Darin R. Thomas is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. He served as the head coach of the Texas–Arlington Mavericks (2008–2022).
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tyrone, Oklahoma |
| Playing career | |
| 1986 | Seward County CC |
| 1987–1989 | Oklahoma Christian |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1991 | Edmond (OK) Oklahoma Christian (asst.) |
| 1992–2000 | Seward County CC (asst.) |
| 2001–2007 | UT Arlington (asst.) |
| 2008–2022 | UT Arlington |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 404–414 |
| Tournaments | Southland: 7–6 WAC: 1–2 Sun Belt: 9–11 NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Awards | |
| Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2017) | |
Playing career
editThomas attended Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas.[1] Thomas then accepted a scholarship to play at Oklahoma Christian College (OCC), to play college baseball for the OCC Eagles baseball team.[2] While with the Eagles, Thomas was a 3 time First Team All-Sooner Athletic Conference selection.[3]
Coaching career
editThomas immediately began his coaching career upon the completion of his college degree at Oklahoma Christian School. After two years at Oklahoma Christian School, he returned to Seward County as an assistant coach. Thomas spent 9 seasons as an assistant at Seward before being named an assistant at Texas–Arlington.[4]
Thomas was promoted to head coach in the fall of 2007. Following a 26–31 first season as head coach, UT Arlington signed Thomas to a 3-year contract extension.[5] On May 23, 2022, Thomas resigned as the head coach of the Mavericks.[6]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas–Arlington Mavericks (Southland Conference) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Texas–Arlington | 26–31 | 16–14 | 4th (Western) | Southland tournament | ||||
| 2009 | Texas–Arlington | 30–26 | 19–13 | 5th | Southland tournament | ||||
| 2010 | Texas–Arlington | 29–31 | 19–14 | 5th | Southland tournament | ||||
| 2011 | Texas–Arlington | 27–29 | 19–14 | T-8th | |||||
| 2012 | Texas–Arlington | 36–25 | 19–14 | T-3rd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Texas–Arlington: | 92–69 | ||||||||
| Texas–Arlington Mavericks (Western Athletic Conference) (2013) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Texas–Arlington | 31–27 | 18–9 | T-1st | WAC tournament | ||||
| Texas–Arlington: | 18–9 | ||||||||
| Texas–Arlington Mavericks (Sun Belt Conference) (2014–2022) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Texas–Arlington | 33–26 | 19–11 | 2nd | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2015 | Texas–Arlington | 24–32 | 14–16 | T-6th | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Texas–Arlington | 30–28 | 15–15 | 7th | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Texas–Arlington | 30–25 | 20–10 | 1st (West) | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Texas–Arlington | 22–35 | 11–19 | T-4th (West) | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Texas–Arlington | 32–26 | 17–12 | 3rd (West) | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Texas–Arlington | 12–4 | 0–0 | (West) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Texas–Arlington | 27–30 | 13–11 | T-1st (West) | Sun Belt tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Texas–Arlington | 15–39 | 7–23 | 11th | |||||
| Texas–Arlington: | 404–414 | 116–117 | |||||||
| Total: | 404–414 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Baseball University Transfers". www.sewardsaints.com. Presto Sports. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "OCC Inks 9 to Play Baseball". www.newsok.com. NewsOK.com. August 18, 1986. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "Baseball Honors". www.oceagles.com. Oklahoma Christian University. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "UT ARLINGTON BASEBALL 2016 RECORD BOOK" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. UT Arlington. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "UT Arlington Signs Darin Thomas to Three-Year Contract Extension". www.utamavs.com. UT Arlington. July 22, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "Darin Thomas Resigns As UTA Head Baseball Coach". www.utamavs.com. University of Texas at Arlington. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.