Following the conclusion of the 2024-25 seasons, Scott Thomas announced he was retiring as head coach of the Maryville men's and women's golf teams. He will remain on staff as an assistant coach. Prior to the start of the 2019-20 season, Thomas was promoted to head coach for both the Saints men’s and women’s golf teams. He had served as the assistant coach for both programs since 2015.
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Thomas helped lead the Saints men’s team to three straight NCAA Tournaments and the 2019 Great Lakes Valley Conference championship, and he guided the women's team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2025.. He has coached three All-GLVC selections, one Freshman of the Year and one All-Midwest selection. The Saints have garnered four individual Academic All-American awards and two team Academic All-America honors. For the women’s team, Thomas helped Carmen Villaverde earn a berth to the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf East Regional and All-GLVC honors in 2019. The Saints women have been awarded the WGCA All-Scholar Team Award three times and 13 individual selections.
As a player, Thomas had a successful career as an amateur golfer at the local, state and national levels. He has won the Missouri Amateur, Missouri Mid-Amateur, and Missouri Senior Amateur Championship, St. Louis District Men’s and Senior Championship, and the Metropolitan Senior Amateur Championship. He was named the 1992 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Amateur Player of the Year and the 2008 Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Senior Player of the Year. Thomas has competed in six R&A Amateur Championships and 12 USGA Championships.
Thomas is a Certified Mental Game Coaching Professional and Chairman of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Advisory Committee. He is a 1981 graduate of St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn. Thomas played four seasons for the Huskies men’s golf team, the last two years as team captain.
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