BREAKING: Bernard Thomas new Cass football coach
Published 10:24 pm Monday, June 28, 2010
CASSOPOLIS – The Cassopolis Board of Education named former Dowagiac coach Bernard Thomas as the replacement for Andy Hubbard, who resigned earlier this year.
The board voted Monday night at its meeting to offer the job to Thomas.
Thomas, a Cassopolis High School graduate, who attended Western Michigan University on a football scholarship, previously coached 15 seasons in Dowagiac.
He went 109-39 at the helm of the Chieftain program, which he took over in 1988.
Dowagiac won the Class BB state championship in 1990 and made numerous appearances in the post season under Thomas, including a trip to the 1996 state semifinals after winning its first 11 games.
Thomas coached more games that anyone else in Dowagiac. His 109 wins is by far the most ever in the storied program and his .736 winning percentage is third all-time behind Denny Dock, who he replaced, and the late George Werner.
Thomas taught social studies at the Dowagiac Middle School until announcing his retirement this past spring.