Background
Thomas, David M. was born on December 19, 1961 in Greenville, Mississippi, United States.
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David M. Thomas
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Rhodes College (Bachelor of Arts, 1984). University of Southern Mississippi (Master of Business Administration, 1985). Tulane University (Juris Doctor, 1988).
Career
Thomas was the only manager in the club's history and managed the team for 15 years. He also managed Kettering Town. Thomas was a professional football player with Wimbledon, Tampereen Ilves, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Northampton Town and Notts County.
While at Notts County, he was club captain and played twice at Wembley Stadium. His first managerial post was with Bedworth United, his hometown club. In 1997 he became newly-formed Hinckley United's first manager.
He led the club to the Southern Football League Western Division championship in the 2000–01 season and the second round in December 2001 and December 2004. Thomas resigned as manager on 10 October 2012. In his 15 years with the club, he managed the club in 972 games.
Thomas took over as manager of Kettering Town of the Southern League Division One Central at the beginning of the 2013–14 season. He lost most of his first games, but eventually pulled together results, going 21 games unbeaten. The Poppies finished in 3rd place, thus qualifying for the play-offs.
They beat Daventry Town 1–0 in the semi-final and progressed to the play-off final against Slough Town in the final. Kettering took a two-goal lead in the final but ultimately lost 3–2. In May 2014, Thomas announced that he was stepping down as Kettering Town FC manager.
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Membership
Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section). Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Capital Area Human Resources Association. (Resident, Jackson, Mississippi Office).
