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Ricky Thomas

1965–

United States

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Ricky L. Thomas (born March 29, 1965) is an American former football coach and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama. Following a brief stint in the NFL as a player with the Seattle Seahawks, he began a long coaching career spanning thirty years spent at the high school, college, and NFL level, including time coaching for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, with whom he earned a championship ring following the team's win in Super Bowl XLI. Following the conclusion of his coaching career in 2018, he returned to serve in an administrative role for The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was the head coach between 1992 and 1996.

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