Coaching/Announcing Career In 2009, Thomas became the men's basketball head coach at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Illinois. In April 2014, Thomas was named as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Illinois-Chicago. In 2016, he was hired by Fighting Illini Sports Network to call men's basketball games with Doug Altenberger. Personal life Thomas is now an Israeli citizen, and is married to an Israeli. Honors High school 1988 - IHSA 1st Team All-State 1988 - IHSA State Tournament All-Tournament Team 1989 - IHSA 1st Team All-State 1989 - Parade Magazine 1st Team All-American 1989 - McDonald's All-American 1989 - Illinois Mr. Basketball 2015 - Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player. College 1991 - 3rd Team All-Big Ten 1992 - Illini Team Co-Captain 1992 - Illini MVP 1992 - 2nd Team All-Big Ten 1993 - Illini Team Co-Captain 1993 - Illini MVP 1993 - 2nd Team All-Big Ten 1994 - Illini Team Co-Captain 1994 - Illini MVP 1994 - 2nd Team All-Big Ten 1994 - Honorable Mention All American 2004 - Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team". 2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history. 2019 - Inducted into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame College statistics University of Illinois * All-time leader in University of Illinois history References http://www.lc.cc.il.us/media/63181/release-deon%20thomas%2009.pdf External links Bruce Pearl's memo to the NCAA Deon Thomas' player page at EuroBasket Living people 1971 births Liga ACB players African-American basketball players American emigrants to Israel American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American men's basketball players Baloncesto Málaga players Basketball players from Chicago Bàsquet Manresa players CB Girona players CB Gran Canaria players Real Betis Baloncesto players Centers (basketball) Dallas Mavericks draft picks Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. players Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball announcers Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball players Israeli American Israeli men's basketball players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli people of African-American descent Maccabi Givat Shmuel players Maccabi Haifa B.C. players Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players McDonald's High School All-Americans Naturalized citizens of