Jim Thompson (coach)

Jim Thompson is the founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a national non-profit organization that provides training workshops annually to coaches, parents and administrators of schools and youth sports organizations in the United States. Thompson served more than ten years as the Director of Public and Global Management Programs at Stanford University. In 2004 he was recognized as an Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Fellow for outstanding social entrepreneurship. He has authored four books on coaching: Positive Coaching in a Nutshell (2007), The Double Goal Coach (2003), Shooting in the Dark: Tales of Coaching and Leadership (1998), and Positive Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports (1995).