Thomas played for Ryedale-York and Barrow Raiders. His primary position was winger. While at Ryedale-York he coached the York u16's in the English schools Rugby League after gaining his level 2 coaching badge.
Coachingedit
After retiring from playing in 2001 Thomas joined Sheffield Eagles rugby league club as fitness conditioner staying in this role for 5 years. He left to join National League Two club Gateshead Thunder as head coach. During his two-season stay he took the club to the play-offs in both seasons. He left to go to Salford City Reds where he was a fitness conditioner. In 2008 he returned to Sheffield Eagles as Head of Youth Development and performance coach. Thomas was appointed head coach of Leicester Storm in 2013
Internationaledit
Dean was appointed coach for the West Indies in 2004. In 2009 he was appointed head coach of Jamaica where he coached them in the Atlantic cup, and the qualifiers for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup
Referencesedit
^"Rugby League: Leicester Storm coach Dean Thomas aims to get it right". Leicester Mercury.[permanent dead link]
External linksedit
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dean, thomas, rugby, league, dean, thomas, english, rugby, league, football, coach, former, player, coach, leicester, storm, conference, league, south, dean, thomaspersonal, informationborn, 1966, 1966, stoke, trent, staffordshire, englandheight6, weight15, pl. Dean Thomas is an English Rugby league football coach and former player He is the coach of the Leicester Storm in the Conference League South 1 Dean ThomasPersonal informationBorn 1966 05 10 10 May 1966 age 57 Stoke on Trent Staffordshire EnglandHeight6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Weight15 st 8 lb 99 kg Playing informationPositionWingClubYears Team Pld T G FG Pc1993 99 Ryedale York1999 01 Barrow RaidersTotal 0 0 0 0 0Coaching informationClubYears Team Gms W D L W 2005 06 Gateshead Thunder 42 19 1 22 452013 Leicester Storm 46 15 0 31 33Total 88 34 1 53 39RepresentativeYears Team Gms W D L W 2004 05 West Indies 1 1 0 0 1002009 11 Jamaica 6 2 0 4 33 Contents 1 Player 2 Coaching 3 International 4 References 5 External linksPlayer editThomas played for Ryedale York and Barrow Raiders His primary position was winger While at Ryedale York he coached the York u16 s in the English schools Rugby League after gaining his level 2 coaching badge Coaching editAfter retiring from playing in 2001 Thomas joined Sheffield Eagles rugby league club as fitness conditioner staying in this role for 5 years He left to join National League Two club Gateshead Thunder as head coach During his two season stay he took the club to the play offs in both seasons He left to go to Salford City Reds where he was a fitness conditioner In 2008 he returned to Sheffield Eagles as Head of Youth Development and performance coach Thomas was appointed head coach of Leicester Storm in 2013International editDean was appointed coach for the West Indies in 2004 In 2009 he was appointed head coach of Jamaica where he coached them in the Atlantic cup and the qualifiers for the 2013 Rugby League World CupReferences edit Rugby League Leicester Storm coach Dean Thomas aims to get it right Leicester Mercury permanent dead link External links editLeicester Storm website nbsp This English rugby league football biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dean Thomas rugby league amp oldid 1113425584, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,