Bob Thomason

Bob Thomason (born March 26, 1949)

Teams coached: Stanislaus State Warriors, Pacific Tigers
Stanislaus State record: 52-27 (.658)
Pacific record: 437-321 (.577)
Overall record^: 489-348 (.584)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (1998)
• CIT Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 2010)
• CIT Appearances:  2  (2009, 2010)
• Big West Regular Season Champion:  6  (1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010)
• NCAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  1  (1987)
• Big West Tournament Champion:  4  (1997, 2004, 2006, 2013)
• NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  1  (1987)

Awards:

• Gene Bartow Award:  1  (2013)
• Hugh Durham Award:  1  (2005)
• Big West Coach of the Year:  5  (1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1988-2013	Pacific
1985-1988	Stanislaus State
1981-1985	Columbia (CA)

Bob Thomason Facts

• Robert Lesley Thomason, Jr.
• Born March 26, 1949
• Hometown: Concord, California
• Alma Mater: Pacific University (BA, 1972 & MA, 1985)
• After graduating from Clayton Valley HS (CA), Thomason played collegiately at Pacific under head coach Dick Edwards
  • Earned All-WCC honors and played in the 1971 NCAA Tournament as a senior
• Started coaching right away, spending two years as an assistant at Stagg HS (CA)
• Was a high school head coach for eight seasons – three at Escalon HS (CA) and five at Turlock HS (CA)
  • Won a California state title at Escalon in 1976, going 27-0 on the season
• Joined the college ranks in 1981, taking over as head coach at Columbia College in Sonora, CA
  • Went 75-49 in four seasons and led the team to their first-ever conference title in 1985
• Moved on to Cal State Stanislaus in 1985, leading the Warriors to a 52-27 record over three seasons
• Returned to his alma mater in 1988, becoming the head coach of a Pacific Tigers that had won just 5 games the season prior
  • Coached at Pacific for 25 years, winning 437 games in the process and appearing in eight postseason tournaments
    • Retired in 2013 with the most wins in school history and the most wins of any Big West head coach
  • Earned Big West COY honors five times, won six regular season titles, four conference tournaments and led the Tigers to five NCAA Tournaments
• Along with his wife, Jerri, has two sons and several grandchildren

Bob Thomason Coaching Tree

• Alan Major (Charlotte)
• Ron Verlin (Pacific)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels