as a player. He was elevated to the assistant head coaching position with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters from 2006 to 2009. He then moved over to Powerade Tigers as assistant to Bo Perasol until its last conference in 2012. After the Powerade franchise was sold to GlobalPort, he became an assistant to Luigi Trillo of Alaska. He helped the squad win the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup, their 14th title and the first in the post-Tim Cone era. During this time, he also received offers to become the head coach for the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the GlobalPort Batang Pier. Alaska Two games into the 2014 PBA Governors' Cup, Compton was appointed the head coach of Alaska Aces, replacing Luigi Trillo. In his first head coaching stint, he led the Aces to the semi-finals, losing to Rain or Shine in full five games. In the following season, Compton steered the Aces to the 2014–15 Philippine Cup Finals where he went up against Coach Leo Austria, who had been his head coach when they were still with Welcoat. Alaska went on to lose to the San Miguel Beermen in seven hard-fought games. He then got to coach the South All-Stars during the 2015 All-Star Weekend. He also guided the Aces to the 2015 Governors' Cup Finals only to be swept by the Beermen in four games. In a rematch of the previous season's Philippine Cup Finals, the Beermen once again beat the Alaska Aces in 7 games, completing the Beermen's historic comeback from down 0–3 to win the series. Alaska returned to the Finals once again in the 2015 Commissioner's Cup, where they lost 4–2 to Rain or Shine. In 2018, Compton led Alaska to another Finals appearance, where they lost to the Magnolia Hotshots. He resigned as coach in 2019 and was replaced by another Alaska franchise legend Jeffrey Cariaso. National team In 2015, Compton was invited by Philippines men's national basketball team head coach Tab Baldwin to be one of his coaching staff as assistant coach. He helped the national team to win two silver medals from 2015 William Jones Cup and 2015 FIBA Asia Championship respectively. Compton officially returned to the program in 2020. In October of that year, he left the program, returning to the US to be with family. Career statistics College Head coaching record Professional Commentary Compton started being a color commentator in 2005