Daniel Thompson was hired as the head coach of the men's basketball team at the end of May in 2023 but first joined the staff in 2015 as an assistant for legendary coach Larry Walker, whom Daniel played for and was a member of the 2008 tournament team that finished 8^th.  Thompson was a part of the final two years of Larry’s 31 year career at EvCC, which included a trip to the 2015 playoffs and a 3^rd place finish in the north region. When then head assistant Mike Trautman (also an EvCC alumnus and former player of Walker’s) took over the reins in 2016, Thompson stayed on staff and elevated his role to the lead assistant after just two years of college coaching experience.

Thompson’s responsibilities with the program grew over time becoming more involved with the offense, recruiting, and eventually took the lead on player development.  In Daniel’s time the Trojans have produced a number of players that have moved on to the four year level along with four players that earned All North Region Second Team honors, and five players who were named to the All North Region First Team list including two time recipient and North Region MVP Markieth Brown who also became the EvCC all-time career leading scorer with 1382 points.  Additionally, Gio Jackson who sits at 8th on the career all-time scoring list, was named the 2018 NWAC Player of the Year.

Over the past nine seasons with Daniel on the bench, EvCC has never had a losing season, has totaled 176 wins (three straight seasons with 20+ wins & the program record of 26 wins in 2018), five trips to the post season, four north region titles, and a number of season’s in which the Trojans led the NWAC in statistical categories such as field goal percentage, rebounds, free throw attempts, three-point field goal percentage, assists, and opponents field goal percentage.

After completing his AA degree from Everett, Thompson went on to complete his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Washington State University.  He lives in Mukilteo with his fiancé Alyse and they have a cat named Travis.