J-Bob Thomas

Biography

J-Bob Thomas completed his 13th season as the recruiting coordinator/assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2025. Thomas works primarily with the Red Raider catchers and assists with the team’s hitters, and serves as the third base coach. In 2025, Thomas completed his 20th season in collegiate baseball and his 13th on head coach Tim Tadlock’s coaching staff at Texas Tech. He was named recruiting coordinator/assistant coach with the Red Raiders on June 20, 2012, less than two weeks after Tadlock was named the ninth head coach in program history. Known as a tireless worker and as one of the top recruiters in college baseball, Thomas has proven his abilities early and often throughout his career at Tech. He was recognized as the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year in 2017 and by Perfect Game in September 2015 as one of 10 coaches nationally “who are everywhere recruiting.” Thomas has help recruit and sign 16 Freshman All-America selections and 15 total All-Americans. Throughout his time in Lubbock, the Red Raiders have had at least one player earn Freshman or regular All-American honors every season. The Red Raiders posted 45-win seasons for four consecutive years from 2016-19, combining for 183 victories over that span which is the most for Tech since 1995-98. Due to the work of Thomas and the staff, Tech has enjoyed an incredible stretch of four College World Series appearances in the last eight contested seasons and three of the last six Big 12 Championships. To date,