Pete Thomas - Football Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Pete Thomas

Title:
Quality Control Offense
Email:
petet@GoCards.com

Pete Thomas was elevated to quarterbacks coach in January 2021.

Thomas’ first season saw quarterback Malik Cunningham elevate his game to a different level. The signal caller became the second quarterback in school history to rush for 1,000 yards and also throw for 2,941 yards and 19 touchdowns.

Thomas has worked the last two years on Satterfield’s staff at Louisville as an offensive quality control coach. He assisted the last two seasons assisting the offensive line and was tabbed a 247Sports’ 2019 30-under-30 honoree as one of the top up-and-coming young coaches in college football.

The native of San Diego, Calif., has played an integral role in guiding a resurgence in the offense becoming one of only four schools in the country that has averaged both 200 yards rushing and passing over the last two seasons.

Last season, the Cardinals averaged 444.2 yards per game, including 200.0 yards and 21 touchdowns on the ground.
During the 2019 campaign, Thomas provided guidance to former offensive tackle Mekhi Becton, who was the No. 11 selection in the NFL Draft and translated that into a successful first season with the New York Jets.

Thomas assisted the offensive staff in game planning and was a key component in allowing the Cardinals to average 445.9 yards per game since Satterfield took over the program in 2019.

Before joining the Louisville staff, Thomas spent the previous two seasons working under Scott Satterfield at Appalachian State, as an offensive graduate assistant in 2017 and offensive quality control coach in 2018. He also served as the interim quarterbacks coach – calling the plays -- for the 2018 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, which the Mountaineers won 45-13 over Middle Tennessee.

Thomas spent a spring at Texas A&M Kingsville in addition to work at his alma mater Valhalla High School in El Cajon, Calif.

A quarterback during his playing career, Thomas started for three different FBS programs. His collegiate career began at Colorado State, where he started 21 games over the 2010-11 seasons. Thomas transferred to North Carolina State and redshirted the 2012 season before making six starts in 2013. He then closed out his collegiate career in 2014 at Louisiana Monroe. For his career, Thomas threw for more than 9,000 yards and 36 touchdowns, completing 61.7 percent of his passes.

Thomas, who graduated from NC State in 2014 with his bachelor’s degree in communications, played one season for the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League, throwing for over 2,000 yards and 43 touchdowns.