simmons. Thompson is a foul-mouthed, bigoted, nasty, vindictive, dishonest, arrogant jerk.
11:36 am on May 5th, 2011
Anyone want to discuss his former fiance who was African American who had her contract terminated? That is one for the NAACP
12:05 pm on May 5th, 2011
you will find out just how vindictive he is if you ever try and tail him or make phone calls. he has the texts saved where you threatened. did you honestly think he would take this shit lying down? you clowns wrote the book on dishonesty but thompson can and will get more dirty and devious than you ever dreamed.
2:25 pm on May 5th, 2011
Like you say, he is vindictive, dirty and devious. That’s why they wrote the article! The man is a psycho and should be kept away from students. A year later, he continues to curse, threaten and intimidate his former co-workers and the media.
8:41 am on May 6th, 2011
Oh I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this lawsuit and embarrass the worthless hacks who tried to embarrass this man. Hernando Schools are smart. They are letting this sleeping dog lie. They have more pressing matters on their plate…same for the Pasco Schools.
8:46 am on May 6th, 2011
Have you called Penny yet and asked him about his meeting with Thompson? Called Jimmy Sexton yet? You had better……………………………………………………..
9:13 am on May 6th, 2011
Do you blame him?This rag maliciously rips him because they think they have the power to? Nope you reap what you sow. Someone needs to be taught a lesson that you can’t be so arrogant that you can’t be taken down.
10:30 am on May 6th, 2011
ask anyone in the spring hill community what they think of craig swartout and his tactics. man has been called on the carpet more than old fido. very sneaky,unethical and shady character.
10:32 am on May 6th, 2011
i can’t find anyone who doesn’t or didn’t like coach thompson in the area. we at gulf were heartbroken when he didn’t take the job. we believe he could have greatly improved our program. what is the beef these people have with him? is pissing off a weekend sports correspondence grounds to write lies about him?
11:20 am on May 7th, 2011
it seems so sad and perverted that they would single this man out just bc they wanted to “bring him down”. this should be examined by outside sources as an flagrant abuse of the first amendment. many years ago a very evil and corrupt reporter with the atlanta constitution named furman bisher wrote a story of lies concerning legendary football coach paul william bryant just bc the man was a georgia tech fan and he hated coach bryant who i think may have rebuffed and ripped mr. bisher. so what does he do? he merges half truth with lie. bryant sued and won a nice little settlement and disgraced the lowlife bisher.bad things have been written about many coaches all for the sake of REVENGE. i guess this coach in question should feel honored.
6:09 am on May 9th, 2011
It is so sad and perverted that this guy is caught red-handed and has the gall to attack the media and everybody else when he is the one who did it. He had nowhere near the 400 wins and he added in jv and freshman wins, lied about his awards, but then he attacks the media as if they had no right to report it. He attacks people he imagines might have helped the reporters. Where does he get off attacking innocent people when he knows he was wrong? It doesn’t matter what the reporters motives were, HE WAS GUILTY!!!!!!!
6:10 am on May 9th, 2011
“I don’t know this cat.” “I would remember someone like that.”
6:34 am on May 9th, 2011
“we at gulf were heartbroken when he didn’t take the job” That’s a laugher! Gulf didn’t know him, he never was there. How could they be heartbroken? They would care enough to come to this relatively obscure website and post that a year or two later? Really? Steve, your attempts to post stuff as if you were someone else are pathetic!
3:01 pm on May 9th, 2011
Hey “sports reporter” thanks for the info. If he had 219 wins in 2005, how did he have over 400 by fall 2009? That’s about 45 wins per year!
8:34 am on May 10th, 2011
This whole little story about Coach T is a sick joke carried out by very sick people.
9:19 am on May 10th, 2011
we know who i am don’t we?
10:13 am on May 10th, 2011
Only a very sick and disturbed person would try and ruin a man’s ability to find employment in a severe recession…with LIES. I abhor this for Coach Thompson and hope he wins a big settlement.
10:31 am on May 10th, 2011
Only a sick person would totally fabricate a resume and then blame everyone else when called out on it. A real man would admit his mistake and move on.
10:41 am on May 10th, 2011
Totally fabricate/ If that is the case why did Springstead hire him. From what I hear the principal is a smart cookie. All this is going to come out. The truth will be told. Take the better part of a year to put this together with the help of many good and caring folks.
11:18 am on May 10th, 2011
Springstead hired him because they believed what was on the resume. When they found out he made it all up, they got rid of him like a hot potato!
12:17 pm on May 10th, 2011
George Bennett did you really think someone like Duval was going to give you the job with your track record? You got way to much baggage.
12:35 pm on May 10th, 2011
Steve Thompson did you really think no one would notice that Country Day closed in 83 before you put it on your resume until 86? You got way to [sic] much stupidity.
12:36 pm on May 10th, 2011
Counting pickup and intramurals.
12:39 pm on May 10th, 2011
Are you so stupid not to know that he coached there from 1978-1983? What resume are you looking at? Could it be the one someone at the Times made up to get a story?
12:42 pm on May 10th, 2011
I believe he won well over 200 games there.
12:42 pm on May 10th, 2011
Boys and girls
1:14 pm on May 10th, 2011
how many jv wins you pick up georgie?
1:14 pm on May 10th, 2011
you are a real winner georgie
1:18 pm on May 10th, 2011
I won over 200 games at Memphis Country Day in only 3 years!
1:37 pm on May 10th, 2011
i believe it stated that he coached boys and girls for 5 years. really that is not that many wins.
1:58 pm on May 10th, 2011
I was the mighty Hernando County coach of the year for 2 years…but I couldn’t take a team past the first round of the playoffs.
6:32 pm on May 10th, 2011
I coached varsity, jv, girls, girls jv, and freshman teams for 35 years and averaged almost 4 wins per season!
8:11 am on May 11th, 2011
hey craig…had any “chocolate” lately…lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:05 am on May 11th, 2011
backstabbers galore…but i am afraid the laugh is gonna be on you…and fat shuffeling derek. answer the phone derek. you afraid?
10:21 am on May 11th, 2011
Why is everybody picking on me? Why write a big ol article in the newspaper bout how i lied? i’m just a high school coach, everybody expects me to lie - all coaches do it! I took Springstead to the playoffs while losing 3 of every 4 games! Why don’t you write about how i’m way better than pat kelly or craig swartout. They didn’t win a state championship like i did - 8 times!
10:53 am on May 11th, 2011
don’t know pat kelly…but craig swartout is a joke on the north suncoast.
10:54 am on May 11th, 2011
i like chocolate.
11:13 am on May 11th, 2011
Pat Kelly won 79% of his games. Doesn’t need to brag, his record speaks for itself.
Swartout won 70% of his games. Doesn’t need to brag, his record speaks for itself.
Steve Thompson won 25% of his games, and brags about “taking the team to the playoffs” - which they did, on a technicality, lol. He never held a job for more than 3 years and never had a winning season, except on his resume. What a joke!
11:46 am on May 11th, 2011
i like big dark chocolate…not my wife.
11:48 am on May 11th, 2011
i really have never heard anyone say craig swartout was anything but a joke in spring hill.
2:21 pm on May 11th, 2011
05-07 Craig Swartout 40-16
07-09 Pat Kelly 53-6
09-10 Steve Thompson 6-18
Steve “Big Bird” Thompson is the big joke in Spring Hill and across the Southeast. All he can do is throw racist and gender slurs, because he sure can’t coach!
He has set a record for winless seasons in a career!
7:17 pm on May 11th, 2011
Steve Thompson is a joke in the state of Kentucky.
8:36 am on May 12th, 2011
my wife doesn’t know about my dark little secret…lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:41 am on May 12th, 2011
been wearing those blue jeans at games craig? my you dress so nice at games. if you were really 40-16 in 2 years why did they run you off and parents blast you in the local paper. you are the rodney dangerfield of spring hill. go eat some chocolate craig.
9:32 am on May 12th, 2011
….as told by Big Bird…the 6 win wonder
10:05 am on May 12th, 2011
It’s really pretty funny…Steve got caught lying on his resume, making up schools that didn’t exist, coaching awards that didn’t exist, wins that didn’t exist…and here he is on this site attacking a coach that actually won games - who didn’t have to make up his wins!
10:14 am on May 12th, 2011
Now how can this story be “relentlessly accurate” with lies told by the pasco hr fraud…a ms athletic director who has been relieved…and an athleic director in ky who was not even at the school at the time. derek lariviere got us a coaching document from ms that they never heard of.wow we are so damn relentlessly accurate aren’t we. derek can’t talk for 5 minutes without spitting on you. old drip and dry derek.
10:18 am on May 12th, 2011
i want a chocolate shake!
10:22 am on May 12th, 2011
Let us be serious. You are a pathetic joke. Calling around doing your backstabbing gig. So pathetic. Both guilty coaches wanted the boys job…neither one will now get it. No way. Coaching career over. I would say the new coach is safe for the primary reason that the school or parents want neither one of those 2 jokers. When either name is mentioned the phones ring off the wall in the principals office. Heck Thompson would get that head coaching job over either one of those slapdorks.
10:33 am on May 12th, 2011
Steve Thompson.
6-18. Never had a winning season.
Fired for lying on his resume.
Everybody hates him, no one takes his calls.
Takes cheap shots, talks trash to his betters (everyone’s better than Steve!) on a message board. This is all he’s got left.
10:43 am on May 12th, 2011
know body cares for you.
11:18 am on May 12th, 2011
Steve Thompson…A legend in his own mind.
12:39 pm on May 12th, 2011
How many people you gonna call a fraud or a joke before you realize you’re the one everybody is laughing at, Big Bird?
1:11 pm on May 12th, 2011
You keep on believing that…and would someone please disinfect the worlds famous “blue floor” before someone dies of typhus or something.
2:47 pm on May 12th, 2011
Please do not compare this guy to me. I mean just look at his picture! That’s a face not even a mother could love.
7:49 am on May 13th, 2011
You are right. They “doctored” up a picture and wrote lies. Now the hacks at the st. Pete Times are going to face a lawsuit. Derek will write again…help wanted signs as he stands on US 19 begging for work. Derek you will never write again.
9:00 am on May 13th, 2011
if the guy is that bad why does he continue to get hired?
9:08 am on May 13th, 2011
yeah, right. If you file a lawsuit everyone will get to hear the whole truth about you. No way you’ve got the guts for that, 6 win wonder bird!
9:13 am on May 13th, 2011
Very funny! You would probably end up having to pay out to George Bennett, Tristan Howell, Scott Brown, Craig Swartout, Izzy Gould, Derek LaRiviere, Matt O’Keefe and others instead of collecting a cent!
Have fun in Fantasy Land!
9:23 am on May 13th, 2011
That is what we want. Then we will level additional lawsuits. This could very well be a MAJOR lottery hit for Mr. Thompson and his family already has $$$$$$ and is ready to back him.
10:39 am on May 13th, 2011
his students and players love him. why not interview them. they will tell you. coach thompson’s lawyer already has over 500 testimonials from these people…and is in the process of getting more.
10:48 am on May 13th, 2011
very funny boohoo…they told lies about thompson it wasnt the other way around. he will leave hernando schools out of the mix. pasco schools will not be so lucky…and it was with them where this first started. isadore gould is a pasco lover. he could care less about anything in hernando co. it was hurt feelings on the part of pasco. they were spurrned…and they conspired to get even…and this goes not only from elements of the pasco schools but to the top at gulf hs. we have done our homework well.
1:07 pm on May 13th, 2011
as my name says just tell the truth times. you don’t know what his record is but you state you do. thompson will win this lawsuit on that false statement alone.
1:24 pm on May 13th, 2011
If you can’t verify the ENTIRE record don’t print a number and try to pass it off or use it in a way to plant doubt. You had better be correct. You are talking about a man’s reputation and earning potential. What is 10 more years at 70,000 a year worth in damages?
3:06 pm on May 13th, 2011
yep, just tell the truth. If you’d done that you wouldn’t have been fired. You could try starting now.
8:43 am on May 16th, 2011
This was a flat out vendetta spurred by a few who didn’t like the coach. I think you felt he would not fight back. You obviously underestimated this Tennessee mountain man. Not gonna happen…now this will be our last post for awhile on any blog.
8:50 am on May 16th, 2011
“our” last post? Not “my” last post? Steve, you are so pathetic.
I’m sure we will be hearing from you - right here - soon.
9:49 am on May 16th, 2011
I see you’ve already posted again (another threat) on the florida message board at scout.com. I knew you wouldn’t stay away long!
10:25 am on May 16th, 2011
Thompson will git this shit off. Book it. Do you hear maggots? Book it!
10:37 am on May 16th, 2011
I hope you read it…and it is not a threat. It is a promise. Make it easy. Just get this garbage off. Others have done it.
10:39 am on May 16th, 2011
You are very very funny!!!
11:38 am on May 16th, 2011
yeah try and quote scott dearman…thompson can’t wait to sue this guy…and he knows it.
12:16 pm on May 16th, 2011
Scott Dearman? Who’s he, yet another Thompson enemy? There are so many.
Big Bird won’t sue anybody. He doesn’t want his true record coming out!
At least he’ll have all those 6-win seasons to remember.
1:40 pm on May 16th, 2011
very few haters? On scout.com he’s listed about 20 himself…looks like a lot of them were from perry central, and a number from springstead. Also at least a couple from KY, Philadelphia MS and more. Not to mention the st pete Times, Pasco county, Memphis and more!
rofl!
1:40 pm on May 16th, 2011
very few haters? On scout.com he’s listed about 20 himself…looks like a lot of them were from perry central, and a number from springstead. Also at least a couple from KY, Philadelphia MS and more. Not to mention the st pete Times, Pasco county, Memphis and more!
rofl!
1:46 pm on May 16th, 2011
very few thompson haters but he is one of em…but he will never say a bad word bout thompson…he know better.
8:04 am on May 17th, 2011
only place he is hated is spring hill,fl…and only by about 2 dudes one of which he fired. yep he fired you man. told yo worthless ass to hit the road. went to state playoffs with you on couch crying in yo beer. then you stabb him in the back calling all over the country. you are shit man and the crips don’t like it.
8:35 am on May 17th, 2011
yep i hate him. he fired me. what nerve to fire supercoachinfl.man i needed more free shirts from the springstead pe department to complete my dazzling wardrobe.
8:55 am on May 17th, 2011
me too. that is why i cooked up this whole scheme. i feel so ashamed and i am afraid of him.
9:34 am on May 17th, 2011
thompson has former bluff players coming out of the woodwork. penny has given a statement. it wasn’t his fault. he never knew coach thompson by anything else but “coach”. he says gouldberg worried him at all hours. sorry gouldie but table turned on your “he challenged the times”……….
9:44 am on May 17th, 2011
Coming out of the woodwork? How come no one has seen any of these make a public statement?
Here’s a few who know the truth about this lowlife: Debo Byrd, Matt Okeefe, Mark Davis, Graves, Scott Dearman, Heather Barrett, George Benett, Scott Brown, Izzy Gould, Derek LaRiviere, Tony Morrerro, Jon Foshee, Julie LaCroix, George Bennett, Craig Swartout, Susan Duval, Renee Sedlack, Scott Greenwald, Matthew Gillespie, Teresa Walker, Tristan Howell, Larry Silcox, Wil Hall, Nick Steadman, Naquan Innis, Karon Maragh, Trevor Wild, Vanlow, Townsend, Caryn Baird, Connie Mayo, Gerald Patterson, Steve Knobl. Who knows how many more there are? I’m guessing hundreds.
And most of these have made public statements, while all your stories are just anonymous stories on a message board.
10:17 am on May 17th, 2011
A number of their statements can be found here: http://wkdzsports.typepad.com/sportsbytes/2010/03/resume-of-former-trigg-assistant-coach-called-into-question.html
10:23 am on May 17th, 2011
none of these people made any bad statements about the coach. just more slimy innuendo by the lowest occupants of the slime pit…the hacks at the pasco/hernando times.
10:32 am on May 17th, 2011
i believe any of those shs players hated george bennett and swartout. they hated them with a passion. of course we can talk about all those players bennett said were “worthless” and whose car keys he threw into the bleachers…or who he fought with.
10:33 am on May 17th, 2011
debo byrd,okeefe,davis,graves? are you kidding. thompson knows where all there bones are hidden.
10:42 am on May 17th, 2011
once again i am splitting my side with laughter at your posts. is this a sick joke. oh yes i forgot we are dealing with florida wacknuts. thompson has his documentation. now where is yours? none. prove he only has 97. the times brought it up and published it but they didn’t bother to say where those 97 wins took place and how many losses he had at those schools in question. everyone…and i mean everyone is busting with laughter over that one. if thompson just went after you over one thing it would be that one.
10:47 am on May 17th, 2011
what is the DOCUMENTED coaching record boys. you still staying with that ridiculous 97?
10:50 am on May 17th, 2011
A number of their statements can be found here: http://wkdzsports.typepad.com/sportsbytes/2010/03/resume-of-former-trigg-assistant-coach-called-into-question.html
The actual record of his team (6-18) can be found here: http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/6Wyn5KYV-k-UfOKx_1TozA/springstead-eagles/basketball-winter-09-10/schedule.htm
If you look at the years before and after you can see Pat Kelly (30-1) and Oliver Simmons (12-13) did FAR better at the same school. Oh yes, and a few years previously, Craig Swartout won more than twice as many games at Springstead as Thompson did EVERY year he was there.
10:51 am on May 17th, 2011
I haven’t seen it documented anywhere that Thompson ever won more than 6 games in a single season. I think 6-18 was his best ever.
11:02 am on May 17th, 2011
you still quoting scott brown? he is the joke of kentucky…now just check my username.
11:23 am on May 17th, 2011
for the record scott brown has hated coach t ever since the whole town of cadiz wanted mike wright gone and thompson taking the program over. brown is wright’s cousin. so there goes your source.
11:27 am on May 17th, 2011
It’s really funny that you criticize Scott Brown as a joke. Scott is a respected police officer and radio personality who has resided in Cadiz for decades.
On the other hand, Steve Thompson is a failed basketball coach who tells all kinds of whoppers in order to get hired at different schools. All the schools quickly find out what a loser he really is and get rid of them. That’s why he never holds a job for more than 3 years, typically just one or two. Springstead was a typical job for him as he won just 25% of his games, alienated the entire staff, team, student body and community in just one short year.
11:35 am on May 17th, 2011
scott brown is a joke…period. nobody respects that trick.the statzman…lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have you ever been to cadiz,ky? then i would say you had better not speak ill of coach thompson if you slither up there. they will ride your springfield,pa carcass out on a rail.
11:42 am on May 17th, 2011
I have been to Cadiz. Scott Brown is a great guy. Steve Thompson is not really much of a memory. No one would do anything in his defense. The better they remember the 6 win wonder, the less likely they will be to say anything in his favor.
Steve “Big Bird” Thompson:
Never won more than 6 games in a season.
Calls everybody else a joke - he’s the joke.
Can’t hold on to a job.
A legend on his resume, a nightmare in reality.
He would be the laughingstock of the basketball world, but almost nobody’s ever heard of him. That’s good, because it would be even more embarassing for the poor sap.
11:49 am on May 17th, 2011
once again read my username. so pathetic and such a loser regardless if you are the girls jv coach of the year or sad sack swartout the fashion mogul of hernando co. everyone including the staff and students at springstead hates both of you with a passion. you both would be disgraces to the coaching profession but you are such jokes. you both are nothing more than vapor.
11:50 am on May 17th, 2011
or could you be the notorious isadore gouldberg from springfield,pa?
12:39 pm on May 17th, 2011
i don’t think it was ever said all these people were jokes. you said that. most of them thompson never even heard of. is this more lies from the hacks at the st pete times or al.com?
12:43 pm on May 17th, 2011
you are making a jackass out of yourself. just calm down. thompson fired you for disloyalty and incompetence and it is evident that susan duval concurred with that or you would have gotten the job there georgie…or sadsack craig. have a nice life.
12:44 pm on May 17th, 2011
Actually I am Steve Thompson. I want everyone to know I took a team that was 30-1 and turned them into a 6-18 team. I am the greatest!
Izzy Gould lied. I did win!
Scott Brown is a joke! He talked about me, so he has to be a joke!
Derek LaRiviere - a joke! Tristan Howell - a joke! George Bennett - a joke! Susan Duval - a joke! Craig Swartout - a joke! Pat Kelly - a joke! Oliver Simmons - a joke! Scott Dearman - a joke! Debo Byrd - a joke! - Julie LaCroix - a joke! Jon Foshee - a joke! Scott Greenwald - a joke! Larry Silcox - a joke! The whole world except for me - a joke!
I am laughing so hard at all these jokes! Everyone but me is an idiot - I WON SIX GAMES!!!!
7:10 pm on May 17th, 2011
Yep, six wins it is! The “401″ win theory is debunked. And the 90 something the Times found was overstated. All Stevie boy can document is six wins!
10:02 am on May 18th, 2011
Where is it written you can’t count freshman and jv wins in an overall record? Only the Times made a big deal out of it AFTER they had embraced the record. That will be brought out in court as well. Just relax Craig and go eat some chocolate.
10:59 am on May 18th, 2011
Overall win record now up to 352-1577, counting all the different teams!
11:01 am on May 18th, 2011
I think you’re overestimating his win percentage. No way he’s over 20%
12:11 pm on May 18th, 2011
Counting all his wins in the bluff city league, it’s 358-2942.
12:30 pm on May 18th, 2011
Was it any good/
1:04 pm on May 18th, 2011
I am so glad you liked it. Does your wife know I have HIV?
1:08 pm on May 18th, 2011
It was the best ever!
1:30 pm on May 18th, 2011
Thank God he’s gone! We doubled our win total and didn’t have to put up with that sh1t!
2:12 pm on May 18th, 2011
Yep but you didn’t taste playoffs. You were SUPPOSED to be better. More experience…a good schedule that didn’t include 19 road games. What fool made that out? It wasn’t Coach Thompson.
2:52 pm on May 18th, 2011
It is good that you point out that coach Thompson is a fool. That is a very apt description.
Also, “loser”, “liar”, “sexist”, “bigot”, “bully”, “lowlife” and “scumbag” fit well.
3:48 pm on May 18th, 2011
you make a big deal about making the playoffs. we won 6 games. to make it to the playoffs, we had to win 1 game, against a team that REALLY sucked. we won that game and since there were only 4 teams in the district that made us the district runner up. unfortunately the district champion had a real coach, and they whooped are butts by 40. then we were in the playoffs. that team had a real coach too and they shot 3s while we stood back in a ridiculous zone and they took a 17-0 lead. after that we were lucky to even score with the idiotic elementary school offense we ran. give us coach simmons kelly or swartout. keep that lyin biche away from us forever!
8:48 am on May 19th, 2011
I believe Forest had a REAL team. Now what was that Westport score this year? Yep just what I thought.
9:06 am on May 19th, 2011
swartout was a sloppy mess. everybody cussed him and made fun of him. bennet took over when kelly had hip surgery. he coached summer league. we abused that man. cuss him and laughed at him when he try to give orders. nobody would have played for either of these tricks. in practice before the first round of the state playoffs guess what we did at practice? we played shootout all practice long and he played with us. we had the best team ever at shs and we get put out in the 1st game cause we aint prepared. bennett backstab him too but coach thompson had the guts to get rid of him and good riddence. bennett is a lying,lowlife,disgrace to young people. fights with kids and puts em down. give credit to coach thompson for trying and bringing back discipline we did not have under kelly. he was a good coach but no discipline.
10:04 am on May 19th, 2011
clean up your house and wash those back windows georgie. least you can do while your wife is out busting her backside providing food and a roof over your worthless head.
10:05 am on May 19th, 2011
swartout won most of his games.
kelly was 30-1 and you make it as if thompson was better at 6-18.
thompson was worse than useless. no credit for him. he lied on his resume, he lied to the players, he lied to the other teachers he lost he didn’t teach anything worthwhile he was womanizer. he got pwned like he deserved
10:05 am on May 19th, 2011
george bennett is a very disturbed delusional creature. he can’t coach. even someone like susan duval who knows nothing about or cares about basketball knows this as well. he is a backstabbing antisocial person who has very few if any friends.thompson gave him a chance to coach and be heard and have some self respect.and then he runs his backstabbing game. you are a total moron george and everyone at springstead knows it. craig swartout is just there. and he has no place to go. he is miserable. he is unhappy and he is unloved.
10:09 am on May 19th, 2011
you should be ashamed of yourself georgie. you are a damn disgrace to spring hill to springstead hs. to the coaching profession of which you are not a member. what did you ever do? kids are smart. they know the real deal and they know what you are. both of you need to stay off this site before we embarrass you further.
10:12 am on May 19th, 2011
if thompson had half the talent that came through that school under old shootout specialist or kelly he would have won the state. talent WASTED…try that on for a legacy craigboy…TALENT WASTED…..some damn coach…lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:30 am on May 19th, 2011
Talk about delusions. The 6-18 wonderboy “would have” done this, “would have” done that. Your whole career is what you “would have” done because what you did is lose, lie, and get fired.
Swartout won. Kelly won more. Thompson lost 75% of his games at Springstead yet brags that he was better than either of those two.
He is off his rocker, totally delusional.
10:45 am on May 19th, 2011
Live with that beotch……you UNDERACHIEVED but that is always your legacy. Softball best talent in years and you get beat in 1st round…old 1st Round Swarty. Debi marci should be coaching that team.
10:49 am on May 19th, 2011
Swartout 2005-2007 40-16.
Kelly 2007-2009 53-6.
Thompson 2009-2010 6-18
Simmons 2010-? 12-13
That’s what actually happened. I’ve checked on the internet and have been unable to find anywhere, any year, that Stephen Thompson ever had a winning season. It just hasn’t happened.
11:52 am on May 19th, 2011
that is because no other newspapers are like the wacknut losers at the times. they don’t post stuff about coaches on the net. they sell NEWSPAPERS…something the st pete times can’t do anymore.
12:00 pm on May 19th, 2011
Steve wants to change the subject so badly. Kelly (53-6) was an underachiever. Swartout (40-16) is terrible. (Sorry, 6-18 is not better than either of those). Allegations about someones sex life, interlaced with racist innuendo. Bennett this. Swartout that. Softball. Really, softball?
The story is, you lied on your resume, were fired for that, and are a lousy couch to boot (6-18 at Springstead). Since Kelly was 30-1, you say you were better, you “would have” won the state championship. You’ve been coaching for over 30 years and haven’t even been able to win a total of 7 games in a season.
No wonder you want to talk about someone else!
12:01 pm on May 19th, 2011
how the times wouldn’t list all his schools and his records. lying hacknuts.
12:02 pm on May 19th, 2011
My point exactly, now you want to attack the times. As usual, you lie again. The Times has increased circulation during these hard times and now stands as the 13th largest newspaper in the nation.
Change the subject if you want, but it’s here.
You lied. You lost. You were fired. You have never won anywhere.
12:34 pm on May 19th, 2011
So you want to talk about the times…they wouldn’t list all the schools, all the records…NEITHER WILL YOU…why? because it would just prove:
You lied, you lost, you got fired. You have never won anywhere.
You are the lying hacknut. You continue to slander Bennett, Swartout, O’Keefe, Howell and others.
You lied, you lost, you got fired. You have never won anywhere.
1:02 pm on May 19th, 2011
a year in reversal. 2010 shs 68 westport 45…2011 westport 68 shs 45….2010 state playoffs…2011 sit at home sniffing.
1:35 pm on May 19th, 2011
yep that is his story…who is to say he did not resign? shs and hcs wont say a damn word…if they know what is good for them.
1:43 pm on May 19th, 2011
Took a 30-1 team and made them 6-18. 2011 team doubles the wins, happy to be back on track!
You lied, you lost, you were fired.
1:50 pm on May 19th, 2011
he rebuilt…restored discipline…and resigned.that is what he told his current system. he even has a resignation letter dated february 12th,2010…effective at the end of the basketball season. now who will argue with that? not the school system…if they try he will sue them. there is that nasty 97 day probationary thing.
2:07 pm on May 19th, 2011
You lied, you lost, you were fired. Sure they let him “resign” but since he had no choice, any red-blooded American from Donald Trump to an Immokalee tomato picker knows that means the same as “fired”.
You don’t have the guts to sue anybody.
You lied, you lost, you were fired. You never won more than 6 games in a season, ever.
2:09 pm on May 19th, 2011
It’s interesting how your story has changed from what you said the day you were fired.
http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2010/feb/23/thompson-left-wonder/
You lied, you lost, you were fired.
2:14 pm on May 19th, 2011
Sorry dawg we know better…my last post. That schools system doesn’t care about Thompson…he isn’t there anymore. They got more important things to worry about such as facing a gazillion dollar budget shortfall. They will and have gone along with Mr./Coach Thompson…and I would say they will fire and banish anyone who does not go along with the program. They were in the wrong and they know it…so they will do ANYTHING to appease the man. Now that is the way it is. End of discussion…have a nice life.
2:50 pm on May 19th, 2011
Sure it’s your last post. That’s just another Steve Thompson lie.
The school district was absolutely right to fire you, with cause. They didn’t have to because of the probation period. They will not do anything to appease you, they just don’t see an advantage to airing it publicly. If they would do ANYTHING to appease you, they’d give you a job. They will not.
I hope you really leave, but I doubt it. You’ve done enough damage and aren’t smart enough to see that this doesn’t help your case in any way. You’ve alienated people in at least four states and dragged good people’s names through the nasty mud of your slimy (non) character.
You lied, you lost, you were fired.
10:44 am on May 20th, 2011
they would give him a job if he wanted it…of course not at shs but elsewhere in the system. you see they are not bad people. duval herself has been the target of this wacknut slimy press in florida. all trumped up garbage. thompson has no problem with her and he admires her in his own way. the school system will do ANYTHING to avoid any kind of legal action. that is why coach thompson has been assured that anyone who calls,threatens or in any way harrassess him will be fired…and he has these assurances from the HIGHEST level. now as the legendary general douglas mcaurther said at the signing og the treaty to end the war with japan;”these proceedings are closed”
11:10 am on May 20th, 2011
I knew it wasn’t your last post, liar.
The school system will not HAVE to do ANYTHING to avoid legal action. You don’t have the guts, brains, or money to sue anybody.
You lied, you lost, you were fired. You started fighting people you don’t even know on a message board. You lost that fight. You lied about that.
11:38 am on May 20th, 2011
This time we know you’re lying on multiple levels. 1.
If they would give you a job, you would be out of your parents basement in a second. They know you now - they won’t make the mistake of hiring you again!
2. There are a whole lot of things the school system will not do. They can’t just knuckle under to all the jerks like you who threaten them. 3. The school system does not have the legal authority to fire people for who they choose to talk to. Sorry, even though someone would have to be really stupid to want to talk to you, the school system can’t fire them for that.4. You’ve promised to go away half a dozen times, and you are still here.
12:16 pm on May 20th, 2011
Everytime I try to get out…they drag me back in
12:22 pm on May 20th, 2011
First of all it is none of your business George…and i am sure with the texts Coach Thompson has it would implicate you in a second…and I am sure Thompson would call your Superintendent Blavitt…and there goes Georgie’s coaching career.
12:48 pm on May 20th, 2011
Go for it Big Bird!!!!!!
I don’t know anything about any texts from Bennett to you, but I’m sure this is just more of your bluster…Come on, I dare you, you lowlife! Bring it on! Come on! What’s that? Oh, too bad, so sad, you really don’t have anything.
1:16 pm on May 20th, 2011
Of course he does…and old Georgie the 1 win wonder knows it. Oh that sly old mountain boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2:26 pm on May 20th, 2011
Come on! Bring it on! Unless you’re scared, you little weasel!
—and if you were sly, you would have been able to win more than 6 games. You would also be able to figure out who’s railing on you.
Like I said, Bring it on! You got nothing! Especially you’ve got no guts!!!!!
12:13 pm on May 21st, 2011
just clean up that breath derek…take care mr. gefiltifish.
1:05 pm on May 21st, 2011
Oh yeah? You were just so tough yesterday, you were going to get people fired, you had assurances from the HIGHEST level…now you’ve gone back to name calling.
Come on! Bring it on!
I dare you - but you don’t have any influence with the schools. You don’t have anything on anybody.
You are a liar. A fired liar. A fired, losing liar.
You lost, you lied, you were fired.
1:06 pm on May 21st, 2011
Just in case anybody needed some reading material, here’s an entertaining link…
http://wkdzsports.typepad.com/sportsbytes/2010/03/resume-of-former-trigg-assistant-coach-called-into-question.html
8:45 am on May 23rd, 2011
you could link that as well shithead…but it no longer exists…just as that won’t either…scott brown is the joke of western ky.
8:48 am on May 23rd, 2011
Scott Brown didn’t lie on his resume and get fired. As a matter of fact he has two jobs to your none. Who’s laughing now?
8:58 am on May 23rd, 2011
now how do you know he had no job this year? shit man you are so far up your own ass you can taste your own breakfast…what a loser…..
8:59 am on May 23rd, 2011
you know just for the heck of it i think thompson will coach in hernando co next year…lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:02 am on May 23rd, 2011
Poor Steve, lying about having a job.
9:09 am on May 23rd, 2011
Even sadder, fantasizing he could actually get one.
9:26 am on May 23rd, 2011
believe in fairy tales…the st pete times has no control over who is hired…not even fired. you just dont seem to get it…thompson resigned from coaching. that is what the school system stated in their letter…and so unfortunate for you it is the truth…have a nice life.
9:54 am on May 23rd, 2011
tra la la la……………………………………………
9:59 am on May 23rd, 2011
Springstead principal Susan Duval declined to comment specifically on why Thompson was let go, but said the probationary period served its purpose.
“During that time, if things aren’t working out the way an administrator would hopes, the employee would be, for lack of a better word, terminated,” Duval said. We take a lot of pride in our hiring decisions because it is so critical to the success of our school and our students. We don’t get it right every time, and that’s aggravating to me when it happens. We want to make sure we get people who can connect with kids and get them excited about education. This is just a situation where there was a decision I felt needed to be made and I made it.”
For the full text visit http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/springstead-terminates-basketball-coach-steve-thompson/4455/
10:00 am on May 23rd, 2011
that was his release from teaching…which he expected since he was not coming back. he resigned from coaching…the times stated otherwise…the lawsuit is coming tra la la la…………………………………………………………
10:05 am on May 23rd, 2011
You should probably sue common decency, while you are at it.
You lost, you lied, you were fired.
8:48 am on May 26th, 2011
Oliver Simmons has done a great job rebuilding the program after the Springstead basketball team was decimated in only one year by Steve Thompson.
A huge Thank you to the great basketball coaches Springstead has had the pleasure to work with, including Craig Swartout, Pat Kelly, and Oliver Simmons!
And a mix - one razz and one thanks to Principal Susan Duval - the razz for not doing her homework on Stephen Thompson, the thanks for doing the right thing when she found out the truth about him.
8:54 am on May 28th, 2011
Susan Duval did her job. George Bennett like a little weasel initiated this with the help of bloodsuckers and liars Izzy Gould and Derek LaRiviere. They stated half truths and lies. The program was on the move again. Rebuilding was underway. There were over 30 young people involved in the program. How many now? No matter. Times lawyers have been contacted. We will address the misstatements and they can keep the rest in their story…which won’t amount to anything. We want no monetary settlement…we just want what is false to be removed…and we don’t want others to lose their jobs…we just want a retraction.
1:04 pm on May 28th, 2011
George you are nothing man…you are just the gurls coach at Springstead HS..
10:59 am on May 29th, 2011
oh really? steve thompson rebuilt the program that was already in the early stages of decimation. he increased the numbers in the program. how many kids were with simmons this year? i hear MANY quit. oh by the way thompson has been in contact with the pasco schools. they are ready to offer a retraction of their statements. funny what people will do if they are threatened with legal action.
8:42 pm on May 29th, 2011
Hey George…after we talk…YOU’RE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thompson doesn’t have to worry bout money…his dad has a very good lawyer on retainer. He might even own that nasty dwelling you live in. Of course somebody needs to wash the windows and clean up that nasty pool area before it can be rented again.
10:16 pm on May 29th, 2011
Heck most lawyers would take this case on a percentage basis only. This one is gonna be like shooting fish in a barrel. Just amazing that these city slicker hacks didn’t do a better job of checking the validity of their sources.LOL!
10:12 am on May 30th, 2011
Steve’s Dad is taking care of him. A poor 57 year old man who still has to turn to his Dad because he got in trouble at school…I wish Steve’s Daddy really was dumb enough to sue, because it will be entertaining to see the FULL extent of Stevie’s honesty problem. I mean just look at the posts above about “rebuilding”! He took a team that was 30-1 and went 6-18 for heaven’s sake! A team that had dominated for years under more than one coach and he couldn’t even come up with more than a 25% record!!
What a loser. Most people would just recognize their failings and move on, but Steve lives in a fantasy world where 6-18 is a major accomplishment. After researching what he’s done elsewhere, I found that he never held a job more than 3 years because EVERY school he ever worked for wanted him GONE! He destroyed program after program, all the while claiming to be a miracle worker. What a parasite!
Still living off his parents today. So sad!
10:15 am on May 30th, 2011
Steve has never grown up or taken responsibility for his actions. Somebody has to take care of him.
2:40 pm on May 30th, 2011
I am just wondering if other newsapers in that area would like to be privy to all the lies in that piece of shit story written by a cowardly piece of shit…Hmmm. Now write another line of shit and give us more to sue about because then we all would know you are a biased hack. # newspapers in MS have already written scathing exposes on this.
2:50 pm on May 30th, 2011
Did Steve maybe happen to get dates wrong again on some job application where he was hired. Are the displaced hacks of the Times thinking anyone really gives a shit.Don’t you crap eaters realize that school systems do their job well and you are nothing more than shit scraping scabs? Thay is why you are so damned despised.You clowns are jokes. Nobody cares anything about anything except the damn lies in that fairy tales you wrote. There are PLENTY of folks who are interested in the truth of that.
3:19 pm on May 30th, 2011
MS newspapers have said nothing on the subject. Another of your lies.
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
Act like an adult for a change.
4:05 pm on May 30th, 2011
You better guess again. They ripped that story to shreads last year.They are just not like the Times. They dont need to Google so they can read it and masturbate over their own words. Sickos. Wht do you think nobody on MS Scouts answers your posts anymore? They know what was done and how they were duped. Thompson will be retiring down there and he is going to coach in that state again…and there is not one damn thing you can do about it.
9:16 pm on May 30th, 2011
Nobody ripped the story to shreds….
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
Act like an adult for a change.
9:19 pm on May 30th, 2011
As far as not answering the posts…you got your butt whipped and made up a story about lawyers to save some face as you slinked off with your tail between your legs.
You lost, you lied, you got fired. You lied some more. And more.
You’ll never coach anywhere for two years straight. Even if they fail to do a proper background check, in one season they’ll see whats in the foreground and you’ll be gone!
10:04 am on June 2nd, 2011
Steve Thompson named new head boys coach at Walker Co HS.
9:11 am on June 3rd, 2011
I’m sure they will soon regret it. Too bad they didn’t conduct a proper background search.
8:01 am on June 4th, 2011
Just like Springstead did. I understand Coach Thompson has contacted the Times attorney. He wants no money. All he wants is the story to be removed. I really think this was so sad. To attack a hs coach. A sad inditment of the depravity that some newspapers have. He could have easily taken his story to the Tampa Tribune and they would have published it.
2:37 pm on June 4th, 2011
It is sad that a grown man acts like a 10 year old. He makes up all these bragadocious stories about his exploits - and then when he’s called out on it, tries to beat up everybody who has the balls to tell the truth.
There is no lawsuit. If the Times story had been made up, the Trib would have jumped all over it, but sadly, it’s true. Steve is a pathological liar, a bully, and an incompetent coach to top it off.
A sad indictment of the depravity of some high school coaches and the incompetence of some school districts and their flawed hiring practices.
5:26 pm on June 4th, 2011
it’s really funny to say it’s wrong to attack a hs coach. if the hs coach didn’t lie, nobody would attack him. the reporters did what reporters are supposed to do the coach did not do what coaches are supposed to do.
8:35 pm on June 5th, 2011
The depraved nasty little sad sack Derek Lariviere couldn’t even get it right. He requested a document by lying to the Mississippi Coaches Association. They will have his ass. Isadore the Liar…much in the same tradition of the movie “Jacob the Liar” pieced together a fabrication of quotes that weren’t true to say the least. So sad. Then we have the last of the 3 goofs standing Scotty Brown whose news publication and local paper is going to be sued into oblivian should they not follow the example of 2 others who were smart enough to see this libelous crap for what it really was.As to the Tribune,Thompson has not contacted them. However he may very well and they would jump on it like a hungry dog on a pork chop.
8:39 pm on June 5th, 2011
Is this the flawed school system that hired an incompetent 1 win jv coach by the name of George bennett to coach its girls basketball team at Springstead?
9:22 pm on June 5th, 2011
reporters are supposed to report…sure…but they are supposed to verify their sources and make sure they are telling the absolute,undisputable truth…or they wind up humiliated and in claims court…then out on their asses…and the job market is pretty tight for fired reporters and hacks…eswpecially those who just cover hs sports and tball…heck i could even report that.
5:46 am on June 6th, 2011
You lost. You lost some more. You bragged about how you won. Somebody looked it up and found out you were “the biggest loser”. You got fired. You blamed the guy that looked it up. Show me the wins baby!!!
Oh that’s right, there weren’t any.
7:28 am on June 6th, 2011
they looked up nothing. that was the worst story i have ever read. too bad for gould. he has been exposed as a lying joke. maybe he needs to perform in tampa’s yiddish theatre rather than reporting sports. my sources tell me he never even played a sport at his hs in springfield,pa. ohhhhhhhhhhhhh romania,romania,romania,romania,romainiaaaaaaa…………..
8:05 am on June 6th, 2011
Is that Walker County Alabama, around Jasper?
12:30 pm on June 6th, 2011
Wanna share that story? Do it…and be humiliated…LOL! Nope Thompson would not coach in AL…but he does like to stop in Yuscaloosa when he travels to MS…likes to eat lunch at either Shoney’s or Dreamland. Why not join him for lunch sometime.
12:38 pm on June 6th, 2011
not wise. thompson chose a school that if this became an issue he could turn over all information he has…including penny’s statement…to local press and they would print his side based on that. it is not an issue. let it go and quit trying to stalk the man…that will get you in serious trouble.
12:55 pm on June 6th, 2011
Sounds like you’re pretty scared, for someone who talks so big! If you’re telling the truth (which you almost never do) you have nothing to fear. Where is this alleged school? And as for letting go, perhaps you should give it a try!
1:01 pm on June 6th, 2011
thanks to the times article the resume is dead on correct…including wins…and losses..they should make sure of the same…that 97 total was so damn easy to attack..so let it go.
1:37 pm on June 6th, 2011
If you have been honest, you’ve nothing to fear!
Which Walker County?
Your 401 win fantasy was so easy to attack…so let it go.
3:04 pm on June 6th, 2011
I’ve heard that before…what i still haven’t seen are evidence of winning seasons.
you lied, you lost, you were fired.
3:18 pm on June 6th, 2011
Glad to see you’re running scared. Run on home to daddy, little girl!
you lied, you lost, you were fired.
3:28 pm on June 6th, 2011
We have stated our case here. Now should we desire to state it further it will be done. Its over on this site.
7:32 pm on June 6th, 2011
Sorry about your job Steve. I hear they’re hiring at Waffle House, but I’m afraid they’re looking for honest folk.
9:02 am on June 7th, 2011
Is that Walker County Alabama, around Jasper?
9:13 am on June 7th, 2011
OOoohhhhhhhhhhhhh Romania Romania Romania Romania Romania Romania Romaniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
7:55 pm on June 7th, 2011
Sorry you little minch………………………
7:57 pm on June 7th, 2011
There isn’t enough gold in Ft. Knox to get Steve Thompson in the same state with Isadore Gould.
8:08 pm on June 7th, 2011
Why dont you just mind your own fucking business. Your obsession with this great coach borders on the bizarre. You must want to have his baby or something…LMAO!
8:09 pm on June 7th, 2011
You are a coward. Have the guts to admit what you did. I hate a sniveling little bottom sucker like you.
9:17 pm on June 7th, 2011
I admit that I stood up to you because you lied.
How about you admit you lied? It’s well documented.
You just keep piling more lies on the pile.
You are a coward. Have the guts to admit what you did. I hate a sniveling tall bottom sucker like you. You blame everybody else, but you started it with your lies….
- TW
8:04 am on June 8th, 2011
Are you kidding me? Can you prove he doesn’t have over 400 wins with hard core documentation? Thompson will not have to prove anything…
8:51 am on June 8th, 2011
How can anybody prove anything happened when it didn’t?
It would take a lot of years to win 400 games at 6 per season.
You lost, you lied, you were fired.
9:42 am on June 8th, 2011
The Times doesn’t have an answer for all this…Lied Lied Lied Lied Lied Lied…did I say Lied?
1:17 pm on June 8th, 2011
I really hate to embarrass this pile of richness in bullshit story
2:15 pm on June 8th, 2011
I don’t think Coach Thompson needs to go to Waffle House…not with his connections. With his job and his new on line sporting goods operation he is doing just fine.
2:40 pm on June 8th, 2011
You sub today?
5:47 pm on June 8th, 2011
This years team were all Thompson players…the ones that got better under him Great kids who had faith in their coach until garbage tried to undermine that. Well water under the proverbial bridge now. Here it is Georgie…You backstabbed…You lied…You were F-I-R-E-D…You stayed at home…and Coach Thompson went to the state playoffs for the 6th time in 7 years. Now please stay off here and coach the gitls. You will NEVER coach boys again.
4:06 am on June 9th, 2011
That team went to the playoffs because the FHSAA scheduled it that way. They didn’t beat ANYBODY!
Here, you can look it up… http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/6Wyn5KYV-k-UfOKx_1TozA/springstead-eagles/basketball-winter-09-10/schedule.htm
So you brag about nothing as if it was something. Helps prove the Times point about you lying.
You lost. You were fired. You are a loud-mouth jerk.
8:33 am on June 9th, 2011
George do you not understand? He doesn’t care…he hated that school. He was on his way out. He even told you he would reccommend you. You should have kept your mouth shut but you are an arrogant fool…and not a smart one. You will NEVER EVER coach a boys team again.
8:37 am on June 9th, 2011
Doesn’t matter how he got there…he D-I-D. Yes he did…yes he did! Nothing changes that. Now had they gotten there this year what would your tone be? Yes you would say it was a great accomplishment. Yes Thompson is a heckuva coach…everyone knows it…nobody would listen to you because just who are you? That is right you are nothing more than vapor. Not a teacher…not an administrator. You think someone would listen to your opinion about this coach?
10:07 am on June 9th, 2011
The loss to Newsome occurred in the 2010 Florida State Championships? That is all people care about…that he got his team there. You will never get a team there as a head boys coach.
10:15 am on June 9th, 2011
Now why did the Times make it a point to list his age? Hidden motive? There is another gaffe by the Times………………………………………………………………………..
2:04 pm on June 9th, 2011
According to the legendary Coach John Wooden’s definition Thompson’s 2009-10 basketball team was a success…it went and achieved as far as it was capable of. Now why don’t you give up your vendetta. He fired you George and it was his right to do it.Coach your girls and just shut the heck up…stay out of his business…best advice I can give you.
6:19 am on June 11th, 2011
Now you’re claiming you were in the state championships? LOL!
Because you were in a district with only one team with a winning record, and the FHSAA takes both the district champions and the runner up, you were in regionals. You beat a losing team to become the runner up. The one winning team in your district beat you by over 30. In the regionals Newsome crushed you. They were shooting threes and you played a tight packed in zone until you were behind 17-0 and Newsome retired their starters for the night.
The year prior your team was 30-1, you arrived and broke them down to a shameful 6-18.
You will never get a coaching job again - anywhere - if the school does the proper research. No one is that stupid,
8:01 am on June 11th, 2011
Just referencing the link you posted.It stated Florida State Championships. Now we know that is the state playoffs. That was 6 out of 7 years.Now I see you harp on that 30-1 stuff…yep they were and they lost almost everyone from that team. Nice attempt at spin. If Thompson has a couple of those players YOU ran off in the summer maybe he has a more productive year. They were scared to death you were going to get the job so they left. Once again nobody stopped Thompson from coaching…and now that you people have run another Tennessean off I guess you will have your beady eyes on that job…LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:37 am on June 11th, 2011
Georgie…Coach Thompson is so in demand it is unreal…and always will be…and if you open your libelous mouth he will sue the hell out of you…or he will show all those texts he has saved where you threatened to call all over the place…I wonder if Brian Blavatt would like to be privy to those…just keep your mouth shut and coach up those gals and everything is fine. Nobody at SHS dare say a word about him and you KNOW it.
9:11 am on June 11th, 2011
What you gonna say George? If you did all that needs to be said is that you were a malcontent that was fired…nobody tricks anyone and everyone knows the kind of nutbag scumbs who live in Florida…I would dare say I could be the next boys coach at Springstead if I wanted…easy man…real easy
9:16 am on June 11th, 2011
Oh thought you would like to know something…Mr. Thompson has been offered a job coaching in a pro developmental league in Knoxville by a former player he coached in the Bluff…and guess what…he will verify that he played on that team with guesss who…Penny Hardaway…he has already made a call to the Cadiz Record…just call and ask…I am sure you have the number since yore mouth is “wide open”…careful you don’t stick yore foot in it.
9:26 am on June 11th, 2011
Steve Thompson will be an applicant for the boys job at Springstead…count on it!
9:26 am on June 11th, 2011
Come on, sue! I dare you! My mouth is wide open. You are not in demand for jobs in education - unless you’ve managed to trick somebody again.
Come on, tell Brian Blavatt all you know you worthless piece of horse dung, because you’ve got nothing. And people at SHS are not afraid of you, the administration just wants you to go away.
You will never have a job in education again, at least not if they check your resume. Nobody wants you, because they don’t want a liar AND because they don’t want a loser. and you KNOW it.
1:58 pm on June 11th, 2011
You are laughable…I have seen coaches and I know what they look like…and you aren’t even a good JV coach. Stay in your grubby little part of west Florida. Nobody knows it or you.
2:29 pm on June 11th, 2011
It sounds as if you are describing yourself. Who is this George, anyway?
What happened to your big words…Come on, Sue somebody! I’m sure you will, right after you get a job. Both are about as likely as Michael Jackson rising from the grave in a re-do of “thriller”.
You’ve got no skill, no guts, no job. At least that gives you plenty of time to post lies on the internet!
2:44 pm on June 11th, 2011
Hardaway said somebody fitting your description talked to him…he said whatever it took to get away from the psycho Big Bird Bag Bum!
As for Perry, he didn’t offer you a job, he did the same thing as Penny - just said something to ditch you. You won’t get past security again, after that lapse he hired a new security coordinator!
3:29 pm on June 11th, 2011
So delusional that he thinks he could keep someone from getting a job. George nobody knows you and even if you opened that yap with your famous overbite you are risking legal action of epic proportions. You have slandered a very capable teacher and coach because she is black.On this board and others.Such a pathetic sad sack excuse of a mongoloid. Don’t you realize that when Mr. Thompson got his job last August that he totally removed this story from having any influence. That was the whole reason for it. Thompson could have stayed retired but he didn’t. Now you and Craigboy can scheme as to which one of you apthetic losers gts to coach on the world’s famous “Blue Floor”…LMAO! Go bang your dog punk ass.
7:49 pm on June 11th, 2011
HAHAHA!
Loser!
Liar!
Unemployed busboy!
8:25 pm on June 11th, 2011
we have found that Steve Thompson indeed has a job…he’s on tour with the muppets as Big Bird’s stunt double.
8:56 pm on June 11th, 2011
You are the only unemployed person. Here is hoping your wife,wh is a good person, looks over at you tonight and realizes that she is carrying a welfare package. Poor thing is working herself into a frazzel to support you. Maybe she is making you sleep outside with that dog…very smart gal!
8:12 am on June 12th, 2011
You’ve lost at the guessing game as well. No surprise, you lose at pretty much everything.
For fun, I looked at the way you “finished” at Springstead, since you were bragging about that earlier.
This is how the team finished, with YOU in charge..Lost 7 of the last 8. So much for you improving the team in any way.
Citrus L 50-55
Forest L 30-70
Hernando L 47-49
Land O Lakes L 32-51
Nature Cost L 45-69
West Port W 65-41
Forest L 29-63
Newsome L 34-63
No doubt you’ll be back to post some more BS. But finishing the season with 1 win against 7 losses…all you can do is BS, because that is really, really bad by anyones standards. I’m sure you will somehow blame George Bennett, but of course, he wasn’t with the team then, was he?
So when did you fire Bennett? What was the teams record with and without the assistant?
11:15 am on June 12th, 2011
They got into the district championship game and the state playoffs…all that matters…and he would not have gotten there had he not fired George “Rasputin” Bennett. Wish you could have seen the faces of those kids when he fired him and those JV kids…it was quite a happy scene. I really believe had Bennett not been there the entire year the team would have done better. Such a decisive force. Would walk down on the end of the bench and sulk like a damn baby. This guy is a disgrace to hs coaches everywhere. Liar,backstabber and general pest…yep that is old George.
12:39 pm on June 12th, 2011
It looks like things went downhill AFTER he fired Bennett - for the last 8 games they won only 12.5% of their games. That means they won a lot more when he was there than without him.
Maybe they would have been better if Bennett were the coach. Or maybe even if they’d had no coach at all…
2:15 pm on June 12th, 2011
They still get into the state playoffs…once again only thing that matters…and the Times must answer for the lies they printed…and that nasty little editorial which I believe Thompson will sue over…oopps let the cat out of the bag. Bennett is nothing more than an afterthought…a punchline. Even if he were remotley considered for the vacant boys job he would not get it…he has this nasty little episode hanging over his head…and neither the boys or their parents would trust him or want him coaching them.
4:12 pm on June 12th, 2011
You’ve lost at the guessing game as well. No surprise, you lose at pretty much everything.
For fun, I looked at the way you “finished” at Springstead, since you were bragging about that earlier.
This is how the team finished, with YOU in charge..Lost 7 of the last 8. So much for you improving the team in any way.
Citrus L 50-55
Forest L 30-70
Hernando L 47-49
Land O Lakes L 32-51
Nature Cost L 45-69
West Port W 65-41
Forest L 29-63
Newsome L 34-63
No doubt you’ll be back to post some more BS. But finishing the season with 1 win against 7 losses…all you can do is BS, because that is really, really bad by anyones standards. I’m sure you will somehow blame George Bennett, but of course, he wasn’t with the team then, was he?
So when did you fire Bennett? What was the teams record with and without the
4:57 pm on June 12th, 2011
hey, he said making the playoffs was the only thing that matterred!
So his 6-18 record and 1-8 finish is as good as Forest’s 25-2 record and 7-1 finish!
I think he missed some things that matter! What a loser!
6:14 pm on June 12th, 2011
Son did you REALLY think you could keep him from coaching again as you wrote on the MS board? Are you retarded? Do you think anyone outside your part of FL has even heard of the St, Pete Times much less gives a damn about reading it? You Florida folks(not all) live in some sort of la la land. That was your plan wasn’t it? Try to harm a man’s career in a recession. Sick piece of shits. Now the wall are crumbling…informants are recanting their statements…lies are unraveling…and Thompson still coaching.
7:14 pm on June 12th, 2011
Record at 363-211 Mississippi Coaches Association…now let the Times verifiy theirs.
7:39 pm on June 12th, 2011
Yep what I said. The Times stated only 97 wins and they didn’t even list schools…or losses. Now how bout that for trying to “pull the leg” of the public. Yes George he is coaching…has been…and always will. He is a great role model for our youth. He has put food on the table and taken care of many kids…they respect and love what he has done…and admire him…and I don’t think he has shoved kids or thrown their car keys away or told kids they were useless or a “box of rocks” as one other unnamed coach has done. Now that kind of coach does not need to be around young people. Get you areal job and join the workforce…quit living off your wife for goshsakes. You need a job…that way you are not scheming and backstabbing others. Try it…it will make you feel like a real human being.
7:43 pm on June 12th, 2011
AN…one person who “reported” findings has already been fired in Mississippi…for making a very false statement about Thompson not making the state playoffs…sad thing for him
7:44 pm on June 12th, 2011
363 is not over 400, so you are a big liar, that’s confirmed, who cares about the times? And nobody is recanting publicly, you just say that on the internet, like another lie from you means something.
Guys like you should not be allowed out in public, but especially not with kids.
And you aren’t coaching high school now, and never will again.
7:56 pm on June 12th, 2011
Try to harm a man’s career? How about claiming stuff that’s not true on your resume for harming your career, and then blame the paper for reporting it, the assistant coach for - whatever - anyone who answered questions or repeated the findings…
Look, if you had said 363 and it was 363, instead of claiming 401, you would still be able to get a high school coaching job instead of living off your parents.
8:00 pm on June 12th, 2011
I don’t know why they did it. He musta really pissed somebody off. That is usually the way it happens I guess. All the good he has done and you got trash and losers out there that have done worse and they don’t wind up being put on sites like this. It does not make sense. Is it true 2 other sites pulled this story after they did their own research?
10:34 pm on June 12th, 2011
No sites pulled this except for ones that have no balls.
The original work was done by the Times, that’s still up. Some rehashing and additional work was done by Scott Brown at WKDZ. That’s still up.
They did it because we have a free press. They find things like people lying and cheating or sexting and report it.
That’s what happened here. Thompson lied about a bunch of things, got fired, got reported.
How it happened is he claimed to win a lot of games he didn’t. He also misrepresented a whole lot of things, just like he has here about so-called “making the playoffs”. Whenever anything is wrong, he finds a scapegoat and never takes responsibility. He’s a lot like congressman Weiner.
11:12 am on June 13th, 2011
Thompson, being unemployed, has a lot more time to post here so I’ll address several things at once….
All the good he has done? He has been up to no good whatsoever.
Somebody else got fired for lying about Thompson? No, did not happen. He claimed Howell was fired at Philadelphia a year ago, but that never happened.
Pissed somebody off? TRUE! Dozens of people, the big jerk.
They did it to “harm a man’s career”? He is the one who lied, that is what harmed his career. Quit blaming others.
His assistant was the problem? FALSE! The team did far better with the assistant than it did afterwards.
Is in demand as a coach, has a job? False! Who would be stupid enough to hire this lying loser? No one!
1:00 pm on June 13th, 2011
I can smell the hatred in your voice and it makes me see that you are someone I would not want coaching with me. You are a disgrace to the ideals of coaching and Coach thompson is a class individual and coach.
1:19 pm on June 13th, 2011
1.You can’t hear my voice.
2.I would not coach with you for any amount of money.
3.Coach Thompson (aka you) is a classless liar and a total fraud.
4. You have no idea of the “ideals of coaching”.
It’s been a great many years since I coached, but only rarely did I ever see such a disgrace to the profession as you.
2:51 pm on June 13th, 2011
He said he could “smell” your voice, not hear it. Not the sharpest tack on the corkboard.
4:03 pm on June 13th, 2011
Assistant coach sound like a real loser. Wonder if he played with himself too much or with others?
7:20 pm on June 13th, 2011
Record with the assistant 5-11.
Record without the assistant 1-7.
Guess it was Thompson who was too busy playing with himself!
8:47 pm on June 13th, 2011
George you distort the truth as much as the Times…not gonna cost you as much though. Now what was Coach Thompson’s record at Graham Heights Academy,Briarcrest, Country Day HS,Perry Central HS,West Marion HS…damn son there are 5 schools right there that the St. Pete Times did not even bother to document…looks like the Times did a very shitty job of research and their prime objective was to just put something out there…too bad for them.
8:49 pm on June 13th, 2011
Oh shoot I almost forgot Balmoral Baptist School………….
9:21 pm on June 13th, 2011
Not gonna help you…attorneys sniffing this like lion sniffs a wounded wilderbeast….LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:58 am on June 14th, 2011
Ha ha!
There is no attorney that would take this case!
Yeah, I’m sure you had several 6-win seasons that weren’t documented. No doubt you bragged about them as if they were NBA championships, just like you brag about your horrible debacle of a season at Springstead.
10:54 am on June 14th, 2011
There are a great many hungry attorneys in Florida that will take this case easy…and Mr. Thompson has enlisted the aid of a very powerful Memphis law firm that has ties to his father.
12:53 pm on June 14th, 2011
It is about the misstatements of others and the motives of going after a hs coach with a clean record like he was f***ing Jim Tressel. Just totally outrageous but it seems this fits a dirty little pattern for the shit shovelers at the St Pete Times.
1:32 pm on June 14th, 2011
A clean record!?!!
For starters the record claimed about 50 wins that never happened. Sure they shoveled it, but you dumped it! If you hadn’t both lied and been a huge jerk, they wouldn’t have even started. It’s too bad you can’t see that it’s the result of your own actions. That’s why you’re probably doomed to repeat the same misery over and over again.
5:24 pm on June 19th, 2011
Looks like the Times is ready to finally make retractions.
9:47 am on June 21st, 2011
Why would they do this? Just because the coach was not what they wanted? This is a sad,sad day in American culture when you rip a high school coach in print for anything like this. Criminal activity yes but this? I understand they didn’t even print the truth there were lies told concerning his record.I hope he sues for a million dollars.
12:02 pm on June 21st, 2011
I haven’t seen any retractions…I think because the story is true. I hope that if he sues the lawyers fees bankrupt him and the whole truth about him is revealed.
8:39 pm on June 21st, 2011
He has already received corrospondence from the Times lawyer…and know it isn’t all true and we know it…I know there are lying screws in FL but you can’t hide from the fact that the Pasco Co HR director is a liar…and she is retiring rather convientley…but the school system is still liable. They don’t need a lawsuit on top of a 60 million dollar deficit. He did coach Hardaway even if he says he doesnt remember…too many out there that will verify it. I would say the Times will gladly “revise” the story to avoid litigation.
9:29 pm on June 21st, 2011
If what you say is true, we will see it.
I see no sign whatsoever that anything you say is true. There is no retraction. There is no question that Thompson lied. The real question is why heads didn’t roll at the school system for allowing such a scumbag to gain a foothold in school with our kids!
7:45 am on June 22nd, 2011
well if guess if you have coaches that sextext young girls,violate state laws on recruiting,walk around half naked alone in a house unsupervised with a female student or who threaten to beat hell out of a male student for calling your daughter then you would be glad to get someone with 29 years of service helping kids. dont you think?
9:56 am on June 22nd, 2011
No lawsuits…just revisions and his statement added to the original story.
10:58 am on June 22nd, 2011
to 7:45…He lied. What somebody else did is something else.
We don’t want a lying scumbag in our schools. Put him in a cell with the other scumbags you list, please.
To 9:56…I haven’t seen anything. I suspect the revision will say the Times made some mistakes….but Thompson still lied. A liar is a liar. We don’t want a lying scumbag in our schools, thank the good lord he has been removed from contact with children!
11:59 am on June 22nd, 2011
Lies about wins. Lies about awards. Lies about coaching at places he wasn’t.
And if the lies aren’t enough, he wasn’t much of a coach either.
12:01 pm on June 22nd, 2011
You take away the mistakes about his record,the liar in the Pasco Co hr office,Tristan Howell,the coaches document that was used that had not been updated or corrected since 2002…what the hell do you have left in that story?
12:26 pm on June 22nd, 2011
He will be coaching in Pasco Co next year…if he wants it. He will be the next boys coach at Gulf. It is already in the works. Just ask Steve Knobl.
12:33 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Very Funny!
1:06 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Funny or not that is what I am hearing as well…………….
2:59 pm on June 22nd, 2011
You just wish stevie boy. And to accuse every coach in florida is ridiculous. You think just because you are a lowlife scumbag that everybody is.
You won’t get a job in Hernando, Pasco or Hillsborough, you’re just blowing smoke. Sorry to burst your deluded bubble, but pointing out other bad folks won’t make people accept you. Owning up to your mistakes would have been a positive step, but I think you’ve burned all your bridges. Better hope Obama extends those unemployment benefits!
3:01 pm on June 22nd, 2011
If Kitchie can hide an intoxicated player at school,lose lose his job,then resurface at Leto then Steve Thompson will be back in FL coaching…and it is just that damn simple boys…does Thompson have some skeletons in his closet sure he does…but so does just about every coach in FL to some degree. Thompson will be the next head coach at Gulf although he prefers Hillsborough Co.
3:32 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Well there are a few scumbags left coaching in Hernando Co so maybe you won’t be lonely. It would really be a step in the right direction if the guys at the Pasco/Hernando Times just admit they printed some lies that other folks gave them. No shame in that. Throw the scum that lied to them to the curb. They are of no consequence anyhow. They left your asses out in the wind…now do the same. I would cut ties with Scot Brown and his ridiculous little Cadiz publication as well.
3:38 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Just to “refresh” you lets list just a “couple” of the libelous misstatements…the lies about his job being rescinded at Gulf…well the Times itself proved that to be a lie………………Tristan Howell’s lie…the Times has already admitted that farce…Howell fired……..the 97 win “theory”…that is so laughable we won’t even discuss it……..
4:34 pm on June 22nd, 2011
There you go again, talking about scumbags in Hernando county…there may be, but what has that got to do with you? Somebody else may have done something wrong, but that doesn’t make it ok for you to do it to.
You claimed to win more games than you had. You claimed to win honors that you didn’t win, including some that didn’t exist. You claimed to be coaching certain places and times that you weren’t.
You are a liar. You should not be allowed on the grounds of a school.
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
5:08 pm on June 22nd, 2011
No there you go again…oh the lies you tell. The only people who have so called documented this is the newspaper so there we go. I hope very soon you are not allowed around our kids. You are not a very good role model and I would not want my daughter under your influence. Well won’t be for long…you will be fired.
5:17 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Steve, you would rather lie when the truth would serve you better. The news people captured your essence, you are a loser who tries to cover it up by making up false victories, awards, and jobs.
Rest assured, your daughter will be nowhere around me, but sorry, I won’t be fired anytime soon since I am the boss after all. I am just glad you are being kept away from the kids. It’s not just that you’re a liar, you also are a terrible coach.
5:52 pm on June 22nd, 2011
The boss of what? Really the only thing the newspeople captured was the lies of others. Pure and simple. Now they have to backtrack and realize that you must first check your sources before you print anything. Surely you know that don’t you? Of course they have an out…they can point and say guess what we were duped…but then there is the matter of the nasty little editorial……you are not dealing with a politician or college coach…but then everyone else understands that…except the shitbag losers,muckrakers and liars of F-L-A…………………..
6:30 pm on June 22nd, 2011
Who do you think you are haha. I bet you are one of the typical voyers,peeping toms,perverts,meth heads and sex offenders that populate Hernando Co. Posting from your prison cell why Bubba rubs your back…now you can say haha
6:42 pm on June 22nd, 2011
You only wish you knew who I was Steve. It really drives you crazy, you keep guessing George, Matt, Craig and more…Way off base!
You should know about the perverts, since you’re one of them.
I still have seen no retraction. The story was mostly true, but it didn’t come close to documenting just what a loser you really are.
10:22 am on June 23rd, 2011
No retractions today…
11:45 am on June 23rd, 2011
Sure, Steve, post imaginary slams on haha - no matter what other complaints you may have, you still were caught lying about wins, about awards, and more.
My momma taught me that I was responsible for my own actions no matter what some other kid did. Too bad you didn’t learn that lesson.
3:04 pm on June 23rd, 2011
Times attorney is waiting for all info to come in…then you will see the retractions.
4:39 pm on June 23rd, 2011
Seems now Matt Okeefe has been positively identified as one of the main sources involved in this and is being investigated by the Perry Co school system in New Augusta,MS….
7:48 am on June 24th, 2011
No retractions again today…..
2:17 pm on June 24th, 2011
It was Matt O’Keefe! It was Renee Sedlack! It was George Bennett! It was Derek LaRiviere! It was Tristan Howell! It was Scott Brown! It was Izzy Gould! It was Byrd! Graves! Miller! Smith! Morrerro! Duval! Carden!
When will you get it through your thick skull that when you do something wrong you can’t get off just by blaming whoever told on you?
You, Steve Thompson, lied on your job application. You got fired for it (no matter what it was called).
3:38 pm on June 24th, 2011
Are those all your informants…LOL! Better suponea them. When are you gonna realize that when you write something it better be correct and your “witnesses” are not the kind of people who would lie while holding a grudge. Just inexcusable that a hs coach making 2500 bucks was chastised like this. onna go after other coaches with the same shovel? Thank goodness this coach was able to shake this off and get back to doing what he does best; being a teacher,coach and mentor to young people who love him.
4:04 pm on June 24th, 2011
always pulling these names out as if they mean a damn thing to anyone. go home and try to figure out how okeefe,howell,miller,graves,bennet,browm,wright all had a grudge and used your ass…then for some crazy reason you think thompson is just gonna go away like a whipped pup. you are one dumb duck.
6:05 pm on June 24th, 2011
Thompson, you are a whooped pup. The reason there are so many different people you suspect did you in is because you have been such a big jerk to so many people.
Hopefully you can find a job in McDonalds, because no school will ever be dumb enough to hire you again.
7:15 pm on June 24th, 2011
We think people who lie on their resumes deserve to be fired. We think people who make statements like the preceding one have extremely poor judgement - likely they are the kind who would lie on their resumes!
7:17 pm on June 24th, 2011
You just don’t get it do you? Damn you are stupid as hell. Are there any people in FL who arent mongoloid inbreds. NOBODY thinks like you people. Everyone else is sane. Do you think any othjer newspaper would have written on this even if it were all true? They have better things to do than write trash and then masturbate over it…LOL!
7:36 pm on June 24th, 2011
Unfortunatley for you those people who “did me in” so to speak don’t have any clout and are themselves jokes. Is it any wonder why I always get recommendations from all principals even the ones I piss off. They have better things to do plus despite the fact that we may have butted heads they know just exactly how effective I am as a coach and teacher. Plus I always handle my own discipline problems and never send anyone to the office. Those things make me in such demand…and in the end they will overlook any conflicts that arise. The lady at Springstead was a differnt kind of person…but then so are most people I met in FL…outcasts who land in a cesspool.
7:37 pm on June 24th, 2011
Nobody thinks like us?
How come who ever wins Florida wins the presidency?
What is so strange about thinking that really bad coaches who lie about their history should be fired? The University of Notre Dame did the same.
I think most newspapers would write such a story. Have you ever heard of a media outlet whose concern was sweeping scandals under the rug and letting scumbags get away with their schemes? Maybe in Syria or Libya, but thank God we are in the USA where guys like Steve Thompson get outed by the free press!
9:32 pm on June 24th, 2011
Scandal? Are you nuts or have you been at the meth pot…and to compare OLeary to me is just an indication of why you are jokes.Man you are pathetic jokes. Now do you finally want to address the scandelous lies of Renee Sedleck and her reasons behind it…or the foolish statement of my only having 97 wins when you for some reason can’t list the schools or how many losses I had to go with these 97 wins…or the fact that Tristan Howell lied to you and was fired for it. Fellows he wasn’t even the Athletic Director. Why didn’ t you talk to Jason Gentry…he was. Or that old Derek procured a coaching document that had not been updated since 2002 and he was told that? I talked with the Mississippi Coaches Association today and they will gladly attest to that. Wanna talk about scandelous behavior. How about a paper who cant get past the fact that they were lied to or won’t admit that. Oh and I did meet with Penny like I said. He had some very interesting things to say about the way questions were put to him. No he doesn’t know me and it has been many years…but he knows I coached him and if necessary will attest to that whenever he needs to. I am wondering why none of these star reporters didn’t contact Coach Vertais Sails in Memphis. Coach Sails is a coaching legend.He ran the league and placed me as coach of that team.All he says is call him but it seems no one from the Times has “time” to call him. You want his number…I have it on speed dial. Yes lets talk about sweeping stuff under the rug…LOL! I think the biggest farce is the belief that somehow you garnerd enough authority to keep me from coaching with all my contacts out there. That is funny.
10:02 pm on June 24th, 2011
No they would not…might ask yourself why I have been in this business for 29 years and never had it happen. Or be on really ridiculous sites like this nasty little corner of the Internet. Now if you want something really outrageous why not look at how a person’s personnel records are examined without his being informed or having the rights to be present while they are being viewed. hell they give criminals more rights than that. I would say that,at best,is not only illegal but a very blatant civil rights violation. Or calling around being general pests calling good people in MS in the middle of the nigh asking really stupid questions. No I think that is just a little more than just “reporting” the news. That is very much like Inquirer tactics. Now I spoke with a former player in FL tonight and he said he never believed it…of course he knows how this paper operates. BTW what would you think of a reporter in this story who calls you and says,”We have checked your coaching numbers and they add up”. Now what about that Derek? Is this why you won’t answer your phone?
12:45 am on June 25th, 2011
So now you are saying it was the St Pete Times that outed me and not the school system. Damn George I am impressed that I was that big of a celebrity that they felt the need to “go after me”. Sheesh I feel better about myself…and all along I thought I was just a nobody small town country boy coach from Tennessee/Mississippi. Hell I am up there with the likes of Bob Knight now. Oh and not all folks in FL are like you. There are MANY good people at Springstead HS. Good folks that know what a farce this whole pathetic sham was.
5:29 am on June 25th, 2011
You ramble a lot. The funniest thing is claiming to be up there with Bob Knight.
There’s some truth to that - you are as big an a hole as Knight - but he actually won more than he lost.
You are delusional.
You lost. You lied. You were fired.
5:32 am on June 25th, 2011
Fri. June 24, 2011 | Bryan Burns
Springstead will be looking for its fourth boys basketball coach in as many seasons.
Oliver Simmons, who coached the Eagles in 2010-11, has accepted a position as the head basketball coach at Poinciana High in Kissimmee.
It was a decision Simmons made, he said, in the interest of job security.
“They warned up back in March that there were going to be major cuts for teachers in Hernando County,” Simmons said. “I started looking for a job at that point. My principal could not guarantee me that I would personally be OK.”
Simmons played two seasons of college basketball at Florida State and Kentucky. Simmons is from Orlando and coached previously at Orlando Olympia, where he compiled a 37-32 record with two district runner up finishes in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
“It was just a good choice for me,” he said.
Simmons leaves Springstead after just one 12-13 season. The Eagles failed to make the playoffs after a 25-point loss to West Port in the district tournament.
Simmons was hired in April of 2010 to replace Steve Thompson, who was fired after one season following a Times’ investigation that revealed several fabrications on Thompson’s resume.
http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/springstead-boys-basketball-coach-oliver-simmons-heading-poinciana/9985/
9:56 am on June 25th, 2011
I don’t know this Burns character but he has the same penchant for not being able to print correct info much like his benefactor Isadore Gouldberg. There are at least 3 innaccurate statements there…not counting the statement about me of course. George you just really don’t get it do you? These hacks at the Pasco/Hernando can have their little shots. It is all about what the Hernando Co schools say…and they will say I resigned.
10:07 am on June 25th, 2011
You’re still full of lard.
You lied. You Lost. You were fired.
You still attack everybody else who may have done something wrong rather than dealing with your own lies. You’re calling me George today. Yesterday it was Matt. In truth you have no idea.
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
No retractions…and if there ever is, it won’t be complete, because you did lie.
12:07 pm on June 25th, 2011
Just one last question…who is the “final” authority on the lie thing? School system sure didn’t say it so who said it?
12:16 pm on June 25th, 2011
You know you counted jv wins as varsity. You know you didn’t win those AP awards. You know you weren’t in Memphis and Lebanon at the same time.
Why don’t you set the record straight? Tell the truth about the wins you did have and admit where you stretched things or “made a mistake”?
If you had done that people would respect that and move on. They would look at the article in its true light. Instead, you never admit that you fudged a couple of things, maybe even made a little mistake on a couple of old things - people could understand that. What is hard to understand is a vindictive attack on people who did nothing to you, who had nothing to do with the article. You thrashed about trying to take someone else down with you. The things you have said about OKeefe, Swartout, Bennett, Howell, Sedlack…99% of them have no basis in fact. How can you think you are superior in any way to the Times reporter when you make by far the worse smear attacks?
If you just behaved like a responsible adult for a short period of time your life would be so much easier…I guess that’s just beyond your capacity.
2:26 pm on June 25th, 2011
My life is pretty easy now Georgie…job,money in the bank,new contract. See the only thing that story did was get me out of Florida. I was already out the door. You knew that.Susan knew this and so did Bob. I wasnt staying there to look at you and Swarthog every day. Place was not bad but the kids and the culture just wasn’t to my liking. You keep saying I don’t have a job George…why> Nobody cares about that 2yr old story. and the overwhelming majority thinks I got screwed. Others don’t care…if they even know. The only person who got hurt by this was you because you are painted as a malcontent and a backstabber…and you always will be. That is why I have overwhelming support George…because at one time in their career EVERY coach has had to contend with the likes of you asshole.
4:35 pm on June 25th, 2011
Sure I lost George…like most hs coaches I have had some bad seasons. You tend to focus on that. Well I say George…you could be Gouldie for all I know…or Swarthog Why not identify yourself…there is no way we will ever be friends regarless of who you are. No doubt you are a gutless piece of schitzer…excuse my Yiddish, Bottom line is I may have made some error…but the Times did too…when they published statements from others that were not exactly shall we say correct. Yep I moved around alot as well but really is that any of your business. Your last coach at Springstead is on his 4th FL job…his 8th overall and he is only 35…LOL!
4:57 pm on June 25th, 2011
Bob? That’s a new one. You’ll probably say I’m Bob now. Another off-the-wall guess like John Cotey (although I guess in some ways that’s closer than your current favorite.)
Overwhelming support? I checked with some friends and they confirmed you have only been able to get some part time work that if it pays at all, probably barely covers your expenses.
You are a loser and a liar. I don’t know what you hope to gain here, but you just come across ever more pathetic with each post. You should check back with Backyard Burger - I understand they don’t do thorough background checks for their help - at least as long as they are not near customers.
10:26 am on June 27th, 2011
Still no retractions…..but why should we surprised you lied about that too?
4:15 pm on June 28th, 2011
I didn’t see any retractions again today…
5:50 pm on June 28th, 2011
So…Thompson will not sue the Times over this. They know that and so does he…he has always known it. Only way he sues is if they kept him form coaching…and that hasn’t happened. All he will get will be a correction and his quotes. Now will he sue those who gave false info? It is possible but in all probability the school systems will just fire those guilty parties. Howell has already been sent packing. Now if thias becomes an issue with,lets say,a paper like the Times Picayune then Thompson just simply pulls out his documentation from other sources including the SPT…….
8:19 am on June 29th, 2011
He has stated numerous times that he will sue and will win big money. Has claimed to have hired a “big-time” Memphis law firm with ties to his father. Has claimed that a settlement involving retractions was forthcoming.
Howell is still listed as athletic director on the Philadelphia High School site…not sure if it’s just slow to update or if this another of your lies. Thompson’s initial claim that Howell was fired was BEFORE the just-completed school year, obviously another of Thompson’s lies.
There are no retractions and there probably won’t ever be. That is probably because the story is substantially true. Thompson told a large number of lies on a daily basis and some of these made their way onto his job application. After a few years of telling these stories, I think he convinced himself they were true, and even if they weren’t he somehow felt justified in telling the lies. Anyone who inconveniently pointed out the truth was a “joke”, or a “hack”.
If he hopes to get another coaching job he should attempt to review his own record and apply based on the facts rather than the wishful thinking. I doubt that he has the guts to try to stand on the truth, though.
8:31 am on June 29th, 2011
I believe it is my lawyer who advised me of this haha. I will get a correction and even if the Times is not honorable enough to do that it really doesn’t matter. As stated I will just pull out my documentation and the matter is closed because you see this Sedleck DID lie…pure and simple. Howell lied and yes he was fired and is GONE…and you know as well as I do that statement of my coaching record is a lie. So there it is. Now will I sue others who bore false witness? I would say that may very well happen…but the Times…no.
7:24 pm on June 29th, 2011
steve thompson is an arrogant spoiled middle aged man but the man can flat out coach. i have seen him and i don’t for one second doubt his claims to have won as many as he said he did. after reading this for the first time i am in no way changed from my beliefs.
1:01 pm on June 30th, 2011
The Nississippi Coaches Association has in a letter to the Times attorneys stated that the coaching document procured by LaRiviere and passen on as a legitimate was neither an “official” document nor will they stand behind any record documentation that did not occur in athletic coaching in said state. In other words they are used a coaching document that was either outdated or not official.
3:55 pm on June 30th, 2011
Same old thing - just because someone else did something wrong doesn’t give him a free pass.
Thompson still lied. Associated Press didn’t even give out the awards.
Claimed 401 wins when he had 352.
Claimed to be coaching places he wasn’t.
he lied. he lost. he was fired.
3:57 pm on June 30th, 2011
Same old thing - just because the Times got some things wrong doesn’t give him a free pass.
Thompson still lied. Associated Press didn’t even give out the awards.
Claimed 401 wins when he had 352.
Claimed to be coaching places he wasn’t.
he lied. he lost. he was fired.
3:58 pm on June 30th, 2011
Same old thing - just because the Times got some things wrong doesn’t give him a free pass.
Thompson still lied. Associated Press didn’t even give out the awards.
Claimed 401 wins when he had 352.
Claimed to be coaching places he wasn’t.
he lied. he lost. he was fired
4:18 pm on June 30th, 2011
Derek…Renee Sedleck lied…just point blank flat out lied…and rather than face the truth and spare her school system that gave her a job she has retired…like a coward to leave them to clean up her mess. Why did she lie…because Thompson probably told her to shove her job. Howell lied…he was fired by the new school director after complaints from the good people of Philadelphia,MS where Thompson is very much respected and is the LAST boys coach to take them to the playoffs. He did not coach at Seneca even though they wanted him to but he would not assist the coach who was there. Once again the 97 win thing is a laughingsyock…he has 3 newspaper articles. The “Workman” thing…well Thompson swears he doesn’t know where that came from and I believe him.
5:34 pm on June 30th, 2011
As stated before does it really make any difference that it was only just olain old district coy instead. Man who cares? Nobody. Do you think Springstead cared? No sir. The only folks who cared were trolls…and yes they did not get some things right…but in all fairness they wrote what they were told…but they should have checked it out before. Now what did it cost anyone…well it cost one AD his job and quite possible an ex Mississippi girls coach his job as well………..
8:29 am on July 1st, 2011
Nice fantasies on the last couple of posts. The only person who lost a job was you, Stephanie Rae.
Renee retired because of changes in the state’s compensation system. It had absolutely nothing to do with you.
I don’t believe Howell was fired, because you said he was fired over a year ago, and he was working with PHS as recently as the first of June. As far as an ex-MS girls coach, I think I know who you are talking about, and you are farther off there than you are thinking I’m John Cotey, Derek, George, Craig or your ex-girlfriend.
You did a horrible job as an applicant, an employee, a coach, and a person.
To quote the mantra:
You lied. You lost. You were fired. You made excuses. You blamed others.
In the end, it doesn’t really matter what other people said. And it doesn’t really matter if your State AP coaches awards were really some other little district coach of the year awards. What does matter is you lied about it and continue to do so.
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
10:14 am on July 1st, 2011
Steve Thompson has “taken teams to the playoffs” because he’s been in situations where the district runnerup moves on and the district did not have decent competition. But the truth of the matter is he hasn’t won a playoff game in over 10 years!
What a loser!
3:18 pm on July 1st, 2011
Sounds like you describe yourself, Stephanie Rae!
3:27 pm on July 1st, 2011
really? thompson got off the phone with the acting super today at pc. she is a strong admirer of his. she took his statement and there will be an investigation. you see hills…ooopppsss…administrative types don’t like people who email libelous statements on school computers during school time…or who have contacts with local papers…bad business sonnyboy…and sedleck is the biggest liar on earth…and she is good at it…and she has caused her school system considerable problems…….
5:31 pm on July 1st, 2011
Get ready Georgie…Thompson is coming back to Springstead and I hear the kids are ecstatic about this possibility…….what you gonna do when you see him back in that gym?
5:55 pm on July 1st, 2011
Woops…that was another editorial mistake…new coach is defrocked NCT girls coach Travis Lamlee………midnight swimmer delux!
7:57 pm on July 1st, 2011
Even Thompson admitted that most of the kids at Springstead hated his guts.
He’s going nowhere, except maybe to the circle K.
9:33 am on July 2nd, 2011
I never said that Georgie…just wasn’t my world…kids didnt speak my language…only people who hated my guts were you, Fat derek, Vito Vitale and of course Isadore Gouldberg…..
11:10 am on July 2nd, 2011
Stephanie Rae, you’ve completely lost contact with reality!
11:40 am on July 2nd, 2011
The man has never won a playoff game. Ever.
Hasn’t had a winning season since 2006 (then barely).
Thinks he’s Bobby Knight, but he’s not even Pat Knight.
10:13 pm on July 2nd, 2011
Hey derek you found any balls? Gutless…hiding behind that nasty wife.
7:37 am on July 3rd, 2011
Hey Steve have you found any playoff wins? Gutless…but really nothing left to hide behind, eh? Insulting somebody’s wife. At least Derek evidently has one, unlike you, loser! Can’t keep jobs or women, can you?
3:11 pm on July 11th, 2011
Way to tell it like it is!
When it comes to being a jerk, Steve has no peer!
12:53 pm on July 13th, 2011
Seems correction statements were printed with this story. I understand the Executive Director sent a letter blasting the Times for using a totally innaccurate and unverified document. This did not appear in the correction statement but it will. Now shut this site down as well.
12:55 pm on July 13th, 2011
That is the executive director of the Mississippi Association of Coaches Johnny Mims.
3:35 pm on July 13th, 2011
Steve, we don’t care that you have printed correction statements. You still lied.
You lost.
You lied.
You were fired.
4:32 pm on July 13th, 2011
Sorry no lies…but others did. Too bad for them. Times is out of the woods but not those who tried to trash the reputation of a 400 game winner…but that is not your concern anymore is it?
8:02 pm on July 13th, 2011
You mean the reputation of a 352 game winner who falsely claimed to be a 400 game winner.
That’s called a liar. Nobody had to trash him, he did it himself.
You lost. You lied. You were fired.
9:28 pm on July 13th, 2011
We know from “informants” that is was Matt Okeefe at Perry central HS who initiated this with calls to both the Times and the Pasco Schools. There is an old saying in MS…”Rattlesnakes don’t commit suicide”. Okeefe has pretty much been sold out. We also know that around the middle part of january a creep and a cyberstalker came to the MS Scout board seeking info on Coach Thompson. Well you got it but the thing you didn’t realize is that people who hold grudges will usually say and provide information even if it in turn is false or libelous. Why…because they are just butt fricking stupid…and MS is full of that type individual. You trusted what they said…and you focked up. Well maybe they did…
7:39 am on July 14th, 2011
Who cares if O’Keefe outed you?
It was inevitable…you had too big a mouth and made up to many lies about the things you had supposedly accomplished.
You lost.
You lied.
You were fired.
Now you want to blame everybody else. It just doesn’t matter if O’Keefe had a grudge, if Bennett (your usual target) had a grudge, if you pissed Derek off, if it was Swartout, Cotey, Gould, or any of the other people you like to rail on….YOU, Steve Thompson, LIED…so you deserved what you got.
You lost. You lied. You were fired.
7:40 am on July 14th, 2011
By the way, I know for a fact it was Graves.
9:32 am on July 14th, 2011
Nope…Okeefe…no sense in trying to save him. His school board is aware of everything. Thompson has been in very close contact with 2 members of the Perry County board of education…
11:04 am on July 14th, 2011
As I said before, who cares who outed him?
He lied - he got caught.
If it was O’Keefe, then Good Job O’Keefe!
And you should watch out about that close contact with the board of ed….you could catch an STD that way.
You lied.
You lost.
You were fired.
You blamed others to try to divert attention from your lying.
That failed.
You still lied. You still lost. You were still fired.
9:15 pm on July 14th, 2011
Glad to see you on board! Thompson is an immoral lying loser, you got that right!
9:18 pm on July 14th, 2011
Doesn’t matter anymore now…….
You schemed
You lied
You have been discredited
9:58 pm on July 14th, 2011
So what are you haha…yep you are a disgruntled backstabbing peon…the worst form of the species…floridus ignoramicus………..
You schemed
You lied
You were discredited
6:37 am on July 15th, 2011
Insult me all you want!
In the end, I’ve never been fired for lying on my resume. And in the end the truth about why you were fired remains forever on reputable sites on the internet. Your lies remain mostly here (and scout.com) in near total obscurity.
You lied.
You lost.
You were fired.
7:03 am on July 15th, 2011
You obviously haven’t read the new corrections on the article…
You schemed
You lied
You will always be discredited
You will always be in Thompson’s shadow
You will always be a nobody loser
8:10 am on July 15th, 2011
Scott Brown Sportbytes is a reputable site? Are you nuts? Never mind that will soon be added to the list of removals.
You schemed
You lied
You are a backstabber
You have been discredited in Spring Hill,FL
You are a terrible coach Georgie
2:50 pm on July 15th, 2011
Shut up already!
Quit trying to defend me.
I admit it. I made up all kinds of stuff on my application. I didn’t think it would matter. I never thought anyone would check it. I was soooo close to 400 wins, I just thought I would count some JV and freshman teams. Those were games too, weren’t they?
It’s really not fair that they would go back and count. Other coaches lie all the time and get away with it, why pick on me?
2:51 pm on July 15th, 2011
Where is this supposed correction published? On the nightstand by your pillow?
3:19 pm on July 15th, 2011
I believe it is posted on the original article………….mow go eat some chocolate haha…LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:31 pm on July 15th, 2011
You schemed against a good coach
You lied
You were discredited
You lost any chance of coaching boys at Springstead
6:34 pm on July 15th, 2011
Another of your lies!
I went and looked, shame on me, but THERE IS NO CORRECTION!
You lost. You lied. You were fired.
The reporters have not been discredited.
Why would I want to coach at Springstead? It’s a loooooong way and would be a huge cut in pay!
You Lost. You Lied. You Were Fired.
You lied about losing. You lied about lying. You lied about being fired.
You can’t get a job coaching high school - probably never again. And the world is a better place the farther you are from kids.
8:06 pm on July 15th, 2011
You didn’t look…LOL…and if you think I can’t get another coaching job you are a fool…which you are anyhow. I have been a better role model and coach than you have been a reporter asshole. You are a joke…and you are a loser. Hell son you got people in coaching today in hs that have lied,cheated,fornicated,fought with other coaches on the field and just about everything else. If you think this crock kept me out of coaching you are nuts. Nobody gave a damn about anything that was written in FL but for some reason you think all of this carried some kind of weight with people. Nobody read it…it just lays there son. Nope nobody lied but then again nobody would care…so what..yeah I counted freshman wins and JV wins…of course I did…I might even have alot more than 400 wins…but you just don’t seem to get it…NOBODY cared.
8:40 pm on July 15th, 2011
Get over the sight of your own words…I think you derive some sort of sexual pleasure from it…what a sicko! LMAO!
8:43 pm on July 15th, 2011
You are the one who doesn’t get it.
People did care, that’s why Susan put your butt out on the street.
And I know you want to think I’m a reporter, or a coach who wanted your job, or someone you’d done wrong in the past, but sorry I’m not.
What’s laying there is the truth. You’re a low-life who thought it was OK to lie. You were wrong.
You lied, the Times reported it, Springstead fired you.
You are a lying loser, you continue to prove the kind of loser you are with posts like this. I pity you.
8:52 pm on July 15th, 2011
Now I see a “correction” at the bottom (it actually depends on which link you take whether you see it or not). It is a statement from coach Thompson - which doesn’t argue the core assertion of the article, that he lied about the number of wins. It merely plays the same old blame game - with no hard documentation.
You lied on your resume. You were fired for it. What’s so complicated about that?
Thank God you are not coaching our children!
8:52 pm on July 15th, 2011
Got news for you man…you are far less important than you seem to think you are.
9:05 pm on July 15th, 2011
Really with all the false statements from others it was like shooting fish in a barrel………….and Thompson really couldn’t sue them because he found another coaching job. Glad he is back mentoring kids agaion.
9:14 pm on July 15th, 2011
LOL…you just don’t get ti…nobody anywhere else has heard of the SPT…Gould…or anyone else associated with this rag. Nobody ever heard of Springstead or Duval. It just amazes me that you think the whole damn world is standing still waiting for what comes out of FL…that the whole world doesn’t even take a shit unless the Times tells them to…you sir are an idiot and you need to get out more often…nobody cares!
9:25 pm on July 15th, 2011
I agree with the above posts. Do you think a ghetto school in Jacksonville or tallahasee could care less about that story. Plus the new corrections just help vindicate him.
7:37 am on July 16th, 2011
I agree with the above posts too - the ones that say Steve Thompson is a liar, a jerk, a bigot, and an idiot.
Only an idiot would continue to draw attention to his shame.
Only an idiot would publicly blame everybody else when there is no excuse for the things he has done.
The new corrections do nothing - in it he says he has talked to Penny - we only have his word for that. He says NOTHING about his made-up win total - because he knows that if he did there would be further research showing the full extent of his fabrications.
And only an idiot and a bigot thinks that a “ghetto” school doesn’t care about the honesty of its employees. What, poor kids don’t deserve morals? You are the worst kind of bigot.
Yep, the above posts are correct, especially when they call you a liar and a loser.
9:30 am on July 16th, 2011
Why don’t you call Coach Sailes? He will put you in direct contact with Penny…tell him you are with the SPT…you may be anyhow… then ask him about the meeting. You won’t bc you know what the truth is don’t you? Penny had some very interesting things to say about the methods of the Times reporter…ask him about it. Go ahead…I DARE you.
10:56 am on July 16th, 2011
Give you one better…I am gonna guess you aren’t with the Times bc I think you would like to really know…call Coach Sails and I bet he calls Penny and puts you on 3 way…then you will know. Ask Coach Sails what he thinks of Thompson as a coach and person. Penny and Coach Sails are close…they run the Bluff together. You could call Coach Jerry Dover but he has passed. Do it…don’t just speculate just do it! Now as to the wins the Times has documented 407…plus what he got this year…and that is what we are going by.
12:10 pm on July 16th, 2011
LOL!
The Times documented that you LIED and said you had 407.
You admitted it was only 352.
You have got to be the dumbest racist bigot.
You can’t coach, so you had to make up wins.
You lost.
You lied.
You were fired.
You are pathetic.
2:20 pm on July 16th, 2011
That is your whole arguement…the Times didn’t document anything except what was told them and most of that is lies. That is why they published the correction statements. Do you honestly think they wanted to do that…to have their published documentation questioned. Thompson fought like hell for over a year to get it and wouldn’t have gotten it had it not been for his lawyer. Good coach and everyone knows it. Problem is this Gould had a hardon for him and they used info that was not fact. He wanted to ruin him…but it didn’t work. It wasn’t anyway with or without this fantasy.
2:34 pm on July 16th, 2011
Times didn’t verify or document anything about his record Jethro. Thet didn’t even list schools or complete records…and I understand Johnny Mims broke one off in them with his letter.
2:50 pm on July 16th, 2011
“he’s a good coach and everybody knows it”?
LOL!!!!!
When was the last time he won a playoff game? What’s his playoff record? What was his record his last season as a head coach? (6-18)
Gould wouldn’t have a hardon for him unless they both had that inclination….no wonder he wanted to coach boys.
3:17 pm on July 16th, 2011
He still lied about the wins. That’s not corrected. He still lied about his employment record. That’s not corrected.
They let him make his personal statement….but it is not very substantial - something about an outdated document - he had corrected some of his own lies and didn’t want to be held to his old lies.
In the end, he lied about his wins and his employment record and he hasn’t even refuted that himself.
3:24 pm on July 16th, 2011
His employment record doesn’t need correcting and who cares?As far as the statements I would say it carries MAJOR weight especially the statement that he did go to the state playoffs at Philly HS when the imes reported very adamantly that he DID NOT. They checked his references as they would anyone so there it is. School system is accountable for that. The only thing that would be considered unethical is if he were to have been paid more than his experience would have allowed. I am sure in my heart the Times would have jumped on that. However that experience has to be documented school system to school system so that didn’t happen. I am no expert but if I were to be a guessing man I would say he very well could have “hid” experience so they would not have had to shell out more money for his services.The school system was strapped already and he didn’t need the money. If this were the case he would have been “underpaid” In any case the school system would be aware of that and after all that is where this is all about. it is the school system and not the damn St. Petersburg Times who hires the teachers and coaches. The Times isn’t in the business of acting as HR reps. I would say that if it could be proven that the Times caused him to be released he would really have that million dollar lawsuit wouldn’t he buck? Well they won’t admit to that anymore than they will say that Thompson was released for so called descrepancies in his win/loss total…because they didn’t give a damn about that.
4:36 pm on July 16th, 2011
Tell em off man I am sick of this haha bitch. Now turn on Brown cause he is an unethical liar.
7:45 pm on July 16th, 2011
What a total joke!
You lied about wins.
You lied about your employment record.
That makes you a liar, no matter what else you or anyone else did.
You lost - you took a team that had been 30-1 the year before and turned them around to 6-18. The next guy took those same players and doubled the wins!
You suck as a coach! You are dishonest and untrustworthy because you lie about everything, including your win total.
You got fired. You deserved it.
8:32 pm on July 16th, 2011
You are a joke…and you can’t keep a woman can you? She get tired of keeping you up? Good for her…smart lady! As stated before that 30-1 team was all gone bye bye and what was left never played. they hated the former coach for that. Thompson develops their skills and they get better. Of course they should double their win total…it is called experience. Plus they made the playoffs the year before and should have gone deep in the playoffs this year…but didnt even get out of the district. Not those kids faults. Ahh well so be it Chauncey. Where you living now? With Mumsey and DaDa?
8:51 am on July 17th, 2011
More excuses!
You can’t keep a woman.
You take a 30-1 woman to 6-18 and blame it on the former coach.
The next coach does better and you claim credit for the improvement.
You can’t have it both ways! Don’t blame the kids, you took winners that had won 75% of their games the last several years and made them into terrible losers. The kids were OK, they won twice as many games AFTER YOU WERE FIRED.
I heard you lost that other job after you assaulted that woman - you just couldn’t accept that she didn’t want you. Well, NOBODY wants you!
11:50 am on July 17th, 2011
You are quite a joke….oh I like that last part…that will be nice as far as the lawsuit goes…now who was this woman? Your wife found out what a piece of shit you are George…she had to keep you up because you wouldn’t work…you are useless to humanity…why don’t you just go down to Hernando Beach and start walking into the Gulf of Mexico…do us all a favor…you won’t be missed.
12:04 pm on July 17th, 2011
You are dangerously ill man…and a pathetic liar. I hope Duval underastands what she allowed to coach the girls at Springstead. We got plenty on you bub…plenty. Why don’t you just go down to Hernando Beach and walk into the Gulf…it will be no great loss to anyone…especially to your ex wife,
12:35 pm on July 17th, 2011
You want to tell us about that male student you attacked for calling your daughter? Got wrote up for it didn’t you? More?
2:08 pm on July 17th, 2011
Give us more on George, this is good!
But….
It doesn’t distract from the facts about you. You lied. You sucked as a coach. You assaulted somebody. You can’t keep a job. You can’t keep a woman. You can’t win a playoff game.
When was your last playoff win?
When was the last time you kept a job more than 2 years?
When was the last time you kept a woman satisfied more than two weeks?
5:28 pm on July 17th, 2011
My meal ticket is gone and I am forced to live on 55 bucks a day with no education and 40 years old…..I am a failure.
8:17 pm on July 17th, 2011
Yep, Steve, you are a total failure!
6:40 am on July 18th, 2011
Steve is amazing!
He can’t win games on the court, so he makes up wins.
He complains because other people have a problem with that.
He blames his co-workers, predecessors and successors for all his failings.
He has no friends because he’s accused them all outing him.
Alone, paranoid, unemployed, lying loser. How sad!
9:20 am on July 23rd, 2011
Steve lied. Steve got fired. Steve first blamed the messengers, then went flailing around trying to blame the sources. When that didn’t satisfy him, he started making up people to blame. He blamed Matt O’Keefe (who did nothing) He blamed Craig Swartout (who did nothing to him) He blamed Renee Sedlack. He blamed George Bennett. He attacked other coaches who did nothing wrong, because in his eyes, “everybody did it.” He widened the circle and started attacking the spouses of some of the above people. He even tried randomly attacking people just to see what would happen.
He never tried to set the story straight. He doesn’t care about the truth - he wants people to ignore the truth.
You lied. You lost. You were fired.
He attacked everybody, but never took responsibility.
10:11 am on July 23rd, 2011
05-07 Craig Swartout…….40-16 2x District Champions, State runnerup
07-09 Pat Kelly ………………53-6 2x District Champions
09-10 Steve Thompson….6-18 lost by 40 in district
10-11 Oliver Simmons….12-13 lost in district
5:43 pm on July 27th, 2011
Kelly 1x District champs with best talent in school history. Blew 25 point lead in the second half to an inferior Coco team.
Swartout 2x District champs with nothing more than a first round state regional appearence. He never made the state finals. Lies and distortions as usual.
Thompson District runnerup and first round state regional. Close to 500 overall career victories. Team gutted from 2009
Simmons Lost in first round of the district
George Bennett 1-15 as Springstead JV coach
5:49 pm on July 27th, 2011
Whoa! I gave Swartout Kelly’s state runnerup. My mistake. But it is still 2x district champions for both of them.
Now you’re lying agin. Thompson totally sucked went 6-18. Simmons took the same team to 12 wins.
What relevance is Bennett or JV? None.
Thompson lied on his resume. Now he’s upping it from 400 wins (false) to 500 wins (a total joke).
If you had even 400 wins you would be posting it to prove your point.]
You’re a loser. Here you are lying again - it strains credulity! Even if you would have had 400 wins, now yo’re adding 100!
You are a total scumbag.
5:52 pm on July 27th, 2011
Now you want to run down Kelly’s accomplishments!
He in 2009 he won 5 TIMES as many games as you did in 2010!
You destroyed that team so bad they’ve never won a district championship since. They used to win it EVERY year before you!!!
6:11 pm on July 27th, 2011
Steve has guts! - he should be on TV There’s a show named after him–”The Biggest Loser”
Brags about 6-18 season lost 7 of last 8.
Entire team hated him. Entire SCHOOL hated him.
Got beat one game by 60 points
Lost in district for the first time in years.
Loves to brag about “making the playoffs” - yeah, as the runner up, and then only because we just had to beat one team - and they REALLY sucked, the losers!
In regionals, didn’t even score til the other team’s studs went to the bench. The whole gym was laughing at SHS because of the stupid coaching.
Yeah, go ahead and brag. You didn’t do anything good, you didn’t even try - and then you blame people who weren’t even around. What’s the matter with you? You can’t do anything right so you make up that you’re a good coach and make up that other people aren’t. Why? If you spent half the time trying to do a good job that you spend trying to bring other people down, you might actually do something worthwhile.
6:21 pm on July 27th, 2011
Can you prove he doesn’t have close to 500 overall wins? Of course you can’t. The St. Petersburg Times can’t either and the ONLY coaching document has been rebuffed by a state executive director. Pretty much called them liars. Users of unofficial outdated antiquities trying to pass them off as real, life genuine artifacts. As far as the opening round game SHS could not have beaten Newsome with Kobe or that ugly German guy. So why bother…he had made his statement…took that team as far as it was capable of going…and just put another notch on a resume for a bigger and better situation down the road.
6:27 pm on July 27th, 2011
You missed the point…great coach but he did not give one shake for the school,the community,his fellow co workers,the program or anything else about the place…but then again who does? Did Kelly stick around? Who else stuck around? Even Simmons told ya to stick it up your piehole. So maybe it is left for 2 social misfits to coach both boys and girls…because nobody else wants it…because nobody else cares.
6:53 pm on July 27th, 2011
Calling the only guys in the picture who have been somewhat stable “misfits” - lol!
A misfit is a guy who can’t fit in well enough anywhere to keep a job for 3 years. That describes Thompson. Maybe some of the others. I don’t know how long Bennet’s been there, but Swartout has been at the school for years and coached various sports.
Thompson never makes it three years anywhere, rarely even two. There’s your misfit.
8:28 pm on July 27th, 2011
You still aren’t able to grasp the concept of this little slice of reality are you? Thompson didn’t care. Now he cared that some depraved yahoo brought this load to the MS blogs trying to discredit him in his home state but even that has been rectified with corrections about total untruths that were told. Even those who collaborated with the Times are running for cover. The superintendent and 2 school board members of the Perry County school district in MS are getting involved in this and at least 2 are going to be called on the carpet as early as next week when school starts…but all that aside Thompson could care less what anyone in Spring Hill,FL thinks about him…he never did…and he never will.
8:47 pm on July 27th, 2011
Ask yourself this question. For all his faults Steve Thompson time after time after time gets coaching jobs…has Swartout ever been offered anything outside of Spring Hill,FL…has Bennett? This is all they can ever get…so I say go at it boys…do your thing. Make the most of it guys.
9:53 pm on July 27th, 2011
Johnny Mims is looking for you…and so is Thompson
5:19 am on July 28th, 2011
This is what should be on the resume….he doesn’t care.
Great motto for a coach and teacher.
But if you really didn’t care, why are you still posting about it 1/12 years later?
7:04 am on July 28th, 2011
So now Thompson’s defense is “he didn’t care”.
He didn’t care, so it was OK to lie.
He didn’t care so it was OK to not teach, to not do the job he was being paid for as coach.
Fortunately others did care - they cared enough to rectify the horrid mistake of hiring someone who didn’t care by firing him and hiring someone who did. It may take a while for the program to recover, but it will - with someone in charge who cares.
3:27 pm on July 28th, 2011
I still want to know where the 97 win fantasy came from Gould…that is not harrassment…it is harrassment when you threaten to or actually whip someone’s smart ass.
3:30 pm on July 28th, 2011
I would say all this ends…but if people follow this man around,make contact with his employers or spread more lies there will be legal hell to pay…you got it? So its simple…this can all end now…or it goes on…whatcha want?
4:30 pm on July 28th, 2011
You want to know where the 97 wins came from? Give me a break! The guy has at least 200 wins. Maybe even a few more.
As far as I’m concerned this can go on forever. I’m patient - as long as you keep spreading your lies, I will keep shining the truth on them.
I know you like to threaten people, it’s completely in your character. Lying, intimidation, BS - anything but putting in an honest days work. Why don’t you just try doing the right thing for a change?
But if you won’t, don’t worry, I’ll still be here regardless of your threats. This CAN end now. Or it can go on. It’s really up o you - you have the power, just tell the truth or shut up.
5:36 pm on July 28th, 2011
It is like the “13th largest newspaper in America” says it is…407. Now STFU…………………………….boy
6:04 pm on July 28th, 2011
Your obscenities and racial epithets don’t scare me, but they do show your character.
While the Times printed the 400 number, they got it from you, learned it to be false, and issued as a correction the story written above.
They were unable to find more than 97. So the 13th largest newspaper in America determined after further study, that you had only won 97 games.
You lied about the rest. You had to make wins up because the truth was just too embarassing in light of the many, many years you had been coaching. When we have uncovered documentation, it appears you are incapable of winning more than 6 games per season.
6:30 pm on July 28th, 2011
Nope…they stated that because they wanted to, because they thought they could and get away with it…as Thompson stated in the retraction they have done NOTHING to document my wins and losses… that is the sgn of a disreputable organization. They printed 401…that is what it is…that is what it will be…so let it be written…so let it be done
8:48 pm on July 28th, 2011
Steve Thompson you are a lowlife racist douchebag. I knew you were scum, but to call an adult African American boy for any reason…you have sunk even lower than I thought you could.
9:10 pm on July 28th, 2011
how did they get the number you stupid slameel? you kreplach? they never documented anything…never listed any schools like thompson said. you are the dumbest person ever. your stupidity just permeates this otherwise sleazy pos worthless site.
10:03 pm on July 28th, 2011
You are not black numbnuts….just retarded…oh excuse me Mr. Politically Incorrect Dufuss…mentally challenged…LOL!
5:34 am on July 29th, 2011
What, now you’re calling me “white” because i don’t fit into your proper definition of “blackness”?
You think I must be white because I use better grammar than you?
You are the worst kind of bigot.
7:16 am on July 29th, 2011
If Thompson was telling the truth, he would have taken advantage of his opportunity to show the times up by publishing the true account of his wins and losses and coaching record.
If he did, they would have been forced to print a retraction and apologize to the man.
The fact that he did not is proof that he was lying to begin with.
8:08 am on July 29th, 2011
He already broke one off in them with the retractions and with Johnny Mims pretty much calling them wortless lying piece of shits…but them damage has been done. Doesn’t matter…he is out of FL and their mission was accomplished.
8:22 am on July 29th, 2011
Mims said nothing to defend you, just to defend his own organization.
“Johnny Mims, Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC), stated that documents received from MAC by the St. Petersburg Times were unofficial and that the MAC could not document the information because the coaching took place outside of Mississippi.”
How does that say you won more games than you lied that you did? He just says he can’t help it if you made up stuff about your record outside his state.
Why didn’t you set the record straight when you had the chance?
10:30 am on July 29th, 2011
It doesn’t say anything to help Thompson.
It just says don’t use us to count wins and losses outside of our state.
If that’s the best he can do for a correction - lol!!!!!!!!!
You’re right. He didn’t set the record straight because the record is …….. not ……. good!!!!!!!!
7:23 pm on July 29th, 2011
Sure it does…it says the Times tried to use a document that wasn’t official…and they were told this…LMAO. How is that for reputable reporting…LMFAO!
9:03 pm on July 29th, 2011
So the Times used an “unofficial” document…a lot of the news is about what isn’t “official”
Mims said he can’t speak for wins outside of Mississippi - and he didn’t even bother to verify you won any games in Mississippi, lol!
He cut you too! Loser!
If you had the wins - you would have reported them. How is that for cutting through your BS…LYFAO!
You won’t set the record straight because your record sucks!!!!!
10:22 pm on July 29th, 2011
A little upset? Been made to look like a dumbass have we? Mims didn’t need to “set the record straight”…that isn’t his job. His job is to basically state you used a document that would be laughed out of court if you tried to submitt it as expert testimony…and why shouldn’t we expect fairness and honesty in the press. When I pick up a paper I want to make sure the info I read hasn’t been written by a 3rd rate hack with a burr up his ass because someone dared tell him to shove it up his ass…
10:39 pm on July 29th, 2011
You seem to think Mims document means everybody should believe your made up wins.
That’s not what he said.
If you had the wins, you’d have gotten the retraction.
Too bad, so sad, you didn’t have them.
9:03 am on July 30th, 2011
You are not printing a retraction bc you don’t want to admit you are a lowlife piece of scum sucking shit…..
11:47 am on July 30th, 2011
I’m not printing a retraction because this is a message board, not a newspaper. The Times didn’t print a retraction because there was no need; the story is true. Steve Thompson lied. I’ll add that he sucked as a coach, that’s why he felt the need to lie.
12:45 pm on July 30th, 2011
There’s nothing to retract.
Steve Thompson lost. He lost a lot. He tried to make up some wins so he could get a job. He got the job. He lost some more. His employer found out he made up his resume. Steve got fired.
Steve has had trouble getting a new job. People are “harassing” him (they have the nerve to tell the truth about him!). Poor Steve. He can’t win. He can’t get a job. He can’t buy a friend.
12:48 pm on July 30th, 2011
Hell the Sedleck wackbroad lied…that is enough for both a retraction and a freaking lawsuit there…and anyone can read it. You Florida people belong in a damn Black Hole of Stupidity.
12:55 pm on July 30th, 2011
No retraction!
Since you had all those “high powered lawyers” that did some kind of business with your dad, I’m sure you would have gotten a retraction if there were any reason whatsoever for there to be one.
Evidently, the story is all true!
You lost, you made up wins (and schools). They found out and fired you. Who could blame them?
Here’s to your new job, should you get one…how long do you think it will last? Think you can make it through a complete year next time? I doubt it!
3:19 pm on July 30th, 2011
Doesn’t need to be a retraction. This story has already been discredited with the corrections….liars(Sedleck,Howell,Okeefe,Davis.) have all been targeted and exposed.
3:26 pm on July 30th, 2011
Just wondering about something clueless haha…there are 2 other newspaers in the area…the very reputable Tampa Tribune and the local paper Hernando Today. Why didn’t they write anything? Surely a “juicy” story such as this would have peaked their interests as well? Could it be they ACCEPT Thompson’s record as correct…maybe so…or maybe they are not sewer shit suckers like the Times…they don’t invent stories…they have other more profitable stories to write…maybe bs like this doen’t interest them.
6:43 pm on July 30th, 2011
Well all good things must come to an end. We bid this rancid backwater of the seedy internet world to strike out new turf. I,along with my band of merry men, will now parouse the boards of al.com and other blogs to spread the word. Our job here is done.
8:36 pm on July 30th, 2011
lol! how many times have you promised to leave?
And yet here you are.
No retraction. Only 97 wins. Hated by co-workers, players, parents, media, just about everyone except opposing coaches - They LOVE to see you coming!
You are a turnaround artist - you take winners and make them into losers.
You lost. You lied. You were fired. Just go, you have lost here just like you lost on the court, in the classroom and in your little lawyer game.
L O S E R ! ! !
8:39 pm on July 30th, 2011
The correction statement pretty much just said you were mad about it. No correction to the record was given BECAUSE YOU DIDNT WIN ANYTHING!
HaHaHa AP Coach of the year!
HAHAHA schools that didn’t exist!
HAHAHA LMAO only 97 wins! Loser! Loser! Loser!
I hope you do really slink away with your tail between your legs. It is as it should be. Congratulations on finally doing the right thing and disappearing into the night, Loser.
5:45 pm on August 3rd, 2011
Nice job documenting his win/loss record…with a coaching document that was so old it looked like old yeller.
7:17 pm on August 3rd, 2011
I love it!
Documenting his winless record!!!
8:13 pm on August 3rd, 2011
I love how Shylock claims he alone was responsible for Thompson being released…funny nobody else is stating this…not even the school system…that is vintage Izzy Schaap.
8:23 pm on August 3rd, 2011
Izzy’s relentless reporting is an embarrassment of riches the context I don’t wish to ruin by extensively excerpting it ………..
5:52 am on August 4th, 2011
Who izzy?
Where izzy?
Why izzy?
Izzy Wizzy went wizzy in the fizzy. Stevie Wevie drank the punch. Stevie Wevie drank izzy’s fizzy wizzy.
Congratulations Stevie Wevie Big Bird Thompson on your knew job as night stocker (stalker?) at the pic pac!
5:58 am on August 4th, 2011
http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/f/f8/Big-bird-NEW.jpg
11:17 am on August 6th, 2011
Let me ask you a question slapwack…has the Times admitted they don’t have a clue about his coaching record? Have they admitted the lies they tried to pawn off? Have they offered an apology for all the pain and suffering they put this man through…and this crackpot ham Gould has the unmitigated gall to cry harrassment and all because this man wants him to own up to the bullshit he wrote. Yeah we are already hearing what they are saying about Gould in Alabama…they are calling him the “Barney Fife” of sports reporting.
7:01 am on August 7th, 2011
If the Times doesn’t have a clue about your coaching record, it’s because you have hidden it in an attempt to cover up the embarassment.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DHqGp13VpV0/TIVjaZEsSpI/AAAAAAAADLM/J4zE1hOO-As/s320/DSC_1102.JPG
5:43 am on August 19th, 2011
Is it true that Thompson is in jail? It’s hard to imagine him shutting up otherwise.
12:26 pm on August 20th, 2011
We try and leave but you just bring us back with your silliness. Maybe jail is where you need to be. You certainly are a “harrassing” sort. At least libel would be more to the tune of it. Not harrassment to ask for retractions or demand the truth…or to post your distaste with something written. That is guarenteed by the First Amendment. Tell you what isn’t…a site like this that attempts to demean or harrass an individual or harm a person who did nothing wrong…that far exceds the First Amendment…or posting said person’s address on Florida Scout…that could be serious stalking. and a human rights issue Don’t try to delete it…IP addy already logged. Take care.
12:29 pm on August 20th, 2011
How about that photo hha posted of that female who obviously has “male” features. I am sure womens rights groups or CNN would love to sink their teeth into that brand of harrassment and sexism. I am sure lesbian groups would love that as well…and that exists on 2 sites on Scout….harrassment and hate crimes…
2:28 pm on August 22nd, 2011
How about calling the black guy “boy” like Steve Thompson has repeatedly done on scout.com? How about his belittling of coaches because they coached girls? (although he himself did this in the past)
Not only does Thompson claim awards that didn’t exist, coaching records from schools that didn’t exist, wins that never happened, but he attacks others who, whatever their record, live by the facts.
What a loser!
7:52 pm on August 22nd, 2011
We can discuss this till the proverbial cows come home but there are 2 indisputable truths…Isadore Gould has no idea what Coach Thompson’s coaching record is…he is a liar in the 1st degree…and Steve Thompson coached at Country Day HS during the years 1978-83. I guess the Tribune and Hernando Today are so glad Izzy and Derrico “scooped” them…LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:33 pm on August 22nd, 2011
Isn’t it sad that these moral devils took it on themselves to take this man out of what he loves just because they wanted to for a game or something. Hell is full of these but I doubt they even believe in the concept of Hell. Retractions or not I still see a civil lawsuit coming from this.
5:58 am on August 23rd, 2011
You are right! Nobody knows what Steve Thompson’s coaching record is because he has done his best to keep it a secret.
One can only conclude that the true record is deeeeply embarassing. All of the documents that are public show seasons with terrible records like his last one at Springstead, 6-18. It appears that year-in, year-out, he has won about 25% of his games.
That is so terrible that no one would hire a veteran coach with that kind of record, thus Steve’s need to make up a brand new coaching record. The man appears to have no morals whatsoever.
4:06 pm on August 23rd, 2011
Can you document any other Florida coaches record especially those from out of state. That would include many coaches. If you cant document this then I would say shut up…you continue to embarrass yourselves. Hasn’t the St Petersburg Times suffered enough from this embarrassment and who says their legal problems are over…especially with this libelous site still carrying this.
6:55 pm on August 23rd, 2011
No other Florida coach has ever been accused of fabricating his resume on this scale.
Why not come forward with the truth, if the truth is on your side??????
We both know why.
7:48 pm on August 23rd, 2011
Only ones “accusing” him of anything are the circus clowns of the St Pete Times…and they have been disgraced as liars….their whole story has been blown out of the water…they can’t even get their info straight…they don’t even research what people in their own organization report on…the most contradicting group of hacks on the planet. They should have Gould and Cotey as contestants on a new show, “Can You Report Better Than A 5th Grader”?
5:04 am on August 24th, 2011
If the Times is wrong, why don’t you provide the “real” record?
Your refusal to do so just proves that you can’t handle the truth.
3:17 pm on August 24th, 2011
407-215…………now you know and I believe this record is on file and has been documeted by the Mississippi Association of Coaches.
6:55 pm on August 24th, 2011
In view of the retractions and corrections by the St Pete Times this now becomes a liability issue for the Times. I look for possible legal action concerning this. It is like a nasty shadow that remains. It just proves Gould has no morals or professional scruples.
7:49 pm on August 24th, 2011
posting a number? that don’t mean stoop.
Brooks posted 97 wins, dont mean nothing.
posting a record means schools, years, wins, losses.
thompson’s never gonna go for that. the truth hurts!
1:53 pm on August 25th, 2011
liability issue for the Times? LOL!
They said you lied - you did. So maybe 10% of their stories turned out wrong - 90% of yours did!
Good luck at collecting on that one, ROFL!!!!
4:54 pm on August 25th, 2011
If one statement is false in any publication it is grounds for libel…Thompson waved that with the retractions and corrections…this site remains…and those of that second rate pseudo reporter Scott Brown. Gould is using him and I will tell you he will bail out on this guy the minute things get dicey…he will have never of even heard of Scott Brown’s Sportbytes…..LOL!!!!!!!!!!
6:18 am on August 26th, 2011
I checked the st pete times “corrections” you talk about lol!!
They didn’t admit they made any mistake, just posted some incoherent ramblings of yours. They still stand by the meat of the story - you lied, and you were fired for it.
If anybody has any doubts, just read them - there is no retraction, the only correction is that Philadelphia did “make the playoffs” one year. It is probably like “making the playoffs” in Florida was - no accomplishment whatsoever.
Other than that, the so called “correction” is stuff like the Mississippi High School Athletic association director saying “we don’t verify records in other states”. Of course they don’t! It doesn’t say one thing about him actually winning a game in another state.
But here on this site, you can claim that is a “retraction” or a “correction”. If anybody has any doubt, go to the original story, follow it, and you will see that I am right!
There is just no end to your lies, is there Steve?
4:01 pm on August 27th, 2011
When the principal at Springstead(FL) HS or some official of the Hernando Co schools states he was “fired” because he lied on his resume about hundreds of wins I will believe it…until then it will just exist in the fevered minds of a couple of sports writers in a cramped office on US 19 who somehow were under the delusions that this would be national news and picked up by every news source in the world and that both would be offered jobs with the New York Times…only 3 outlets even bothered to post the story and 2 of them withdrew it because they knew it was a L-I-E. Of course I forgot this low brow site in the lowest scum filled corner of the internet. Now please go home…2 years is too long to keep this farce alive.
5:55 am on August 29th, 2011
Reminds me of the congressman that was supporting Nixon, after everyone else had seen the truth.
“Please don’t confuse me with the facts.”
Truth is, Thompson and Springstead weren’t important enough to make national headlines. If Thompson were the kind of coach who had accomplished anything, it would have been a story. But since he was just a loser who had never won anything, it was just a curiosity that he’d managed to pull one over on a naive country school board.
What a scumbag.
6:09 am on August 29th, 2011
“if one statement is false” bla bla “grounds for libel”.
LOL!
The whole resume was false!!!
That was grounds for firing!!!
Nobody is suing anybody are they? I guess that means the story had to be 100% true!
This coach was the liar of the century!
3:44 pm on September 6th, 2011
Thompson’s been fired from job after job, but still manages to find new ones. Public schools are too trusting. That’s why so many pedophiles manage to sneak their way in.
1:09 pm on October 1st, 2011
I see he’s still up to his old tricks on scout.com. He admitted he didn’t care about the kids at Springstead and says he couldn’t be bothered with really putting out an effort to coach them.
4:36 pm on October 4th, 2011
Wow! In 35 years of coaching, he only won 97 games. That’s pitiful!
8:42 am on October 20th, 2011
Even if he won 400 games in 35 years thats way more losses then wins
12:25 pm on November 2nd, 2011
Fired again!
9:58 am on November 4th, 2011
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, rofl!
1:56 pm on November 20th, 2011
I heard he just got fired from a job in Memphis in mid-semester.
9:44 am on January 1st, 2012
I just read a rumor on the internet (scout.com) that Thompson may be in danger of losing his retirement because of falsification of documents.
It seems fitting, after all he has done.
11:44 am on January 3rd, 2012
No George Bennett you had better check Tennessee’s rules…I just did…but while you are at it you better check the rules in Florida on coaching conduct and other such rules that could very well get your coaches license terminated for good.
5:15 pm on January 3rd, 2012
Thompson requesting the applications and resumes of ALL Pasco Co coaches be investigated and ALL coaching records be made public. This thing could get ugly….
9:11 pm on January 3rd, 2012
Give up and move on…it is over.
7:28 am on January 4th, 2012
Generally all employers have rules that prohibit lying on job applications. That’s why you got fired, Steve.
7:09 pm on January 17th, 2012
What is that record now George 2-15? Times printed lies…proof in black and white…no escaping that fact…
7:14 pm on January 17th, 2012
Here it is…Sedleck a liar…Fiorentino now looking into everything…this site printed the lie as well. Nobody from TBT has yet to document this 97 win statement to include schools and losses as well as the total body of coaching work. That is the responsibility of them not Thompson…he stands by his total as was published at least 5 times by the TBT and that total is still on his resume to this day…and has been sent to 3 different schools in Florida..
7:14 pm on January 17th, 2012
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Tue. October 6, 2009 | Izzy Gould | Email
Springstead’s prolonged search for a boys basketball coach proved to be a thing of good timing for all involved.
In the end, Springstead announced Tuesday it has hired Steve Thompson. He replaces Pat Kelly, who resigned to take the same post at Jensen Beach after leading the Eagles to the Class 4A state title last season.
“It’s worked out pretty good,” Thompson said. “I’ve gotten a chance to come back to the area I always wanted to be in. My family’s going to retire. It’s worked out perfectly.”
Thompson, 52, might not have been available if Springstead had expedited its coaching search. Kelly resigned at the end of July after guiding Springstead to a 53-6 record in two seasons. Thompson spent more than a month as Gulf’s new basketball then resigned in mid-August when it was clear no teaching job was available.
Thompson said Tuesday he returned to his family home in Nashville and explored some options in Kentucky before friends contacted him about the Springstead vacancy. One thing Springstead could offer was a physical education/health teaching position.
“I found out they went to the 4A state finals, and had a pretty good program,” Thompson said. “We set up an interview immediately, and they called a week later and offered it. I’ve been here and I enjoy it.”
Thompson has been teaching at Springstead for two weeks.
Springstead athletic director Bob Levija said the school interviewed 15 candidates for the supplement, which pays roughly $2,500 annually. In the end, Thompson’s resume stood out among the rest, Levija said.
Thompson was a three time coach of the year in Mississippi and Tennessee with a career record of 401-193. He also coached Penny Hardaway on an AAU team.
“He had a great record in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi,” Levija said. “He just kind of stood out. He’d be a real good fit here. It’s not like we took second in the state and got a ton a back. There might be one kid back. It’s big-time rebuilding.”
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7:27 pm on January 17th, 2012
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Former Gulf boys basketball coach Steve Thompson said a failure to land a full-time teaching job forced him to resign recently after only a month or so.
Thompson, who contacted the St. Petersburg Times by phone Friday after returning to his family home just outside Nashville, had nothing but praise for Gulf principal Steve Knobl and athletic director Travis DeWalt. Thompson said neither Knobl or DeWalt made any guarantees he would land a job in the school district amid the current budget crunch.
“I just couldn’t live on $65 a day substitute teaching,” said Thompson, whose resume includes more than 400 career victories in Tennessee and Mississippi. “It has nothing to do with either (Knobl or DeWalt). Steve Knobl is one of the classiest darn people I’ve ever been around in my life.”
DeWalt corroborated Thompson’s statements, indicating the boys basketball job was posted as a supplement-only position.
“It was unfortunate, but we kind of told him we didn’t think with the opening of Anclote (High) and down enrollment, that we would have the allocation for another (teaching) position,” DeWalt said. “It was disappointing to say the
Story of Thompson turning down the job with comments that back this statement by Travis Dewalt athletic director at Gulf HS….you reading this SBB?
8:03 pm on January 17th, 2012
EDITOR’S NOTE: Upon further review, according to the Meridian Star, the Philadelphia (Miss.) High Tornadoes, led by coach Stephen Thompson, made it to the Class 2A playoffs in 2006.
Below are several comments from Stephen Thompson regarding the articles published by the St. Petersburg Times:
“In an article dated August 22, 2009 written by Joey Knight and appearing in the St Petersburg Times the circumstances of my turning down the Gulf boys basketball coaching job are revealed. Athletic Director Travis Dewalt is quoted. As a result of my not being able to secure a teaching position within the county I terminated my application process and my interest in the position. In late August of 2009 I began interviews and negotiations with Springstead HS to assume the role of teacher and Head Boys basketball coach.
“I entered into negotiations with Springstead in early September and had accepted the job in mid September 2009. There was no job to rescind on September 23, 2009 because I had already resigned the job in August 2009 and Pasco Co reposted the open position as stated by Travis Dewalt. This whole episode was reported by Joey Knight of the St. Pete Times in August 2009.
“I assume I was released after our season ended in the state playoffs because they knew I was not happy at the school and they wanted to be free to search for a new coach and have a teaching position available. They were well within their rights to do this.
“In 1995 and 1996 my Tyner HS boys basketball teams advanced to the district championship games and to the State Regionals much as it is in the Florida HS basketball championship series. Since I had been coaching in Mississippi I simply stated ‘State Playoffs’ on my resume because that is the championship series alignment in that state. Matthew Gillespie with the TSSAA obviously did not recognize this term as it is only used in the state football championship series in Tennessee. I am sure he thought the reference was to the State Final Four.
“My coaching record has not been accurately documented by the Times. They have neither listed records at all schools nor have these been verified totally by the Times.
“I have in my possession every piece of information from my personnel file with the Hernando Co. schools and there is nothing pertaining to this article in these documents. All observations were satisfactory, all evaluations satisfactory, and they checked past references with a fine tooth comb as they would any candidate for any teaching or administrative position. There are copies of phone reference checks and they even contacted one of the most successful basketball coaches in Mississippi basketball history to inquire about my coaching experience.
“I spoke with Penny Hardaway in April [2011]. He never knew me personally but he now recognizes I did indeed coach him. I never had any impact on his career but I never stated this to anyone associated with the Times. My coaching in the Bluff City League can be verified through current Southwestern State CC head coach and former University of Memphis assistant coach Vertais Sails who is a member of the National Junior College Hall of Fame. It was his league.”
Johnny Mims, Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC), stated that documents received from MAC by the St. Petersburg Times were unofficial and that the MAC could not document the information because the coaching took place outside of Mississippi.
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Correction statements from article………
8:31 pm on January 17th, 2012
Wow…and all this was in print?Looks like he was who he was.Gracious……….
10:45 am on January 18th, 2012
Looks like Thompson is not the one “forging” documents…are out and out lies allowed in print? Seems they accepted his record and published it…then turned on him. That is the press for you.SMH.
1:57 pm on January 19th, 2012
Looks like they published his wins and accomplishments early then hacked him later. Very unethical.
9:46 pm on January 19th, 2012
As for the questions about his background, he wrote, “I would think any reputable school system would have checked my credentials before I was hired, wouldn’t you? I have always been able to get coaching jobs without any problem. Maybe they know something you don’t know.”
Misstating the circumstances of the Pasco job offer, Thompson also wrote: “If I was hired by Gulf and Springstead, I am confident they checked my credentials and found them to be authentic since I got the jobs.”
Looks like the school systems checked him out just fine doesn’t…………………..
9:54 pm on January 19th, 2012
it. Looks like some sources should have been checked a little more…
9:54 pm on January 19th, 2012
it. Looks like some sources should have been checked a little more…
12:07 pm on January 21st, 2012
In January, unsolicited, Thompson approached a Times reporter to say that the 401 victories on his resume was an accurate number.
This is from this embarrassment of riches called SBB. My question is if his record had been published by the TBT on “several” occassions why would he have needed to approach them “unsolicited”…the record was already public and been published by the TBT. Questions…Questions…
4:14 pm on January 22nd, 2012
Steve, Steve, you never give up do you. You have been totally discredited and provem a fraud, but you come slinking back around and try to assuage your guilt by making ridiculous baseless false accusations on others.
You lost.
You lied.
You were fired. You found a job in another state, where they didn’t do their research. They found out and you were fired again.
Why don’t you just give the truth a chance? Is your true record that bad? Wait, I know it is. sad. sad. sad.
2:07 pm on January 23rd, 2012
In the Paint: Coaching strategy wins and loses more games than talent
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Steve Thompson took the reins of the Eagles program from Pat Kelly, and employs the same kind of pressure as his predecessor. With over 400 victories at the prep level, Thompson knows how to win basketball games. Nature Coast has yet to prove it can handle the kind of press that Springstead will throw at them if players like returning captain and point guard Nick Steadman are healthy for the game.
Notice how glowing LaRiviere is of Thompson in December 2009…then the coward helps hack him in March 2010…after Thompson had left Florida and they were sure he was 77 miles away…in Tennessee.
2:53 pm on January 23rd, 2012
It seems the athletic director was impressed as well. Isn’t this guy in the Fhsaa hall of fame as an athletic director or maybe wrestling. I know he has won several athletic director awards in Florida. Thanks for this link HillsHoops.Very informative.
8:51 pm on January 23rd, 2012
As soon as Thompson began to coach it was apparent that there was NO WAY he had earned the qualifications he bragged about so loudly.
After taking a team that had gone 30-1 to a ridiculous 6-18 record, we fired his ass and were well rid of this lowlife scumbag.
Like many of us, Derek was evidently taken in by his lies in September, but it was painfully obvious to all in March that the man was a complete fraud. Thanks to Derek for having the courage to help set the record straight!
9:36 pm on January 23rd, 2012
Is it not true that Mr. LaRiviere was not a huge fan of Coach Thompson at first until he fired Bennett for going behind his back,passing around a petition and lying about the Coach? If I coached I would have fired him as well. The guy was a fraud of an assistant coach and the kids hated him. He was unethical and I believe LaRiviere was very close to Bennett and took it personally. Maybe to personally. If they doubted his wins any good sports reporter worth his weight would have checked out his credentials before he had ever coached a game. The fact that they published his record is evidence they believed he was who he was. I have known many sports peoplein the newspaper business and they are always cynical.
10:28 pm on January 23rd, 2012
I believe the team this coach inherited lost its top 9 players and 3 left in the summer before he got there because they could not stomach the very thought of playing for George Bennett. Now if anyone wants to check that out contact any basketball coach in Hernando County. Call Dave Pisarcik at Nature Coast Technical HS. I am sure he would gladly fill you in on all this.
7:45 am on January 24th, 2012
In response to 9:36, newspaper reporters do not hire coaches. As far as your excuse for how he took a 30-1 team and turned it around into a pitiful 6-18 disaster, it’s just that - an excuse. You took a team with a grand tradition and an exceedingly weak district and managed to lose 18 games!
That is pathetic!
As far as your attacks on your co-workers, that is an established pattern of behavior for you, isn’t it? That’s why you are hated everywhere you’ve been. You’ve been fired everywhere, most recently Memphis.
Maybe if you just tried keeping your mouth shut instead of opening it and proving yourself a chauvinist and a fool, you would be able to keep a job for more than a year…then again, the kids are better off if you get fired quickly.
I hear they are going to extend unemployment benefits again…good news for you!
10:10 am on January 24th, 2012
nobody was fired haha…nobody has ever been fired…except for george bennett III
3:48 pm on January 24th, 2012
Talked to coach Pisarcik and he said, in so many words, your not the coach you think you are. I have heard it told to you before mr Thompson , you are not looked at the way you think you are in this area. Many people that you, yourself have brought up thinking they would defend you have done the complete opposite time after time. From what I have heard from a handful of sources, from what I just saw in a packet of sorts about you, I think you should just rest and live in quiet retirement.
11:04 pm on January 24th, 2012
You all just keep fueling this joke of a coach. He is paying for his dishonesty now. This is what is left of him and as long as you keep replying to this shamed coach he won’t stop. Trust me when I tell you he knows his coaching days are over.
11:08 pm on January 24th, 2012
You be the judge
Facts: you have a man on here in Steve Thompson that uses multiple usernames, comes on here and starts threads in THIRD person and talks himself up.
FACT: Steve has claimed many things to anybody that will listen but has yet to show any documented proof. Something as simple as listing his wins and schools.
FACT: Steve has been caught lying on his resume on multiple occasions, yet does not explain or apologize.
FACT: Steve has come on blogs and has blamed everybody but himself. The list includes newspaper reporters, school administration, district officials, fellow teachers/ coaches, prior coaches at schools that he tried to get a job at, current coaches at schools where he was forced to leave. ( this includes multiple states)
FACT: Steve Thompson has STARTED 83 THREADS on this site alone.
FACT: Steve has come on here multiple times and lied about job offers and taking jobs and been caught! This goes far back as a year ago.
Cry for help?
We have a man that has lost everything that is dear to him, a man that lost his dignity, pride and respect from others. A man that has been cramped up in his home 500 miles away still hanging on every word written in Florida, a man who looks up current girl and boy scores in pasco/ hernando counties. A man who feels the need to put down every body else to make himself better ( this is what second graders do) this is a man who can’t let go.
Where is he to go, this man has been run out of 4 states. Steve continues to come on here and beat around the bush, dodge questions, pose as a handful of usernames and talk about himself. His Kentucky clan has dropped him, so I ask you, is it a cry for help? Maybe someone let’s him volunteer, you know hand out balls, fill the water jugs, just be around the game. He has nothing left!
So you tell me , disturbing or a cry for help? Maybe both??
Steve lies a lot and continues to do so daily, he actually believes he is fooling people with different usernames.
Steve has had the option to come on here and squash this whole thing by simply posting his wins, even unofficially, just post them, Steve was there so he should know all his varsity wins ( NHSAA ) yet refuses to, many believe because he can’t . Bottom line is that you state you have accomplished all the following so the burden of proof lies with you Steve. All school records are public and really easy to get as I have found out this past month putting the packet together.
So to all, when you are blasting Steve and replying to him remember whom you are dealing with, a man who has been caught using usernames in third person and then as himself and not realize it, your dealing with 1 man but is he disturbed or crying for help????????
FYI maybe I’ll hire him, with Steve and all his personalities I’d have a complete coaching staff, just kidding I’d lose all my credibility if I thought of hiring him, lol
7:29 am on January 25th, 2012
Re: Stevie Thompson the proven con man
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On resume, many red flags
A Times’ review of Stephen Ray Thompson’s resume showed a number of questionable assertions:
• Thompson stated he coached at Seneca (Ky.) High School from 1997 to 1999. Athletic director Scott Greenwald, who took over the program in 2001, said the coaches during that time were Chuck Nallavenko (1993-99) and Tony Branch (1999-2005). Greenwald also said Thompson was not an assistant on those teams. “He did not coach at this school,” Greenwald said.
• Two schools Thompson said he led to the playoffs for a total of 80 wins in six seasons — Country Day Prep and Chattanooga Workman — did not exist in the years he claimed to be coaching there.
• Thompson claimed to be at Country Day Prep from 1986-1993. Instead, he was teaching at Carroll-Oakland Elementary in his hometown of Lebanon, Tenn., from 1988-1990.
• Thompson’s resume lists accolades including leading Tyner (Tenn.) High to the “Sweet 16″ while earning Associated Press Coach of the Year honors in 1995. TSSAA assistant executive director Matthew Gillespie said Tyner did not make the playoffs in boys or girls basketball that year. Tennessee AP sports editor Teresa Walker said the AP has not awarded a Coach of the Year since she arrived in 1989.
• Thompson lists his overall record at Tyner as 58-27 for three years. According to a newspaper report, Thompson coached for two years and his record was 32-22.
• Thompson said he led Philadelphia (Miss.) High to the playoffs three consecutive seasons, including the “Sweet 16″ in 2007. The school’s athletic director, Tristan Howell, said Thompson won just nine games in three season and did not make the playoffs.
• Thompson lists coaching Smith County (Tenn.) for two years to a 30-20 record. Smith County athletic director Larry Silcox, who has been with the school for 30 years, said Thompson coached only the 1986-87 season and led that team to an 8-15 record.
• Thompson claimed 401 career wins as a varsity boys basketball coach when he arrived on the North Suncoast. His resume said 377. Through interviews and documents, the Times could verify 97 wins.
Izzy Gould and Derek J. LaRiviere, Times staff writers
8:13 am on January 25th, 2012
Exiled Springstead High School basketball coach Steve Thompson’s resume of exaggerations and deceit exposed more than a teacher/coach inflating his career accomplishments. Thompson’s hiring last year by Springstead High School indicates a school district paying short shrift to its human resource duties, enabling a fraud (they are referring to Thompson) to enter the classroom and gymnasium where he should have served as educator, mentor and role model.
Instead, Springstead principal Susan Duval hired a guy rivaling Tommy Flanagan, the pathological liar (They are comparing this character to Thompson) portrayed by Jon Lovitz on Saturday Night Live. And at least one parent now says Thompson browbeat the team with his fictitious record of wins and famous acquaintances in order to build his own standing of authority while insulting the current players as weak and useless.
That Thompson’s resume failed to be properly vetted by the Hernando School District is particularly disconcerting considering the Pasco School District withdrew an earlier job offer to the coach when Thompson failed to provide sufficient documentation of his credentials.
And what credentials they were, at least on paper: More than 400 career coaching victories, state playoff teams, coach of the year recognition from the Associated Press, coaching a future NBA star, and working at camps for then-Indiana University coach Bobby Knight.
Yet, under scrutiny from Times reporters, most of his boasts fell apart.
Thompson won fewer than a quarter of the games he claimed and he listed coaching and teaching jobs at schools that do not exist. The guy can’t even keep his stories straight. The resume submitted for a basketball coaching position at Gulf High School in New Port Richey had 15 discrepancies from the job history he provided to Springstead.
Pasco withdrew its job offer Sept. 23, 2009, when it couldn’t verify Thompson’s employment history, but Hernando hired him two weeks later. Springstead principal Duval told the Times she was comfortable with the hiring decision, that the district didn’t try to account for the coaching record and she (Duval) was unaware of inconsistencies on his resume.
“It’s important to know they’ve run a program of character and quality,” Duval said.
(Duval Speaking)
How would they know, if they didn’t bother with a thorough check? Character doesn’t accompany bogus resumes and the Hernando School District needs to evaluate how it conducts background checks of prospective employees. The lack of criminal record shouldn’t be the only litmus test. Parents are entitled to know their children’s education isn’t being entrusted to a con artist.
The district didn’t begin re-evaluating Thompson’s work history until February, the day after reporters asked for his application and resume.
Duval then terminated Thompson during his probationary period, saying it was based on performance. Still, district personnel should be embarrassed at their role as enablers.
Even Thompson’s last-ditch efforts to save face failed when he pointed to a former NBA star as a reference.
”I have no idea who that cat is,” said one-time Orlando Magic guard Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway.
Neither did the Hernando School District.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Upon further review, according to the Meridian Star, the Philadelphia (Miss.) High Tornadoes, led by coach Stephen Thompson, made it to the Class 2A playoffs in 2006.
Below are several comments from Stephen Thompson regarding the articles published by the St. Petersburg Times:
Here is one minor retraction….MINOR!
“In an article dated August 22, 2009 written by Joey Knight and appearing in the St Petersburg Times the circumstances of my turning down the Gulf boys basketball coaching job are revealed. Athletic Director Travis Dewalt is quoted. As a result of my not being able to secure a teaching position within the county I terminated my application process and my interest in the position. In late August of 2009 I began interviews and negotiations with Springstead HS to assume the role of teacher and Head Boys basketball coach.
This is Thompson speaking about himself!
“I entered into negotiations with Springstead in early September and had accepted the job in mid September 2009. There was no job to rescind on September 23, 2009 because I had already resigned the job in August 2009 and Pasco Co reposted the open position as stated by Travis Dewalt. This whole episode was reported by Joey Knight of the St. Pete Times in August 2009.
“I assume I was released (TERMINATED) after our season ended in the state playoffs because they knew I was not happy at the school (you were not happy the times exposed you as a liar with a trumped up resume) and they wanted to be free to search for a new coach and have a teaching position available. They were well within their rights to do this.
You were terminated for lying about your wins/awards
“In 1995 and 1996 my Tyner HS boys basketball teams advanced to the district championship games and to the State Regionals much as it is in the Florida HS basketball championship series. Since I had been coaching in Mississippi I simply stated ‘State Playoffs’ on my resume because that is the championship series alignment in that state. Matthew Gillespie with the TSSAA obviously did not recognize this term as it is only used in the state football championship series in Tennessee. I am sure he thought the reference was to the State Final Four. SPINNING
Lies Lies Lies
“My coaching record has not been accurately documented by the Times. (LOL…It has not been accurately documented by you)They have neither listed records at all schools nor have these been verified totally by the Times. (They can’t list what does not exist!)
So where is it?? LIES LIES LIES
“I have in my possession every piece of information from my personnel file with the Hernando Co. schools and there is nothing pertaining to this article in these documents. All observations were satisfactory, all evaluations satisfactory, and they checked past references with a fine tooth comb as they would any candidate for any teaching or administrative position. (No they did not! LIES LIES)There are copies of phone reference checks and they even contacted one of the most successful basketball coaches in Mississippi basketball history to inquire about my coaching experience.
“I spoke with Penny Hardaway in April [2011]. He never knew me personally but he now recognizes I did indeed coach him. Where is that staement….Oh he only spoke to you??? LOL LOL
LIES LIES LIES
I never had any impact on his career but I never stated this to anyone associated with the Times. My coaching in the Bluff City League can be verified through current Southwestern State CC head coach and former University of Memphis assistant coach Vertais Sails who is a member of the National Junior College Hall of Fame. It was his league.”
Johnny Mims, Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC), stated that documents received from MAC by the St. Petersburg Times were unofficial and that the MAC could not document the information (COULD NOT DOCUMENT IT EITHER WAY! IT IS A NO COMMENT!) because the coaching took place outside of Mississippi.
This is a wash basically saying nothing for Thompson or against Thompson!
THOMPSON GOT SLAMMED!!!!!!!
8:57 am on January 25th, 2012
Please go to this site to read all about Thompson. Lots of information on many threads. Great stuff!
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=376&f=1460
9:51 am on January 25th, 2012
Is this coach Thompson mentally unstable? That website crushes him. Is it true that he might be losing his retirement? That is the word
9:53 am on January 25th, 2012
Is this coach Thompson mentally unstable? I heard he wants to coach at springstead again and has begged a few pasco schools to take him but they all said no
1:04 pm on January 26th, 2012
He fits the definition of sociopath nicely.
http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
3:33 pm on January 29th, 2012
Just saw a rumor that Thompson went to a Springstead game and was escorted from the premises for disturbing the peace.
7:57 pm on January 30th, 2012
Just heard that George Bennett may be investigated by the FHSAA for ethics violations stemming from setting up Cpach Dave Pisarcil at Nature coast HS…more to come on this.
7:59 pm on January 30th, 2012
George Bennett threatens Coach Thompson with physical force…..
9:08 pm on January 30th, 2012
Rumor George Bennett is teaching without a certificate or a degree……..state department will be contacted.
9:53 pm on January 30th, 2012
Derek LaRiviere of the Tampa Bay times finds 421 wins for Coach Thompson
Springstead boys adapt to changes with win
By Derek J. LaRiviere, Times Correspondent
Derek J. LaRiviereTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
SPRING HILL — The last time Springstead set foot on the floor, the team was competing for a state title at the Lakeland Center.
This was a vastly different game and a vastly different roster, but the Eagles were back to their successful ways with a 50-42 victory over Hernando on Tuesday night at home.
The inexperienced Eagles (1-0) were led by their only experienced player, senior point guard Nick Steadman.
Steadman is the lone returner who played significant minutes for the state final team last season. While he is playing with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Steadman contributed 18 points, five rebounds and a game-high six steals.
“Nick is such a gamer,” Springstead coach Steve Thompson said. “He’s used to winning, and that spills into his play on the court.”
Thompson, a Tennessee
Thompson, a Tennessee native with 421 career prep victories, was on the bench for the first time, replacing former Springstead coach Pat Kelly. He was especially impressed with the contribution he got from a player who was competing at the varsity level for the first time.
Springstead sophomore Will Hall, a transfer guard from Mississippi, scored 18, including two 3-pointers. He and Steadman are being counted on to bring along what was an otherwise stagnant Springstead offense for much of the game.
“(Hall) is a very raw basketball player,” Thompson said. “He hasn’t played anywhere the past couple of years, but he should be a real factor for us offensively.”
9:55 pm on January 30th, 2012
Why won’t Brooks admit they were force fed a lie concerning the circumstances of the turning down of the Gulf job….
9:58 pm on January 30th, 2012
Springstead boys adapt to changes with win
By Derek J. LaRiviere, Times Correspondent
Derek J. LaRiviereTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
SPRING HILL — The last time Springstead set foot on the floor, the team was competing for a state title at the Lakeland Center.
This was a vastly different game and a vastly different roster, but the Eagles were back to their successful ways with a 50-42 victory over Hernando on Tuesday night at home.
The inexperienced Eagles (1-0) were led by their only experienced player, senior point guard Nick Steadman.
Steadman is the lone returner who played significant minutes for the state final team last season. While he is playing with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Steadman contributed 18 points, five rebounds and a game-high six steals.
“Nick is such a gamer,” Springstead coach Steve Thompson said. “He’s used to winning, and that spills into his play on the court.”
Thompson, a Tennessee
Thompson, a Tennessee native with 421 career prep victories, was on the bench for the first time, replacing former Springstead coach Pat Kelly. He was especially impressed with the contribution he got from a player who was competing at the varsity level for the first time.
Springstead sophomore Will Hall, a transfer guard from Mississippi, scored 18, including two 3-pointers. He and Steadman are being counted on to bring along what was an otherwise stagnant Springstead offense for much of the game.
“(Hall) is a very raw basketball player,” Thompson said. “He hasn’t played anywhere the past couple of years, but he should be a real factor for us offensively.”
LaRiviere admits to accurate win total by Coach Thompson……….
10:17 pm on January 30th, 2012
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5A-7 boys basketball: Determined Springstead heads back to state; Central bounced
By Derek J. LaRiviere, Times Correspondent
Derek J. LaRivi
SPRING HILL — Springstead picked the perfect time to play its best basketball of the season.
Hosting the Class 5A, District 7 tournament, the Eagles shocked Ocala West Port 65-41 to advance to the state playoffs for the second consecutive season.
ereTampa Bay Times In Print: WednI wanted this (game) as bad as I’ve wanted anything I’ve ever wanted,” Steadman said. “We had something to prove.”esday, February 10, 2010
As the only player remaining on the roster from last season’s state final team, Steadman wasn’t ready to end his career on Tuesday night. From the opening tip he pressured the opposing backcourt and set up teammates Will Hall (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Naquan Innis (15 points, seven rebounds, three steals) as Springstead built an insurmountable 33-19 halftime advantage.
“I’m not ready to make any predictions for Friday night,” Springstead coach Steve Thompson said, “but we took care of business tonight.”
Earlier, Central was sent packing at the hands of the district’s top seed. Ocala Forest had a running clock throughout the second half in its 70-21 victory over the Bears.
The Wildcats (22-2) had 11 players in the scoring column and forced more steals (30) out of Central (4-19) than the Bears had points.
Forest began the game on a 14-0 run and never looked back to claim its spot in the state playoffs and Friday’s district championship game
Derek LaRiviere of the Tampa Bay Times reports state appearence by Coach Thompson.
10:43 pm on January 30th, 2012
Good point. They went 30-1 before Thompson. He destroyed the team, took them 6-18 before they were able to bounce up to a break-even season with a new coach.
That Thompson guy really sucked!
10:55 pm on January 30th, 2012
Posted: Yesterday 5:38 PM
2009 Hernando Today Article
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Back to square one
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hernando Today photo by CHRIS BERNHARDT JR.
New Springstead Head Coach Steve Thompson leads the defending 4A state runner-up Eagles into the 2009-10 season with only one returning starter.
New Springstead Head Coach Steve Thompson leads the defending 4A state runner-up Eagles into the 2009-10 season with only one returning starter. Hernando Today photo by CHRIS BERNHARDT JR.
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by chris bernhardt jr. | hernando today
published: november 21, 2009 Updated: November 21, 2009 - 5:22 PM
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The last time the Springstead Eagles played an official game, they trudged off the court feeling the sting of a storybook season missing a fairytale ending.
They couldn’t hold a 17-point lead in Class 4A state championship game, finishing a spectacular yet bittersweet 31-1 in undeniably the most successful campaign in Hernando County history.
Any fans hoping to see some semblance of that same group back together on the court in the 2009-10 season shouldn’t hold their breath.
“They’re going to have to expect a team in very, very, very serious transition mode,” Springstead Head Coach Steve Thompson said.
“I think Springstead fans can look for a team that’s going to play baseline-to-baseline, plays tough defensively. When they get down, they’re not going to quit. They play hard. And it’s one of the most coachable teams I’ve had in 20 years of coaching.”
None of his previous seasons of coaching came at the Mariner Boulevard campus. Thompson replaces Pat Kelly, who left in the summer for a job at Jensen Beach.
Kelly is far from the only missing piece from last March’s state runner-up. The three biggest stars, Isaiah Mason, Domnique Roberson and Dante Valentine, all graduated.
Also the most physical player, Addison O’Neil, has moved out of town for his senior year, leaving senior guard Nick Steadman as the lone returning starter.
Steadman, who averaged 5.1 points and 1.9 steals per game, split his starting gig with forward Sal Latimer, who will spend at least the first few weeks of his junior season out with an undisclosed injury.
That leaves Steadman as the only returnee who saw significant action during the unprecedented postseason run. The senior will shift to point guard and try to fill the void left by Valentine.
“I think Nick is as good a point guard as I’ve had in the last five years,” Thompson said. “If I had a point guard like Nick 11 years ago, I’d have won a state championship.”
Aside from Steadman, the Eagles figure to lean on senior guard Trevor Wild, who played sparingly off the bench last season.
Thompson projects that once Latimer and junior forward Lameek Floyd return from their injuries in December, the team will take on a different feel.
In the meantime, he’ll try to bring together a roster short on experience, especially within his system. He took the Springstead job less than two months ago.
“When you come into a situation like this, everything goes out the window,” Thompson said. “These kids won’t be judged on what happened last year.
“What I like about these kids, they’re driven. They want to be good. They want people to say ‘you’re not the team you were last year, you’re better. You work harder. You prepare more.’ They want that.”
Springstead has moved up a classification, to District 7 in 5A. That district includes
Article by Chris Bernhardt award winning sports reporter. As we see thedy had only 1 player with any experience left. Another lie by the fired assistant with a chip…George Bennett III
11:01 pm on January 30th, 2012
I coached with this coach at Perry Central HS in Mississippi. I saw him take a boys program that had won 3 games in 3 years and win 17 and take us to the state playoffs in 3 years. He took a girls team that won 10 the year before and he won 19 with an Elite 8 appearence. I don’t know the people who are against him in FL but we flat out love this man in MS. I hope he comes back someplace here,stays 10 years and a school names the floor for him.
11:14 pm on January 30th, 2012
rumor out of hernando county is both george bennett and craig swartout will be relieved of their duties at the end of the season.oliver simmons has been contacted for the boys program and former nature coast girls coach travis lamlee for the girls…more to follow…
10:02 am on January 31st, 2012
Funny, I haven’t heard that rumor. And it would have to go through me.
10:04 am on January 31st, 2012
In all fairness to Steve, the Springstead team he took was not as good as the previous one. They shouldn’t have won 30 games, probably just around 20-24. With his hand on the helm, they came up with 6.
3:41 pm on January 31st, 2012
Thompson’s 400+ win total has been published…..nothing else to be said….if Gould and LaRiviere wanted to totally dispute themselves they would have listed their revised total…Year by Year and school by school…they didn’t…
3:43 pm on January 31st, 2012
Thompson interviewed in Mississippi today…
11:55 pm on January 31st, 2012
Thompson wants you to believe that what the press printed before they knew his resume was filled with lies inflating his wins by over 300+, taking credit for awards that he never won, listing schools that he never worked at and fabricating relationships with high profile proffessional athletes.
Thompson does not address that the same reporters that printed the lies that he told them….I have over 400 wins (Not True - he has only 97) blasted him and wrote very damaging articles calling him a fake and a fraud leading to him getting fired at Sprinstead HS.
Don’t be fooled by Thompson’s attempts at misdirection. There are some things that will plague him for the rest of his life:
1. Thompson applied for a job at Gulf High school in New Port Richey, Florida first. They were going to hire him until he would not produce necessary background information. Standard information! He flipped out and they sent him packing. Gulf knew something was wrong. Simply put he was wierd, odd and exhibited some disturbing behavior.
2. Thompson ends up at being hired at Springstead High School in Hernando, Florida. The school officials (Heather Martin) admit they did not thoroughly check his background. He comes in boasting to everybody about winning over 400 varsity high school games (He puts 377 on his resume??)which would put him in an elite status amongst coaches. (It was a lie….a big lie)
3. Thompson leads a previous team that went far into the play-off and also has a great won loss record to a dismal 6-18 record. Gets a birth in the play-offs because of the alignment and gets blown out by 30 points! The season is a majot failure for Springstead!
4. There was some questions arising about his record and Thompson stupidly approaches a reporter on his own accord and challenges them for asking about his won/loss record. He states to them that the 400+ wins that he has been openly throwing around to anybody who will listen and everybody who will not listen is absolutely correct. He challenges them to prove him wrong! It would be huge mistake that would cost him his job. His ego just wrote a check that he cant cash!
5. The press St Petersburg Times decides to invest resources into an investigation to uncover the truth about Thompson. What they find was shocking. Thompson was claiming over 400 varsity wins and with thorough research they were able to document on 97 wins. Thompson is a liar. Instead of having a great won/loss record he is actualy a terrible coach.
6. The press concentrates their investigation on Thompson’s very own resume. They find that the last few resumes that he has submitted to different schools are filled with inconsistencies. The resumes do not match. He is submitting vastly different resumes to different schools within a very short time period. Thompson is BUSTED!
7. The press find other very alarming “lies” on Thompson’s resume. He is taking credit for wards that he has never won. The press is contacting officials in the states where Thompson is claiming to have won these awards and the school and athletic officials are informing the press that Thompson is mistaken (nice word for LYING) The press uncovers that Thompson has put schools on his resume that he has not worked at during the time periods that he has listed. Again confirmed by school officials!
8. The press proceeds to write numerous articles “outing” Thompson as a “liar” “fraud” and a “fake”
9. Thompson claims persecution but offers NO factual rebuttal. Thompson can not produce any documetation showing he has won more then 97 varsity basketball games. Thompson has no answers!
10. The press, in an attempt to be 100% accurate and fair to Thompson makes two minor corrections to the numerous lies that Thompson has told. Thompson is left with over 40 lies on his resume and boasts.
11. Springstead High School is now in a scandal and is fully embarrassed fires Thompson. Gives him the immediate boot
12. Thompson leaves claiming that he has numerous jobs lined up…….he has sat on his couch for two years.
13. Thompson now spends his time blogging under 6-7 different usernames trying to “spin” things in an attempt to clear his soiled name.
14. To this day….Thompson has not produced his documented won/loss record or an accurate resume!
So there you have it. You be the judge.
In an effort to make sure this does not happen again to an unsuspecting school a packet detailng all the known lies from the press article and many more not publicly mentioned as of today has been put together by a group of concerned parents.
Should Thompson ever get hired again as a HS basketball coach this packet will be sent to that HS to make sure they know what they know who and what they are hiring. They have a right to know. All information in the packet is factual and public knowledge.
9:20 am on February 1st, 2012
Thompson to hold press conference next week. Acfcepts new job…….
9:52 am on February 1st, 2012
There will be no press conference for Thompson unless it is for charges filed against him.
3:14 pm on February 1st, 2012
Thompson accepts Mississippi reform/rehab job!
3:31 pm on February 1st, 2012
thompson accepts mississippi job……………………
3:49 pm on February 1st, 2012
Re: Thompson family embarrassed by Steve Thompson’s lying ways
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Thompson’s supporters speak up. This answers alot of questions
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I would like to list all the people who have come forward to support Steve Thompson.
There is:
1. Broadcaster54
2. Redneckboy06
3. Jakelegjake01
4. PawPawhoops
5. Hersheysyrup
6. Lefty36
Funny thing is that they are all Steve Thompson just using different usernames.
Also, no school officials, coaches or players have stepped up and backed him????
Now lets take a look at some very respectable people that have come forward and said that Steve Thompson is full of it. Caught in lies!
1. Scott Greenwald - Athletic Director of @ Seneca HS Kentucky.
Stated that Thompson did not coach at this school in 1997-1999. Thompson had that school on his famous resume. Greenwald even supplied the coaches that did coach during that time frame. (Chuck Nallavenko Tony Branch) He also stated that Thompson was not an assistant during this time period.
2. Matthew Gillespie - TSSAA assistant executive director.
Thompson’s resume lists accolades including leading Tyner (Tenn.) High to the “Sweet 16″ TSSAA assistant executive director Matthew Gillespie said Tyner did not make the playoffs in boys or girls basketball that year.
3. Teresa Walker - Tennessee AP sports editor.
Thompson claimed earning Associated Press Coach of the Year honors in 1995. Walker stated that the AP has not awarded a Coach of the Year since she arrived in 1989.
4. Tristan Howell - Athletic Director of Philadelphia (Miss.)HS
Thompson said he led Philadelphia (Miss.) High to the playoffs three consecutive seasons, including the “Sweet 16″ in 2007. Tristan Howell, said Thompson won just nine games in three season and did not make the playoffs.
5. Larry Silcox - Athletic Director Smith County.
Thompson lists coaching Smith County (Tenn.) for two years to a 30-20 record. Silcox, who has been with the school for 30 years, said Thompson coached only the 1986-87 season and led that team to an 8-15 record.
6 & 7. Izzy Gould and Derek J. LaRiviere, Times staff writers
Thompson claimed 401 career wins as a varsity boys basketball coach when he arrived on the North Suncoast. His resume said 377. Through interviews and documents, the Times Gould & LaRiviere could only verify 97 wins.
There are more, plenty more that I could list like Steve Knobl GHS principle, the entire Pasco County administration, The Principle at Springstead HS etc. but lets just look at the 7 listed all reputable people speaking out against Thompson.
Explain that!
Thompson - 0
Truth - 7
4:05 pm on February 1st, 2012
By CHRIS BERNHARDT JR. | Hernando Today
Published: November 24, 2009 Updated: November 24, 2009 - 11:57 PM
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SPRING HILL –
Pardon Nick Steadman if it took him a little while to gain his barrings in Tuesday night’s season opener versus Hernando.
When the senior point guard looked around prior to the tip, he had to notice some people missing.
“I’m like, ‘where’s all the other guys at?’” Steadman said.
Overshadowed by his four fellow starters during Springstead’s run to the state championship game last season, Steadman is now the only one that remains.
Thus the onus has fallen on him to go from role player to star as the Eagles try to maintain a legacy enhanced by the state runner-up trophy that now resides in their trophy case.
After a rocky start, he shifted back on the right track, scoring 14 of his 18 points in the second half to lift the Eagles to a 50-41 victory in front of the home crowd.
“I’ve never been down in this gym before,” Steadman said. “I was thinking I’ve got to keep it together and finish strong. We kept doing it one by one and it kept coming back to us.
“…I’ve just got to be the point guard that coach wants me to be. Try to assist, make sure the boys get good looks and that I contribute, as well.”
Slow start
This win marked the 421st in the coaching career of Steve Thompson, but his first since taking over the Springstead post vacated by Pat Kelly.
“They’re both the same, just a different accent,” Steadman said, referring to Thompson’s Mississippi drawl.
Thompson has warned not to expect to see the same Springstead team as last season, but that sobering reality still hit hard as Hernando opened up a 9-0 lead in the first quarter.
After Thompson called the first official timeout in his tenure with the Eagles, his players responded with a 9-point blitz in a little over two minutes, and a 17-0 run between the first and second quarters.
“I told the guys (during the timeout) these guys came to play,” Thompson said. “They’re a lot better than they were last year. They’re very well-coached. I told the guys this is our house, get back into what you do best, which is pressure the basketball.”
That trademark Springstead press helped produce 27 Hernando turnovers and 13 steals, five apiece by Steadman and Naquan Inniss, who added 11 rebounds.
However, the Eagles exhibited some sloppiness themselves, turning it over 24 times. That helped the Leopards stick around, down just two at the half (24-22) and four at the end of three (34-30).
Steadman hit a buzzer-beating basket in the third quarter and took over early in the fourth. His long jumper made it 40-30, the largest lead of the night, with just less than six minutes left.
He was helped off the floor midway through the period, having re-aggravated a torn medial collateral ligament.
Yet when Hernando crept back within five at the 1:15 mark, Steadman lobbied his way back into the game, stole the ball and knocked down a pair of free throws at the other end.
“It was competitive,” Hernando Head Coach Mark Latsko said. “We talked about putting the ball in the basket in the locker room after the game. At some point we’ve got to quit missing so many wide-open looks.
“Defensively we played well. Steadman is a great ballplayer. He hit some big shots.”
The Leopards did receive a fine performance from Corey Thomas, who tallied 17 points, 11 rebounds and four steals.
Much work to do
Both coaches realized there’s much work to be done as the new season unfolds.
“Springstead is used to winning basketball games and we’ve come from a losing culture and it’s tough to break that,” Latsko said. “We got up 9-0 and got too excited. We need to play more even-keeled.”
Thompson noted that not only does he have very little varsity experience on his roster past Steadman, he’s also missing two potential starters (Lameek Floyd, Sal Latimer) to injury.
He did enjoy the play of junior Will Hall, an out-of-state transfer and the brother of former Nature Coast girls star Shareka Maner. Hall chipped in 18 points off the bench.
“What (Assistant) Coach (George) Bennett and I have to do as a coaching staff is bring these kids together and get them to play together,” Thompson said. “That’s what last year’s team did so well.
“These kids are not as quick. These kids are not as agile or athletic as the last four teams here. But if they play a sound game, we’ll beat some people.”
SPRINGSTEAD 50, HERNANDO 41
Qtr. Scoring 1 2 3 4
Hernando 9 13 8 11 - 41
Springstead 15 9 10 16 - 50
Hernando (41): Thomas 7 2-2 17, Wilson 3 3-5 9, Roberts 1 0-1 2, Delaine 2 0-1 4, Jackson 3 0-0 7, Bronson 1 0-0 2, Conway 0, Knapp 0, Huggins 0, McNeal 0, Aldermann 0. Totals 17 5-9 41.
Springstead (50): Townsend 0 2-2 2, Inniss 2 2-2 6, Vanlow 2 0-2 4, Steadman 5 8-11 18, Wild 1 0-1 2, Hall 7 2-4 18, Maragh 0, Smith 0. Totals 17 14-22 50.
Three-point field goals: HER 2 (Thomas, Jackson); SPG 2 (Hall 2).
Total fouls: HER 22; SPG 12.
Technical fouls: none.
Fouled out: Delaine (HER), Vanlow (SPG).
Records: Hernando (0-1), Springstead (1-0).
Tampa Tribune comfirms Coach Thompson coaching recrod…and stands behind every word they printed!
4:07 pm on February 1st, 2012
This win marked the 421st in the coaching career of Steve Thompson, but his first since taking over the Springstead post vacated by Pat Kelly.
There it is…in print.
5:00 pm on February 1st, 2012
Frank Allen,head of the World Professional Basketball League in Memphis,TN now verifies Thompson’s involvement in the fabled Bluff City League as a coach to Penny Hardaway…Allen played on this very team. Brooks is a LIAR.
6:22 pm on February 1st, 2012
have put together a press release of sorts that will include all the Florida accounts and published verification concerning win totals of Coach Thompson. I have also included written statements fron past principals,fellow coaches in Tennessee,Kentucky,Mississippi and even Florida which will pretty much validate this coach. i have several articles that have not been published here on Scout added to my “portfolio. Included are some rather threatening texts from people in Florida and elsewhere. This will be sent to anyone who needs this documentation for future reference. It is very expansive and even includes a glossary and index. We have also quote several sports reporters in Tennessee,Mississippi and Kentucky. It is factual and it is concise. If anyone would like a copy emailed I would be happy to do so if you would PM me. I consider this public record. I also have copies of letters from hall of fame coach Vertais Sails and Frank Allen,former Murray State great that will substantiate Coach Thompson’s involvement in the fabled memphis Bluff City league. Mr Allen is now head of the World Professional Basketball League headquartered in Memphis,TN. As we all know Isadore Gould flat out called Thompson a liar and tried to humiliate him over this…now we are happy to put this nasty statement to rest.
“I know I have plenty of enemies but I would rather be the most hated winner than the most beloved loser”-Adolph Rupp
Last edited Today 3:57 PM by broadcaster54
10:05 pm on February 1st, 2012
Thompson’s supporters speak up. This answers alot of questions
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I would like to list all the people who have come forward to support Steve Thompson.
There is:
1. Broadcaster54
2. Redneckboy06
3. Jakelegjake01
4. PawPawhoops
5. Hersheysyrup
6. Lefty36
Funny thing is that they are all Steve Thompson just using different usernames.
Also, no school officials, coaches or players have stepped up and backed him????
Now lets take a look at some very respectable people that have come forward and said that Steve Thompson is full of it. Caught in lies!
1. Scott Greenwald - Athletic Director of @ Seneca HS Kentucky.
Stated that Thompson did not coach at this school in 1997-1999. Thompson had that school on his famous resume. Greenwald even supplied the coaches that did coach during that time frame. (Chuck Nallavenko Tony Branch) He also stated that Thompson was not an assistant during this time period.
2. Matthew Gillespie - TSSAA assistant executive director.
Thompson’s resume lists accolades including leading Tyner (Tenn.) High to the “Sweet 16″ TSSAA assistant executive director Matthew Gillespie said Tyner did not make the playoffs in boys or girls basketball that year.
3. Teresa Walker - Tennessee AP sports editor.
Thompson claimed earning Associated Press Coach of the Year honors in 1995. Walker stated that the AP has not awarded a Coach of the Year since she arrived in 1989.
4. Tristan Howell - Athletic Director of Philadelphia (Miss.)HS
Thompson said he led Philadelphia (Miss.) High to the playoffs three consecutive seasons, including the “Sweet 16″ in 2007. Tristan Howell, said Thompson won just nine games in three season and did not make the playoffs.
5. Larry Silcox - Athletic Director Smith County.
Thompson lists coaching Smith County (Tenn.) for two years to a 30-20 record. Silcox, who has been with the school for 30 years, said Thompson coached only the 1986-87 season and led that team to an 8-15 record.
6 & 7. Izzy Gould and Derek J. LaRiviere, Times staff writers
Thompson claimed 401 career wins as a varsity boys basketball coach when he arrived on the North Suncoast. His resume said 377. Through interviews and documents, the Times Gould & LaRiviere could only verify 97 wins.
There are more, plenty more that I could list like Steve Knobl GHS principle, the entire Pasco County administration, The Principle at Springstead HS etc. but lets just look at the 7 listed all reputable people speaking out against Thompson.
Explain that!
Thompson - 0
Truth - 7
5:48 pm on February 5th, 2012
Gould lied and he knows it. That is why he is in hiding.
3:58 pm on February 7th, 2012
Gould went to Alabama to cover their football team. Gould got a better job. Turns out they press there liked the work that he did at Saint Pertersburg Times. The found him very credible and offered him a good position…..so good he could not turn it down.
Again your lying…..always lying.
What a piece of trash you are. Always lying!
At least what I say you can look up and see that it is a fact.
11:55 am on February 8th, 2012
Maybe that is something Gould needs to find. No flaming.I am serious. This guy tried to ruin the reputation of a coach who has been doing this for a long long time and has never been trashed like this. It was wrong. Gould needs to be held accountable for his actions. He can’t even prove what he wrote:that this coach only had 97 wins and most of what Gould wrote is pure fiction. Now that is the truth.
2:01 pm on February 8th, 2012
When it is all said and done there are many false statements that this man has not apologized for. It is one thing to write something but then when it turns out to have mistakes it is like this guy says,”Well i screwed up”. This Gould has no shame,no character and no morals. I am sure his children are ashamed of the man.
2:05 pm on February 8th, 2012
I would be remiss if I left Derek LaRiviere out because he is like Kieefer in “The Caine Mutiny” it was his idea and he used documentation that others threw away and discounted as useless. This guy is the real criminal. Fire him now!
10:24 am on February 9th, 2012
Your a joke. The guy is a complte liar. Why does he not post his wins? Thats simple and puts an end to this if he was truthful. Please do not say he has…..because that is another lie. What the papers printed before the inbestigation outing him as a liar does not count. All these people that worked with Thompson at different schools and states who do not know each other all said he is a liar. Please no conspiracy here. Here is a liar. You have no credibility until you admit that. So you are a liar too. Actually I think you are Thompson on here lying again. Liar. You were fired for being a bad teacher. You were fired before the news article came out. Your a liar!
10:32 am on February 9th, 2012
Where is the press release……LIES
2:11 pm on February 9th, 2012
Why doesn’t Gould post them. he never did. He is a cheap little liar. Pure and simple and he is ruthless in his dealings. He is a weak little man hiding behind a computer with delusions of glory. He never coached. He never played a sport. The record was publishe several times. it is true. it is factual. It is over.
2:51 pm on February 9th, 2012
Bottom line he is a great coach…will be nominated for hall of fame…his record has been publishe din other papers besides the Times and the Hernando Today…he is a solid teacher and a great role model. Gould and LaRiviere can never destroy that. They are the real villians.
3:02 pm on February 9th, 2012
Derek LaRiviere of the Tampa Bay times finds 421 wins for Coach Thompson
Springstead boys adapt to changes with win
By Derek J. LaRiviere, Times Correspondent
Derek J. LaRiviereTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
SPRING HILL — The last time Springstead set foot on the floor, the team was competing for a state title at the Lakeland Center.
This was a vastly different game and a vastly different roster, but the Eagles were back to their successful ways with a 50-42 victory over Hernando on Tuesday night at home.
The inexperienced Eagles (1-0) were led by their only experienced player, senior point guard Nick Steadman.
Steadman is the lone returner who played significant minutes for the state final team last season. While he is playing with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Steadman contributed 18 points, five rebounds and a game-high six steals.
“Nick is such a gamer,” Springstead coach Steve Thompson said. “He’s used to winning, and that spills into his play on the court.”
Thompson, a Tennessee
Thompson, a Tennessee native with 421 career prep victories, was on the bench for the first time, replacing former Springstead coach Pat Kelly. He was especially impressed with the contribution he got from a player who was competing at the varsity level for the first time.
Springstead sophomore Will Hall, a transfer guard from Mississippi, scored 18, including two 3-pointers. He and Steadman are being counted on to bring along what was an otherwise stagnant Springstead offense for much of the game.
“(Hall) is a very raw basketball player,” Thompson said. “He hasn’t played anywhere the past couple of years, but he should be a real factor for us offensively.”
There are your POSTED wins…end of discussion. These will be submitted when he is nominated in 5 years for hall of fame…
3:32 pm on February 9th, 2012
Ha Ha Ha - Very funny. Those are not posted wins at all. I do not see the seaons and the breakdown. What you posted was what a newspaper reporter printed based upon heresay….your heresay. After those articles the Times did a full blown investigation into your claims/boasts of having won over 400 games and uncovered the truth.
You are a liar.
Plain and simple.
You are a fraud.
Plain and simple.
You only have 97 wins in your career!
You are terrible teacher.
You are a horrible coach.
7:55 am on February 10th, 2012
I doubt that…400+ career wins says otherwise. I hear Gould got the boot in Alabama. Had to hitail his rear out of there. The Tide fans hated his Yankee shister self.
11:21 am on February 10th, 2012
There is no 400 wins. Just lies. Here are some documented lies by various respectable people who have delt with Thompson.
Thompson’s supporters speak up. This answers alot of questions
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I would like to list all the people who have come forward to support Steve Thompson.
There is:
1. Broadcaster54
2. Redneckboy06
3. Jakelegjake01
4. PawPawhoops
5. Hersheysyrup
6. Lefty36
Funny thing is that they are all Steve Thompson just using different usernames.
Also, no school officials, coaches or players have stepped up and backed him????
Now lets take a look at some very respectable people that have come forward and said that Steve Thompson is full of it. Caught in lies!
1. Scott Greenwald - Athletic Director of @ Seneca HS Kentucky.
Stated that Thompson did not coach at this school in 1997-1999. Thompson had that school on his famous resume. Greenwald even supplied the coaches that did coach during that time frame. (Chuck Nallavenko Tony Branch) He also stated that Thompson was not an assistant during this time period.
2. Matthew Gillespie - TSSAA assistant executive director.
Thompson’s resume lists accolades including leading Tyner (Tenn.) High to the “Sweet 16″ TSSAA assistant executive director Matthew Gillespie said Tyner did not make the playoffs in boys or girls basketball that year.
3. Teresa Walker - Tennessee AP sports editor.
Thompson claimed earning Associated Press Coach of the Year honors in 1995. Walker stated that the AP has not awarded a Coach of the Year since she arrived in 1989.
4. Tristan Howell - Athletic Director of Philadelphia (Miss.)HS
Thompson said he led Philadelphia (Miss.) High to the playoffs three consecutive seasons, including the “Sweet 16″ in 2007. Tristan Howell, said Thompson won just nine games in three season and did not make the playoffs.
5. Larry Silcox - Athletic Director Smith County.
Thompson lists coaching Smith County (Tenn.) for two years to a 30-20 record. Silcox, who has been with the school for 30 years, said Thompson coached only the 1986-87 season and led that team to an 8-15 record.
6 & 7. Izzy Gould and Derek J. LaRiviere, Times staff writers
Thompson claimed 401 career wins as a varsity boys basketball coach when he arrived on the North Suncoast. His resume said 377. Through interviews and documents, the Times Gould & LaRiviere could only verify 97 wins.
There are more, plenty more that I could list like Steve Knobl GHS principle, the entire Pasco County administration, The Principle at Springstead HS etc. but lets just look at the 7 listed all reputable people speaking out against Thompson.
Explain that!
Thompson - 0
Truth - 7
12:30 pm on February 10th, 2012
Forget about it. The man was a great coach here in Mississippi. I really can’t help but notice they never listed records at all his schools nor backed up their 97 win claim. So in my eyes the authors of this piece of trash are big time liars. As to all your claims above I doubt they wind up amounting to anything. Just like the story of Gould and LaRiviere.. Just a hack job. I really think they never thought Coach Thompson would challenge them on this at all. They were very much mistaken.
12:48 pm on February 10th, 2012
I will 2nd that bomber. You know I just think this type of slander is beneath anyone. These guys have no shame and all I can say they slandered a great coach and they would never have gotten away with this in Mississippi……..understand?
3:41 pm on February 10th, 2012
Your right Thompson never posted even his 97 wins we think it may be less but we gave him a break. As a matter of fact whatever he has listed he has lied. Thompson is a proven liar and so are you….THOMPSON> we know your game. You are the one posting here on this site.
Nothing but a bigtime LIAR.
4:21 pm on February 10th, 2012
This coach you are talking about on this site is clearly guilty. I’ve read all the comments and I have yet to see this coach post his wins and loses. What is he waiting for?
4:24 pm on February 10th, 2012
That “Thompson darkside” really put the nail in the coffin with that 11:21 blog.
That is a lot of people, thank you for using names in stead of the “I know a guy who said” method.
Very impressive .
12:36 pm on February 11th, 2012
I can’t find anywhere that the coach Thompson guy has posted his wins and loses or/ and a year by year record. My 2 questions are: 1 why do so many even care now? 2. Why hasn’t this coach ,who is always on several blog stating blame on others, just posted his yearly record?
Seems to me he probably has not won the games and because he has been unable to get hired anywhere the past 2 years, he just wants the attention.
8:48 am on February 12th, 2012
You will not find anyehere that Thompson has posted his wind (below 100)
It is just his fantasy worl that he thinks/lies about winning more then 100 games.