in Greece. Thompson has also participated in other professional leagues overseas. Following the 2001 WNBA season, Thompson played for Rovereto Basket in Rovereto, Italy, and in 2003 she played for the Kumho Falcons of the Women's Korea Basketball League (WKBL). Coaching career On March 18, 2015, the University of Texas at Austin athletic department announced Thompson's hire as an assistant coach for the Longhorn women's basketball team, beginning her collegiate coaching career. Two years later, Thompson was promoted to Associate Head Coach with the Lady Longhorns. After three seasons with the Lady Longhorns, Thompson was named head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball program on April 16, 2018. She was hired by the first African American female athletics director of any power conference university, Carla Williams. On March 3, 2022, the university announced that Thompson had been relieved of her duties after going 30-63 during her tenure. Head Coaching Record Overseas 2001–2002: Rovereto Basket 2003: Incheon Kumho Life Falcons 2005–2006: Cheonan Kookmin Bank Savers 2006–2007: Spartak Moscow Region 2010: Municipal MCM Târgovişte 2012–2013: Chuncheon Woori Bank Hansae 2013–2014: Guri KDB Life Winnus Awards and achievements 4-time WNBA Championship 2-time Olympic gold medalist 2000 WNBA All-Star selection (MVP) 9-time WNBA All-Star selection Named to the All-WNBA team 8 times Member of the WNBA All-Decade Team 1st in WNBA all-time scoring See also List of WNBA career rebounding leaders References Citations Sources External links USA Basketball Profile Tina Thompson's U.S. Olympic Team bio 1975 births Living people African-American basketball players African-American basketball coaches All-American college women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in South Korea American women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Los Angeles Club Sportiv Municipal Târgoviște players Houston Comets players Los Angeles Sparks players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Power forwards (basketball) Seattle Storm players Texas Longhorns women's basketball coaches Universiade medalists in basketball Universiade silver medalists for the United States USC Trojans women's basketball players Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball coaches Women's Korean Basketball League players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 21st-century African-American sportspeople