Horizontal Jumps Graduation Program - James Thomas

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At Texas Tech...
1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
6 NCAA Champions
66 All-Americans
193 Points at NCAA Championships
47 School Record Performances
24 Individual Big 12 Champions
USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men's Assistant of the Year (2014 Indoor, 2014 Outdoor, 2015 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women's Assistant of the Year (2015 Outdoor, 2016 Indoor, 2018 Indoor, 2018 Outdoor, 2019 Indoor)

Now through seven years at Texas Tech, James Thomas has redefined success as the head of the men’s and women’s jumps and combined event groups.   A veteran coach of 16 years with a keen eye for talent; Thomas is one of the nations best recruiters and has used this skill to develop the Red Raider jumpers and multi’s into one of the NCAA’s best. Thomas’ athletes have forged a full on assault into the Texas Tech record books since he took over in 2013, amassing a total of 143 entries into the All-Time performance list, including an unprecedented 44 entries during the 2017 season alone.

Texas Tech File By the Numbers
- 6 National Champions
- 15 National Team Members
- 66 NCAA All-Americans
- 16 Individual Big-12 Conference champions
- 47 School record performances
- 131 All-Big 12 Performances
- 8 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors
- 7 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Athlete of the Year honors
- 24 Student-Athlete 4.0 academic semesters
- 175 All-Time top-10 performance list additions
- 13 Big-12 Athlete of the Week Recipients

Kentucky File By the Numbers (2007-2012)
- 3 SEC Champions
- 14 All-SEC Performances (Top-3 finishers)
- 12 All-Americans
- 30 NCAA National Qualifiers
- 18 School Record Performances
- 74 All-time top-10 performance list additions
- 16 Student-Athlete 4.0 academic semesters
- 1 SEC Athlete of the year award winner
- 5 SEC Athlete of the Week Awards

TCU File By the Numbers (2005-2006)
- 1 Conference Champion
- 6 All-Conference Performances (Top-3 finishers)
- 2 School record performances
- 11 All-Top top-10 performance list additions
- 1 Student-Athlete 4.0 academic semesters

Sam Houston State File By the Numbers
- 1 NCAA Qualifier
- 1 Southland Conference Champion
- 7 All-Southland Conference Performances (Top-3 finishers)
- 3 School record performances
- 17 All-Time top-5 performances list additions
- 3 Student-Athletes 4.0 academic semesters