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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Men's Basketball
Gray, Thomas
Thomas Gray
- Title:
- Coordinator of Operations
- E-mail:
- tjgray@olemiss.edu
- Phone:
- 662-915-7534
- Alma Mater:
- Mississippi College (2009)
Thomas Gray, who spent four seasons as the head coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College, is in his third season as the team’s coordinator of operations.
In his role with the Rebels, Gray manages the day-to-day operations of the Ole Miss men’s basketball program. Specific duties include coordinating team travel, organizing summer camps and monitoring the budget.
Gray compiled a 61-39 record in four years at Southwest Mississippi C.C., guiding the Bears to the NJCAA Region 23 semifinals in each of his final two seasons. During his tenure, Gray coached 15 players that went on to earn NCAA Division I scholarships, the most of any Region 23 team over the last four years. Student-athletes excelled on and off the court under Gray’s tutelage with all but two holding grade point averages that exceeded 3.0 throughout his time as Southwest’s head coach.
In 2017-18, Southwest got off to its best start in more than 20 years by winning 12 of its first 13 games. Gray led the Bears to their third straight season of at least 17 wins, the first time Southwest accomplished that feat in three decades. The season was highlighted by the largest comeback in college basketball history. Down 34 points against Pearl River with 14 minutes left, the Bears rallied to win, breaking a 68-year old record set by Duke (32 points vs. Tulane) in 1950. During the 2016-17 campaign, Southwest finished runner-up in the MACJC South Division, the highest division finish since 2001, with an 18-9 record.
His team was named the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Academic Team of the Year for the second consecutive year with a team GPA of 3.59, the second-highest cumulative GPA in the history of NJCAA Men’s Basketball. The Bears became the first MACJC men’s basketball team to ever win the award in 2015-16, boasting a 3.42 GPA. In just his second season as Southwest head coach, Gray led the Bears to a MACJC State Championship for the first time in 53 years.
After spending three seasons as an assistant at SMCC, Gray was named assistant coach at UT Martin until he got the call back to Summit to become the school's head coach. He began working in the college basketball world as a graduate assistant at Mississippi College, where he earned his master’s degree in 2011. Gray also attended Mississippi College as an undergraduate, collecting a bachelor’s degree in 2009.
Gray and his wife, Ashley, reside in Oxford. They have a daughter, Charlotte, born in the spring of 2020.
In his role with the Rebels, Gray manages the day-to-day operations of the Ole Miss men’s basketball program. Specific duties include coordinating team travel, organizing summer camps and monitoring the budget.
Gray compiled a 61-39 record in four years at Southwest Mississippi C.C., guiding the Bears to the NJCAA Region 23 semifinals in each of his final two seasons. During his tenure, Gray coached 15 players that went on to earn NCAA Division I scholarships, the most of any Region 23 team over the last four years. Student-athletes excelled on and off the court under Gray’s tutelage with all but two holding grade point averages that exceeded 3.0 throughout his time as Southwest’s head coach.
In 2017-18, Southwest got off to its best start in more than 20 years by winning 12 of its first 13 games. Gray led the Bears to their third straight season of at least 17 wins, the first time Southwest accomplished that feat in three decades. The season was highlighted by the largest comeback in college basketball history. Down 34 points against Pearl River with 14 minutes left, the Bears rallied to win, breaking a 68-year old record set by Duke (32 points vs. Tulane) in 1950. During the 2016-17 campaign, Southwest finished runner-up in the MACJC South Division, the highest division finish since 2001, with an 18-9 record.
His team was named the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Academic Team of the Year for the second consecutive year with a team GPA of 3.59, the second-highest cumulative GPA in the history of NJCAA Men’s Basketball. The Bears became the first MACJC men’s basketball team to ever win the award in 2015-16, boasting a 3.42 GPA. In just his second season as Southwest head coach, Gray led the Bears to a MACJC State Championship for the first time in 53 years.
After spending three seasons as an assistant at SMCC, Gray was named assistant coach at UT Martin until he got the call back to Summit to become the school's head coach. He began working in the college basketball world as a graduate assistant at Mississippi College, where he earned his master’s degree in 2011. Gray also attended Mississippi College as an undergraduate, collecting a bachelor’s degree in 2009.
Gray and his wife, Ashley, reside in Oxford. They have a daughter, Charlotte, born in the spring of 2020.
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