| Cedric Thomas | |
| Current Title: | Head Coach |
| Current Team: | Alcorn State |
| Current Conference: | SWAC |
| Current Record: | 0–0 |
| Player Years1: | 1997–1998 |
| Player Team1: | Mississippi Delta |
| Player Years2: | 1999–2000 |
| Player Team2: | Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back |
| Coach Years1: | 2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Alcorn State (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002 |
| Coach Team2: | UT–Martin (RB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team3: | Mississippi Delta (DC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team4: | Itawamba (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2007–2011 |
| Coach Team5: | Mississippi Delta (DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2012–2015 |
| Coach Team6: | Alcorn State (DB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team7: | Alcorn State (DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2018–2019 |
| Coach Team8: | Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
| Coach Years9: | 2020 |
| Coach Team9: | Southern Miss (DB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2021 |
| Coach Team10: | Mississippi Delta |
| Coach Years11: | 2022–2023 |
| Coach Team11: | Alcorn State (DC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team12: | Alcorn State |
| Overall Record: | 8–14 (college) 5–4 (junior college) |
Cedric Thomas is an American college football coach and former player. He is the Head Coach at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi, a position he has held since December 2023. Thomas previously served as the defensive coordinator at Alcorn State and was appointed to the Head Coach position after the resignation of long-time coach Fred McNair. Thomas served as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff from 2018 to 2019 and Mississippi Delta Community College in 2021. Thomas played college football at Arkansas–Pine Bluff, before graduating in 2001.
The former MDCC and UAPB standout earned an Associate of Arts degree from MDCC in 1998, a bachelor's degree in recreation in 2001 from UAPB, and a master's degree in administration from Alcorn State in 2015.
The former East Side High School graduate is married to Kelunda, and the couple has one daughter, Loegan. Thomas also has a son, Cedric Jr.