Jim Thomas has been
the Madison Area Technical College head golf coach since the
2001-02 season. In addition
to coaching MATC Golf, Thomas is the general manager and head
golf professional at The
Bridges Golf Course.
During the 2006-07 season, Coach Thomas led the WolfPack golfers to conference, state and region titles for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The team advanced to the NJCAA Divison III Golf Championships in Chautauqua, NY, placing sixth. MATC golfer, Paul Jacobsen, shot a four-round total of 294 to finish as the national runners-up.
Coach Thomas’ philosophy of
teaching golfers to play within themselves by playing smart
golf and managing the course continues to help MATC golfers achieve tremendous success. His teams have acheived the highest
national finish in MATC golf program history, not once, but twice. At the NJCAA
Golf Championships in Chautauqua, NY, MATC has placed second
in the nation in two consecutive years (2002-03 & 2003-04).His team's achievements have resulted in Thomas being named NJCAA Region XIII coach-of-the-year honors three times (2002, 2003, 2006) and WJCAA state coach-of-the-year honors six times (2001-2006).
Coach Thomas was a three-time state tournament qualifier
in golf for L.P. Goodrich High School. He turned pro before
his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After college he became the head golf professional at Minocqua
Country Club at a young 23 years old.
Thomas was born in
Fond du Lac, WI. He received his B.S. degree from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison
in 1988. His wife’s name is Susan and they have four
children, Jordyn, Brady, Alexis, and Chandon. |
