Charles Thomas 
Mens Assistant Coach
Long time basketball coach and native of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Charles Thomas joined the staff of the Giants men's basketball program last year.
 
With a passionate philosophy of working hard and an acute attention to all details, Coach Thomas channels a dy-namic coaching style and has fostered the development of the basketball student-athletes on and off the basketball floor for over 36 years.
 
As a respected and innovative teacher of the game, Coach Thomas spent 17 years as head men's basketball coach at San Francisco State, where he was twice named Coach-of-the-Year in the Northern California Athletic Con-ference. Coach Thomas was also an outstanding player at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and was selected to the NCAA Division I All-South Team in 1974.
 
He earned a bachelor's of science degree in recreation and a minor in physical education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1978.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bud Werner 
Mens Assistant Coach
Bud, a graduate of Adams State College, is a famil-iar face to COS basketball fans. He has been a member of coach Smith's staff since beginning in the Program Op-erations position six seasons ago. Along the way, Bud has accepted several administrative duties such as travel coor-dination, statistical evaluation and game management to help the Giant program. Bud is a vital component in the Giants' success, and his "whatever it takes to help" attitude is sincerely appreciated by players, coaches and adminis-trators. Bud retired as a wildlands firefighter in 2001 after 30 years of duty and has made a true impact behind the scenes for Smith and the Giants since coming on board.
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