Liam Thompson was officially named UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball’s top assistant by head coach Steve Schweer on Wednesday (July 29).
“We are thrilled to be adding Liam Thompson to our coaching staff,” Schweer said. “Liam will elevate our program in every possible way. He has experience working with two of the very best programs and coaches in all of Division III basketball and he is a proven recruiter, a proven connector, and a proven teacher of the game. Most importantly, Liam has an incredible ability to build impactful relationships. We could not be more excited to welcome Liam to Oshkosh!”
Thompson comes to Oshkosh from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he was an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator for the Titans’ men’s basketball program in 2026. He helped the program to a 26-5 record with a 13-3 league mark, the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin regular season and tournament championships and a run to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III Championship.
Along with the rest of the 2026 CCIW Coaching Staff of the Year, Thompson helped develop three All-CCIW selections, two of which earned D3hoops.com All-Region honors. Noah Cleveland collected was named the D3hoops National Rookie of the Year along with his first team All-American award. Mason Funk, who was a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy, was named to the fifth team. Cleveland was also selected as a first team All-American and the district player of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
“I’m incredibly grateful and excited to join the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball program and the Titan community,” Thompson said. “I want to thank Coach Schweer for this opportunity to work alongside him and the rest of the university, and I forward to helping continue this strong tradition of success and building relationships with our players, alumni and supporters of the program.”
The stop in Bloomington was Thompson’s second. He was previously a graduate assistant for the varsity team and the varsity reserve head coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 2022-24. The Titans were the regular season CCIW champions in 2024.
Between his stints at Illinois Wesleyan, Thompson served as an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator at Wabash College (Ind.) in 2025. The Little Giants went 17-9 overall and 13-3 in the North Coast Athletic Conference which was good for a second-place finish in the league and an automatic first-round bye in the conference tournament. Two Little Giants were named All-NCAC in 2025, including defensive player of the year Noah Hupmann.
A native of Ridley Park, Pa., Thompson played basketball for four years at Elizabethtown College (Pa.) and was part of a program that improved its win total by seven games from his freshman season and voted him team captain in his senior year that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thompson graduated from Elizabethtown with his bachelor’s degree in political science and a psychology minor in 2021. In 2024, he earned his master’s degree in sport management from Illinois State University.
