DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One last look at the career of Vice President For Intercollegiate Athletic Lynn W. Thompson, who leaves after a stellar 30-year tenure at his alma mater.

TIMELINE
1966 Becomes First African American to play in Daytona Beach Little League Baseball
1967 Wins State Punt, Pass and Kick competition
1975-79  Bethune-Cookman playing days; still holds records for punting yards in a season (2,688 in 1978) and career (8,198)
1979: Signs free agent contract with Green Bay Packers
1980: Elects not to sign with Oakland Raiders to end football playing career.
1991 Becomes Bethune-Cookman's Athletic Director; Youngest D-1 AD in NCAA
1994 Named First African-American Chair of NCAA Baseball Rules Committee
1995 Women's Cross Country wins first of two MEAC championships (1998)
1996 Baseball Wins 2nd MEAC Championships and begins run of 17 championships in 20 years
1997 Women's Indoor Track wins first of two straight MEAC titles
1998 Women's tennis makes first of three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (Also appears in 2015)
1998 Football Makes Heritage Bowl Appearance
1999 Men's Cross Country Wins MEAC championship
2000 Softball begins 5-year MEAC championship run
2002 Football wins MEAC Championship and first FCS appearance
2004 Bowling makes first of two NCAA Championship appearances
2005 Softball wins Gainesville Regional as an At-Large Selection; faces Texas in Super Regional
2009 Ronnie Ash wins NCAA national championships in both indoors and outdoors
2010 Football wins first of three HBCU National Championships
2012 Joel Redhead becomes B-CU's first Olympian
2014 B-CU wins first of 3 consecutive Talmadge Layman Hill MEAC Men's All-Sports Awards (Also win in 2018)
2014 Men's Track and Field begins run of five combined indoor/outdoor MEAC Championships
2015 Elevated to VP For Intercollegiate Athletics
2016 Enshrined in MEAC Hall of Fame
2016 B-CU wins Mary McLeod Bethune MEAC Women's All-Sports Award
2016 Ash and Eric Cray compete in Olympics
2017 Named To NCAA Committee on Academics
2017 Baseball advances to Gainesville Regional final
2019 Women's Basketball Makes 1st NCAA Tournament Appearance
2020 B-CU Ops out of competition to Covid 19
2020 Named NACDA Athletic Director of The Year
2021 Announces leaving
 
MEAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN (33)
BASEBALL (18): 1996, 1997, 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2014,2016,2017
BASKETBALL
--Regular Season (2): 2011,2018
CROSS COUNTRY (1): 1999
FOOTBALL: (6): 2002,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015
GOLF: (1): 2014
TRACK AND FIELD
-- Indoor (2): 2015,2016
-- Outdoor (3): 2014,2015,2016

WOMEN (23+1)
BASKETBALL
-- Regular Season (4): 2016,2017,2018,2020
-- Tournament (1): 2019
BOWLING (1): 2005
CROSS COUNTRY (2): 1995,2000
SOFTBALL (10): 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2010,2011,2012,2018,2019
TENNIS (4): 1999,2000,2001,2015
TRACK
--Indoor (2): 1997,1998

GOLF (27)
MEN'S NATIONAL MINORITY CHAMPIONS (11):  1999,2001,2003,2008,2011,2013,2014,2016,2017,2018,2019
WOMEN'S NATIONAL MINORITY CHAMPIONS (16):   1998,2000,2001,2002,2006,2007,2008,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
 
BETHUNE-COOKMAN VS. FAMU IN FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IN THE THOMPSON ERA: 256-255 including 15-14 in football
 
OVERALL RECORD IN THE THOMPSON ERA: 3,274-3,751 (.466); 1,244-997 MEAC (.555)

PAST 20 YEARS: 2,333-2,394 (.493); 1205-746 MEAC (.608)