Jerry Wainwright | Lamar Butler | Dave Corzine
Gary DeCesare | Tom Kleinschmidt | Craig Shaman
 Barron Thelmon | Scott Wainwright | Ramon Williams

A former player for Jerry Wainwright, Barron Thelmon is in his first season at DePaul as an Assistant Director of Basketball Operations.

A native of Chicago, Thelmon spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant at UNC-Wilmington.

Prior to joining the Seahawks, Thelmon was an assistant coach at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, N.C. in 2002-03 and returned as a volunteer assistant coach from 2006-08. He assisted with coaching, scouting and developing offensive and defensive schemes. Individually, he worked with the perimeter players, conducted skill workouts and monitored academic progress.

Before joining the coaching ranks, Thelmon spent three seasons playing professionally in the Xtreme Basketball Association (2002), the National Basketball Developmental League (2003) and the Ontario Basketball Association (2004).

As a collegiate player Thelmon started his career at Indian Hills Community College where he helped the Warriors to a combined record of 76-1, and winning a pair of national titles over his two seasons (1997-99). He then moved on to UNC Wilmington where he played for Wainwright for two seasons and served as a co-captain during his senior campaign. With Thelmon on the roster the Seahawks won 37 games, made appearances in both the NCAA Tournament and NIT and won the Colonial Athletic Association Conference title in 2000.

As prep, Thelmon was a standout guard for coach Mike Oliver at Chicago’s Curie High School, where he earned all–city honors as a senior.

Thelmon earned an Associate’s Degree from Indian Hills in 1999, his Bachelor’s Degree from UNC Wilmington in 2001 and then returned to the school to earn his Master’s last spring.