CoachT is Jim Thompson, a teacher and coach in his 28th year at Lawrence County High School in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

The college.coacht.com site will be maintained by CoachT's son, Mark, currently a 20-year-old student at Columbia State who is planning on attending UT-Knoxville in the fall.

Coach Thompson coached high school football for 11 years (three in Charleston, SC and eight years at Lawrence County), and coached one year in college as a graduate assistant at Middle Tennessee.

CoachT coached boy's high school basketball for 8 years -- two as head coach and 6 as an assistant. He has also coached baseball for two years, both as head coach, and coached golf for the past 18 years.

A student at Austin Peay, Coach Thompson played four years of football and one year of basketball for the Governors.

CoachT.com began in 1997-98 as a simple site covering the Lawrence County Lady Cats basketball team. As luck would have it, the Lady Cats won the Class AAA State Championship that season.

The site was later expanded to cover all of District 8-AAA basketball teams. CoachT.com became a comprehrensive, state-wide site after signing on with Rivals.com in February of 2000, a relationaship which lasted a little over one year before Rivals.com unfortunately declared bankruptcy.

When time permits, CoachT also participates in Lady Cat basketball broadcasts on WDXE Radio.

CoachT has been married for 28 years and has three children: Brynn is married and living in Karlsruhe, Germany; Mark is a student at Columbia State (transferred in January, 2005 from UTC for medical reasons), and Katie is a sophomore at Lawrence County High School.

CoachT.com will cover all Tennessee High School Sports during the school year and will also concentrate on following some of the same athletes during AAU basketball in the spring/summer months.

Also, don't forget about one of our most popular features: the Photo Gallery. Enjoy the pictures taken by CoachT as he travels, and feel free to submit your own pictures of fans, cheerleaders, coaches, and players from around the state!

5/7/05 Maryville Daily Times Article: Hobby gone wild: Coach T grows to be state preps' dominant Web site