Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- sthomas8@richmond.edu
- Phone:
- 287-6303
Coaching Experience:
Assistant Coach, University of Richmond, 2019-present
Director of Basketball Operations, University of Richmond, 2015-19
Director of Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Tech University, 2014-15
Graduate Assistant, University of Oregon 2012-14
Thomas was promoted to Assistant Coach in April 2019 following four seasons as the Spiders Director of Basketball Operations.
Thomas and the Spiders posted a 14-9 record during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season. Richmond advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT despite playing the tournament without its top two scorers, who were sidelined by injuries. Propelled into the Top 25 by a win at Rupp Arena over 10th-ranked Kentucky, Richmond was ranked as high as 19th in the AP poll during its non-conference season, the best ranking for the program since 1957.
In Thomas's first season as an assistant in 2019-20, he helped the Spiders engineer one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Division I, as Richmond went 24-7 overall and 14-4 in the Atlantic 10 to finish second in the conference, Richmond's best regular-season result since joining the league in 2001.
In his current role, Thomas is responsible for recruiting, player development, opponent scouting, and practice management.
Thomas came to Richmond from Virginia Tech where he served as Director of Student-Athlete Development under Buzz Williams. He spent one year in Blacksburg following a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon with Dana Altman, where he helped the Ducks to the 2013 Sweet 16.
Thomas has worked with US Junior Nationals Inc., one of the nation’s largest grassroots basketball event organizations, and served as a special projects consultant with Nike Global Basketball Sports Marketing.
Away from the court, Thomas serves on the Young Professionals Board of the Virginia Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
He is a 2006 graduate of Rowan University in New Jersey with a degree in advertising and communications and earned a master’s degree from the University of Oregon in educational leadership in 2014. While at Rowan, Thomas played point guard and still holds the program's record for assists in a game, with 15.
Thomas and his wife Desiree have two sons, Daniel and Nicholas.
