He picked off passes at Boise State. Now this former Bronco will coach D-I cornerbacks
Former Boise State cornerback Brandyn Thompson has landed his first gig as a Division I football coach.
Thompson, who coached cornerbacks at Sacramento City College last year, will lead the same position at Cal Poly, first-year head coach Paul Wulff announced on Tuesday.
Thompson played at Boise State from 2007 to 2010, and his 13 career interceptions are tied with Dempsey Dees (1997-2000) for No. 10 in program history. He is one of eight players with three interceptions in a single game for Boise State, doing so in a 27-7 win over Hawaii on Oct. 17, 2008.
The 33-year-old native of Elk Grove, California, was picked in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Washington Commanders. He was released before the start of the 2012 season and spent the next three years playing in the Canadian Football League.
After a brief stint with the Toronto Argonauts, he spent two seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks and helped the team make a run to the 2015 Grey Cup game, won by the Edmonton Eskimos.
Cal Poly went 2-9 and 1-7 last season in the FCS Big Sky Conference, which also includes Idaho and Idaho State. Former Cal Poly head coach Beau Baldwin stepped down last December to become new Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham’s offensive coordinator.
The Mustangs will get some help from a former five-star quarterback this season. Sam Huard, who spent the past two seasons at Washington, announced in January that he was transferring to Cal Poly. Sam is the son of former Washington and NFL QB Damon Huard and the nephew of Brock Huard, who also played for the Huskies and in the NFL.
