Bob Thomason

Robert Lesley "Bob" Thomason Jr. (born March 26,

Bob Thomason
1949) is a retired American college basketball coach.
He coached the University of the Pacific Tigers men's Biographical details
basketball team for 25 seasons from 1988 to 2013.[2][3] Born March 26, 1949
San Jose, California, U.S.[1]
In 25 years at Pacific, Thomason has the most wins in
school and Big West history with 437. He was named Playing career

Big West Conference Coach of the Year five times 1968–1971 Pacific
(1992–93, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06). Position(s) Shooting guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1973 Stagg HS (asst.)
Early life and college playing 1973–1976 Escalon HS
career 1976–1981 Turlock HS
1981–1985 Columbia CC
Born in San Jose, California, Thomason graduated
1985–1988 Cal State Stanislaus
from Clayton Valley High School in Concord in 1967,
1988–2013 Pacific
where he played for coach Bruce Iverson. Thomson
then attended the University of the Pacific in Head coaching record
Stockton.[1] At Pacific, Thomason played shooting Overall 75–49 (junior college)
guard for the Pacific Tigers from 1968 to 1971. He 489–348 (college)
graduated with a degree in physical education and was Accomplishments and honors
an All-West Coast Conference selection as a senior
Championships
after leading Pacific to the 1971 NCAA tournament
4 Big West tournament (1997, 2004, 2006,
and averaging 17.2 points.[1]
2013)
6 Big West regular season (1997, 1998, 2004–
2006, 2010)
Coaching career
Awards
Thomason became an assistant coach at Stagg High 5× Big West Coach of the Year (1993, 1997,
School in Stockton in 1971. He then became head 2004–2006)
varsity basketball coach at Escalon High School in Hugh Durham Award (2005)
1973 and Turlock High School in 1976. He led Turlock
to the school's first conference title in 25 years.[1]

In 1981, Thomason became head coach at Columbia College, a junior college in Sonora, California. In
four seasons at Columbia, Thomason had a 75–49 record and led Columbia to its first-ever Central Valley
Conference title in 1985.[4]

Thomason moved up to the NCAA Division III ranks as head coach at Cal State Stanislaus in 1985. In
three seasons at Cal State Stanislaus, Thomason had a 52–27 record and led the school to a berth in the
1987 NCAA Tournament.[5]
Thomason returned to Pacific to be head coach in 1988 and would stay for 25 seasons. With a 437–321
record, he led Pacific to five NCAA Tournament appearances and six Big West Conference regular season
championships.
Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason

Cal State Stanislaus Warriors (Northern California Athletic Conference) (1985–1988)

1985– Cal State

15–10 4–8 6th
86 Stanislaus

1986– Cal State NCAA Division III

20–8 9–3 T–1st
87 Stanislaus Regional Final
1987– Cal State
17–9 8–4 T–2nd
88 Stanislaus

Cal State Stanislaus: 52–27 21–15

Pacific Tigers (Big West Conference) (1988–2013)

1988–
Pacific 7–21 3–15 9th
89
1989–
Pacific 15–14 7–11 6th
90

1990–
Pacific 14–15 9–9 3rd
91
1991–
Pacific 16–11 8–10 T–6th
92
1992–
Pacific 16–11 12–6 3rd
93
1993–
Pacific 17–14 10–8 T–5th
94
1994–
Pacific 15–12* 9–9 5th
95
1995–
Pacific 15–12 11–7 T–2nd
96

1996– NCAA Division I First

Pacific 24–6 12–4 1st (West)
97 Round
1997–
Pacific 23–10 14–2 1st (West) NIT First Round
98
1998– T–2nd
Pacific 14–13 9–7
99 (West)
1999–
Pacific 11–18 6–10 4th (West)
00
2000–
Pacific 18–12 8–8 T–5th
01
 2001–
Pacific 20–10 11–7 T–3rd
02
2002–
Pacific 12–16 7–11 8th
03
2003– NCAA Division I Second
Pacific 25–8 17–1 T–1st
04 Round
2004– NCAA Division I Second
Pacific 27–4 18–0 1st
05 Round
2005– NCAA Division I First
Pacific 24–8 12–2 1st
06 Round
2006–
Pacific 12–19 5–9 T–6th
07

2007–
Pacific 21–10 11–5 4th
08
2008–
Pacific 21–13 10–6 T–2nd CIT Semifinal
09
2009–
Pacific 23–12 12–4 T–1st CIT Runner-up
10
2010–
Pacific 16–15 8–8 T–4th
11
2011–
Pacific 11–19 6–10 T–6th
12
2012– NCAA Division I First
Pacific 22–13 13–5 2nd
13 Round

437*–
Pacific: 259–181
321

Total: 489–348

National champion Postseason invitational champion

Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament
champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

*Includes a win by forfeit over California in 1994–95.

Notes
1. "Timeline: Bob Thomason" (http://www.recordnet.com/article/20130309/A_MEDIA06/130309
892/0/wap). Recordnet.com. March 6, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
2. Thomason Announces Retirement Following 2012-13 Season - Pacific (http://pacifictigers.co
m/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/releases/20120521a30h3h)
 3. Pacific Tigers coach Bob Thomason to retire after 2012-13 season - ESPN (https://www.esp
n.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7956989)
4. "Bob Thomason" (http://www.collegeinsider.com/indy06/bob_thomason.html).
CollegeInsider.com. 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
5. "Bob Thomason" (http://www.collegehoopedia.com/coaches/bob-thomason).

External links
Pacific profile (http://pacifictigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/thomason_bob00.html)

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