Colorado State University Pueblo

Thomas Pearson is entering his first season with the ThunderWolves as the program's co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.

Pearson comes to CSU Pueblo after spending the past two seasons at the University of Central Oklahoma, where he served as the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Bronchos. 

Pearson brought 13 years of collegiate coaching experience to UCO from Gannon (Pa.) University, where he spent the last three seasons working with the defense. He also spent six years before that at Ottawa University in Kansas.
 
Pearson was a student-assistant coach for Ottawa in 2010 and a graduate assistant for Bethel University in Tennessee in 2012 and 2013 before landing his first full-time coaching job at Orange Coast College in California, where he worked for two years before returning to Ottawa.
 
Career highlights include coaching four all-conference linebackers at OCC and two at Bethel, including a preseason All-American. At Ottawa, he coached 37 All-KCAC picks and three All-Americans. He guided the Ottawa Braves defense that led the KCAC in interceptions while ranking second in sacks after ranking third in both total defense and scoring defense in 2018, when the team went 8-2.
 
At Gannon, Pearson helped turn the team around with a defensive-minded force that helped Gannon tie for first in the PSAC West division with an 8-3 record in 2021. The numbers dropped significantly on the defensive side of the ball, with Pearson’s bunch going from allowing 29 points per game down to just 21 points per game.
 
He guided the defense that posted 33 sacks in one season, ranking among the best in the country. Pearson also worked with special teams at Gannon and led the group that blocked four kicks in one season (2021), knocking back two field goals and two punts.
 
Pearson earned his undergraduate degree from Ottawa (2009) and his master’s degree from Bethel (2013). Pearson earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, and earned a master’s degree in secondary education.
 
He is married (Nicole) and has twin boys (Thomas III and Jackson) and one daughter (Zoe).