Shawnee State Men's basketball

[BigBlueNation]

The Bears will be playing for the NAIA National Championship on Tuesday the 23rd.

[PVBearcat2012]

They just won the National Championship! So cool to watch on ESPN

[BigBlueNation]

Congrats to the bears.
Finished the season 31-2 won 27 straight.

[transplant]

Awesome accomplishment!!

[NellyWooden]

A big congratulations to coach Delano Thomas and the Shawnee State Bears men's basketball team for winning the NAIA national championship March 23rd 2021! Go Bears

[DUNKONE]

they wouoold be better with my boy coaching

[The Ghost of Swanker]

Howie would Lead SSU to the NBA FINALS

[trojandave]

Congratulations to the SSU Bears and Coach Thomas on their national championship. I have talked with Coach Thomas several times, and he is a genuinely class individual.

Southeastern Ohio has had a good year for national recognition, with Shawnee State winning the NAIA championship and Zach Loveday of Gallipolis winning a national title with Baylor.

[BigBlueNation]

I would say this will open up alot of doors for coach Thomas. I hope he stays. Coach Thomas is a great guy

[bbjunky81]

I would say this will open up alot of doors for coach Thomas. I hope he stays. Coach Thomas is a great guy

I think he'll be here for the short term but I'm not sure if he'll stay long if the right offers come along (nor should he).

I've talked with a reliable source at Shawnee and he told me that Shawnee is one of the lowest coaching pays you'll find in NAIA (around here anyway). I guess the coaching pay itself is somewhere around $12,000ish? Maybe a little more. But then typically you have some type of teaching job at the university to make more money.

But if another school comes calling and offers $50k+ just to coach, why wouldn't you take it?

Nonetheless, I'd like to see Shawnee do whatever they need to do to keep him at the helm because he obviously is worth every penny.

[BigBlueNation]

I would say this will open up alot of doors for coach Thomas. I hope he stays. Coach Thomas is a great guy

I think he'll be here for the short term but I'm not sure if he'll stay long if the right offers come along (nor should he).

I've talked with a reliable source at Shawnee and he told me that Shawnee is one of the lowest coaching pays you'll find in NAIA (around here anyway). I guess the coaching pay itself is somewhere around $12,000ish? Maybe a little more. But then typically you have some type of teaching job at the university to make more money.

But if another school comes calling and offers $50k+ just to coach, why wouldn't you take it?

Nonetheless, I'd like to see Shawnee do whatever they need to do to keep him at the helm because he obviously is worth every penny.

I hope they will be able to keep him.

[N2Hoops]

I recall one time hearing the Women's program didn't even have a paid assistant at one time.