LEXINGTON, S.C. — One day after his hiring was approved by the Lexington One School Board, Willie Thomas was on the campus at White Knoll High School where he was formally introduced as the team's new head boys basketball coach.
Thomas comes to White Knoll after six season as the head coach at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School where in 2022, he led the Bruins to the Class 3A state championship.
The 35-year head coaching veteran was two state titles at Bowman and a trio of titles at Holly Hill-Roberts.
A member of the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Thomas is scheduled to be inducted into the South Carolina Coaches Association Hall of Fame in August.