Former Radford women's basketball assistant coach Corey Thomaston has accepted the LeTourneau head women's basketball coaching job and will start on July 2.
Thomaston becomes the fourth head coach in the program's history. Previously, he has served as an assistant women's coach for at Division I Radford from 2002-07. He was a key component is helping turn the Radford program around and reaching the Big South Championship game for the first time in 11 seasons.
"This is the type of opportunity that I have been preparing for," said Thomaston. "I am elated to be stepping into a program that is young, but is ready to grow. It is going to be a great challenge, but one that I am looking forward to taking on. I am especially excited about working in the Christian environment that LeTourneau has to offer."
Thomaston assumed many different roles at Radford under coach Jeri Porter. He began as a recruiting director who worked with the guards and continued to add more duties. He assisted with the introduction of Porter's �Next Level' basketball camp and began to reestablish Radford's alumni base. In 2005-06, he started to work with the post players and he has had three players earn All-Conference recognition and a Defensive Player of the Year honor. His post players have continually ranked in the top five in the conference in most key statistics.
In addition to his on court coaching expertise, Thomaston has also shown a strong ability to recruit excellent players. His first three recruiting classes at RU produced five members of the Big South Conference All-Freshman Team, including the 2005 Freshman of the Year.
Thomaston takes over a LadyJacket program that is coming off a 4-21 season and has not had a winning season since 2002-03 when the team went 15-13 and advanced to its only American Southwest Conference tournament.
“I am pleased that Corey has decided to jump on board at LeTourneau,” said athletic director Duane Trogdon. “He brings the credentials and enthusiasm needed to succeed here and I am looking forward to watching him work.”
Before coaching at Radford, Thomaston served as an assistant coach at North Alabama for two years under Porter.
Thomaston graduated from UNA in 1999 with a bachelor of science degree in communications and earned a master's in health and physical education from North Alabama in 2002.