The Nicholls Worth

Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Jamison Taylor Head football coach Jay Thomas has words with the referee concerning a questionable call during the Oct. 31st game against McNeese. Thomas will be released from his duties at Nicholls effective Nov. 27.

Nicholls State University officials announced today that head football coach Jay Thomas will be released from his duties effective Nov. 27. Thomas finished the 2009 season on a winning note as the Colonels defeated in-state rival Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night in Hammond.

Thomas held an overall record of 26-36 as head coach and led the Colonels to the Southland Conference Championship in 2005. After earning a 21-21 record through his first four years, the Colonels have gone 5-15 over the last two seasons and have not had a winning season in conference play since 2005.

The Colonels' only wins in the 2009 campaign came against Duquense (3-7), a winless Northwestern State (0-10) team and Southeastern Louisiana.

A search for a new head coach will begin immediately.

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