CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Ronnie Thomas (basketball)

American basketball coach (born 1992)

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ133544878 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ronnie Thomas (born July 6, 1992) is an American basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Longwood Lancers men's basketball team.

Career

Thomas played college basketball at Bridgewater College. After playing one season semi-professionally for the Ulster Elks, he joined the coaching staff at Guilford College as an assistant. After five seasons as a coach at Guilford, Thomas became the director of recruiting and program development at Longwood University. One year later, he was promoted to an assistant coach role with the Lancers.

On March 23, 2025, Thomas was named the next head coach at Longwood, replacing Griff Aldrich.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ronnie Thomas (basketball)” as american basketball coach (born 1992). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992-06-06. The account is most persuasive where Ronnie, Thomas and basketball can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as american basketball coach (born 1992). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q133544878. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1992 and 2025.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ronnie Thomas (basketball)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ronnie Thomas (basketball) primary sources, Ronnie Thomas (basketball) archive and Ronnie research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ronnie Thomas (basketball)”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Ronnie Thomas (basketball)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.