As an SMWW Agent Advisor, Deric Thompson has successfully been mentored by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and Joel Corry met all the requirements of becoming an SMWW Agent Advisor. This includes agent regulations and player association legalities, contract negotiation, endorsements, sponsorships, ethics, collective bargaining agreements, draft preparation, marketing, and recruiting. Although Deric is a new Agent Advisor, he is well adept at preparing you for your sports career and has the ambition to attain the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for a successful professional athlete. He will do whatever possible to represent your interests and help you achieve your goals as not only a sports professional, but also your life after sports as well. Deric takes a fully integrated approach to his clients’ wealth, personal life, career, and post-career challenges with the goal to simplify and enhance your life.  By serving as your primary contact for everything from financial advisory assistance to addressing your lifestyle needs as he works closely with the SMWW Team off the field, so you can focus on your career on the field. Deric is a Brand and Marketing Strategist who partners with CEOs, executives, and entrepreneurs to grow their personal and professional brands, human-to-human. After spending 15 years working in promotions, marketing, online marketing, social media marketing, SEO, SEM, event coordinating, a nutrition company, entertainment companies, youth basketball coaching, wearable technology and startups, Deric has gained experience in different networks, platforms and understanding their cultures.