ATLANTA, Ga. – Morehouse College Interim Athletic Director, Javarro Edwards, has announced the promotion of Dr. Phillip Thomas as the school's Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations announced earlier this month.

Thomas, a former student-athlete on the Maroon Tiger football team in 1996 and 1997, will oversee the internal operations of the athletic department which include administration, game management and operations, budget review while also having sport supervision of the football, baseball, track & field and cross country teams.

He has over 20 years of experience working part-time with the Morehouse football program in many different capacities. Thomas currently serves as the Director of Football Operations while also coaching the specialist. Through the many dedicated years to the maroon and white he has also served as running backs coach, special teams, academic and recruiting coordinator, as well as overseeing the equipment operations for the Maroon Tigers.

Along with his duties at Morehouse, Thomas is an Adjunct Professor at Belhaven University and has been an educator in the Atlanta Public School System since 2013. Prior to working in APS, Thomas taught in the Fulton County School system between two stops in the Dekalb Country School District.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, he arrived at Morehouse after serving in the United States Air Force where he worked in air transportation, logistics management and in information systems in various duty stations as Japan, South Korea, Texas, Florida, Arizona, California, South Carolina and finally Georgia before retiring in 2008 after 20 years of service.  

Thomas graduated from Morehouse with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration in 1999 before earning a Master of Arts in public administration from Troy State University in 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Capella University in 2017.