| 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) | |
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).
Thomas attended Seward County Community CollegeinLiberal, 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]
Thomas 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]
| 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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