Football
- Title:
- Assistant Director, Broadcast and Video Production
- Email:
- jthomas@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-758-9737
James Thomas enters his third year as an assistant director of broadcast and video production for Pitt football.
Thomas joins the Panthers following a stint with Georgia Tech (2022-23), where he worked as a visual content producer for the Yellow Jackets’ football program. He had a focus on in-game presentation, producing video content for the boards at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
During his time in Atlanta, he also served as a social media content creative and video editor for the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl.
Prior to Georgia Tech, he was a video production and creative content graduate assistant working with each of the 18 intercollegiate athletics programs at Mercer University (2021).
His Pitt appointment marks a return home for Thomas, who graduated from nearby Sto-Rox High School.
Thomas matriculated to Bethany College, where he was a member of the football program and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and media arts.
While an undergraduate at Bethany, he interned with Pittsburgh’s historic WAMO Radio.
Beyond the Bio
Favorite sports moment at Pitt?
Kenny Picket coming in and beating #2 Miami.
What do I love most about working in athletics?
The culture of great people that I get to work around and still being able to be connected in sports and more specifically with my role being able to capture the timeless moments in sports history.
If you could have dinner with any 3 people who would it be?
Drake, Lebron, Nick Saban: all the influential record-breaking people in their respective fields just to pick their brains.
