ECSU Hall of Fame Class 2022

The 42 Annual Elizabeth City State University's Sports Hall of Fame inducted Mr. Gene Thompson, Sr. on Friday, October 14, 2022, at Elizabeth City State University at the K.E. White Graduate Center.

Mr. Thompson is shown after ceremony with his brother and Fraternity Brother Past Polemarch of the Hartsville Alumni Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Both are Life Members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Both were born in Virginia.

Brother Gene was a graduate of Carver High School in Newport News, VA.

Coach Thompson transferred to Elizabeth City State in 1962 from Compton Junior College (Cal). He was a running back at Elizabeth City State and played with Dallas Cowboy great Jethro Pugh. He also made the tennis team in the spring and was a permanent stalwart in the Vikings Tennis Program. He graduated in 1966 from Elizabeth City College.

He later received his master’s from Va. State in Petersburg, VA.

He has been inducted in numerous Hall of Fames on the national and state levels. He is still active coaching tennis at Va. State University in Petersburg, Va.