William A. Thomas

Bill Thomas
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1948-10-21) October 21, 1948
Alma mater	Tennessee State
Playing career
1967–1970	Tennessee State
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1983	Tennessee State (assistant)
1984–1988	Tennessee State
1994–2003	Texas Southern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1986–1994	Tennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall	85–77–3
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William A. "Bill" Thomas (born October 21, 1948) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 15th head football coach for the Tennessee State University Tigers located in Nashville, Tennessee and he held that position for five seasons, from 1984 until 1988. His career coaching record at Tennessee State was 34 wins, 20 losses, and 3 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him fourth at Tennessee State in total wins and eighth at Tennessee State in winning percentage (.623).^[1]

References

↑ Tennessee State University coaching records

Tennessee State Tigers head football coaches

Buck Hunt (1916)
No team (1917–1921)
Joe E. Scruggs (1922–1924)
George Davenport (1925–1926)
Caesar Felton Gayles (1927)
Harry Long (1928)
Alton Jackson (1929)
T. D. Upshaw (1930–1931)
Unknown (1932)
Walter S. Davis (1933–1936)
Reubin Munday (1937–1939)
Unknown (1940)
No team (1941–1943)
Henry Kean (1944–1954)
Howard C. Gentry (1955–1960)
Lawrence Simmons (1961–1962)
John Merritt (1963–1983)
William A. Thomas (1984–1988)
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1989–1992)
Bill Davis (1993–1995)
L. C. Cole (1996–1999)
James Reese (2000–2004)
James Webster (2005–2009)
Rod Reed (2010– )

Texas Southern Tigers head football coaches

E. V. Rettig (1947–1948)
Alexander Durley (1949–1964)
Clifford Paul (1965–1969)
Al Benefield (1970)
Rod Paige (1971–1975)
Wendell Mosley (1976–1978)
James Sorey (1979–1980)
Joe Redmond (1981–1983)
Lionel Taylor (1984–1988)
Walter Highsmith (1989–1993)
William A. Thomas (1994–2003)
Steve Wilson (2004–2007)
Johnnie Cole (2008–2010)
Kevin Ramsey # (2011)
Darrell Asberry (2012–2015)
Michael Haywood (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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