Coaches
Cedric Thomas
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Cedric Thomas
Played at Mississippi Delta 1997-1998, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1999-2000
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Alcorn State | GA | GA | not known |
| 2002 | UT Martin | Position | RB | not known |
| 2003-2004 | Mississippi Delta | DC | DC | not known |
| 2005-2006 | Itawamba | Position | DB | not known |
| 2007-2011 | Mississippi Delta (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2012-2015 | Alcorn State | Position | DB | not known |
| 2016-2017 | Alcorn State (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2018-2019 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | Position | DB | Tim Billings |
| 2021 | Mississippi Delta | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2022-2023 | Alcorn State (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2022-2023 | Alcorn State | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | not known |
| 2024- | Alcorn State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alcorn State (FCS) | 6-6 | - → - | 114 | 71 | - | 64% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Alcorn State (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | 70 | 14 | - | 50% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Alcorn State (FCS) | 6-4 | - → - | 5 | 53 | - | 42% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | FCS | 2-9 |
| 2019 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2021 | Mississippi Delta | Junior college | 5-4 |
Worked under
- Tim Billings · Southern Miss 2020 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Blaine McCorkle · UT Martin 2002 · him Position, them Position
- Doc Gamble · Alcorn State 2012 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Jay Hopson · Alcorn State 2012-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Willie Simmons* · Alcorn State 2012-2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Fred McNair · Alcorn State 2013-2023 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Mickey Joseph · Alcorn State 2013 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Ryan Stanchek · Alcorn State 2014-2015 · him Position, them Position
- Derek Nicholson · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Shannon Harris · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Doc Gamble · Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2018-2019 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Jermaine Gales · Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2018-2019 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jon Bradley · Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Akeem Davis · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Jay Hopson · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Head coach
- Matt Kubik · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them OC
- Reed Stringer · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Rick Minter · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Analyst
- Ryan Stanchek · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Scotty Walden* · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Tim Billings · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Tony Pecoraro · Southern Miss 2020 · him Position, them DC
- Elliott Wratten · Alcorn State 2022-2023 · him DC, them OC
- Jon Bradley · Alcorn State 2022 · him DC, them DC, Position
- Quinn Gray · Alcorn State 2022 · him DC, them Position
- Deion Roberson · Alcorn State 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Derek Welch · Alcorn State 2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jermaine Gales · Alcorn State 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position