Dean Thomas (rugby league)

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Dean Thomas
Personal information
Born (1966-05-10) 10 May 1966 (age 58)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 8 lb (99 kg)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
c1993–99 Ryedale-York
1999–01 Barrow Raiders
Total00000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
200506 Gateshead Thunder 421912245
201316 Leicester Storm 461503133
Total883415339
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
200405 West Indies 1100100
200911 Jamaica 620433

Dean Thomas is an English Rugby league football coach and former player. He was the coach of the Leicester Storm in the Conference League South. [1]

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Player

Thomas played for Ryedale-York and Barrow Raiders. His primary position was winger. While at Ryedale-York he coached the York u16's in the English schools Rugby League after gaining his level 2 coaching badge.

Coaching

After retiring from playing in 2001 Thomas joined Sheffield Eagles rugby league club as fitness conditioner staying in this role for 5 years. He left to join National League Two club Gateshead Thunder as head coach. During his two-season stay he took the club to the play-offs in both seasons. He left to go to Salford City Reds where he was a fitness conditioner. In 2008 he returned to Sheffield Eagles as Head of Youth Development and performance coach. Thomas was appointed head coach of Leicester Storm in 2013

International

Dean was appointed coach for the West Indies in 2004. In 2009 he was appointed head coach of Jamaica where he coached them in the 2009 Atlantic Cup, [2] and the qualifiers for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup

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References

  1. "Rugby League: Leicester Storm coach Dean Thomas aims to get it right". Leicester Mercury.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Jamaica Announces Squad for USA game". Jamaica Rugby League. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.