Gett Thomas, a Vernon Parish native and graduate of Pickering High School, has been named the new boys’ basketball coach at Anacoco High School.

Thomas spent the last five years as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Oakdale High.  Thomas was an assistant coach for one year on the Northwestern State University basketball staff.  He began his coaching path as an assistant football coach at Pickering for five years.

Thomas compiled a 90-44 record at Oakdale, including four straight district titles and back- to-back quarterfinal appearances in the playoffs.  He was named District Coach of the Year four years in a row.  The Pickering graduate earned his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration from LSU and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Louisiana Christian University (LC/Pineville).

Thomas and his wife, Leslie, are expecting their first child next month.  Congratulations on both counts from the staff of the Vernon Parish Journal.