Ahmad Thomas

Director of Recruiting Ahmad Thomas is in his first season with the University of Virginia men’s basketball program.

The Danville, Va., native spent the past two seasons (2023-25) at VCU as head coach Ryan Odom’s coordinator of player development.

Thomas helped VCU to a 52-21 record and an appearance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. VCU finished 28-7, won the Atlantic-10 Tournament and shared the A-10 regular-season championship in 2024-25. VCU’s Max Shulga earned A-10 Player of the Year honors and Jack Clark was the A-10 Tournament MVP. In 2023-24, the Rams advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and finished with a 24-14 record.

Thomas spent the 2022-23 season at UNC Greensboro, where he served as director of recruiting and development. His efforts helped the Spartans to a 20-12 mark, including a 14-4 conference record. Thomas was the associate head coach of Team Loaded North Carolina, a premier grassroots basketball program. His primary responsibilities with Team Loaded NC included coaching, recruiting, player development, organization and travel logistics.

From 2015-18, Thomas was a four-year standout for UNC Asheville, where he finished his career as the only player in Big South men’s basketball history with 1,500 points (1,626), 700 rebounds (705), 250 steals (251) and 250 assists (256). Thomas still ranks as the all-time leader in steals for the Bulldogs. He was the two-time Big South Defensive Player of the Year and two-time first team All-Big South performer.

Thomas played three years of professional basketball overseas in Luxembourg, England, Finland, and Canada before returning to North Carolina to begin working with Team Loaded NC.