Tom Fleenor enters his third season at Thomas University in 2021-22, and his 29th year overall coaching in the college ranks. He carries an overall record of 421-284 (.597). Fleenor came to Thomasville after a successful six-year stint at NCAA DII Lenoir-Rhyne University. He won more games in his first five years than any baseball coach in LR history. In 2016, the Bears collected 33 wins, which was the second highest total for a single season, and only the fifth time the LR program had reached the 30-win plateau. Eight players signed professional contracts in Fleenor’s tenure at Lenoir-Rhyne, six of those taken in the MLB draft. Fleenor got his first head coaching position at USC Sumter in 2007 where he started the junior college program. He finished his time there with a 242-103 record, which included two Region 10 Championships and Coach of the Year honors in 2009 and 2011. The 2009 team would finish with a 52-11 record and a final ranking of No. 3 in the nation. His USC Sumter teams averaged 42 wins a year and never won less than 37 games in a single season. Prior to his head coaching career, Fleenor served as an assistant at Cleveland State Community College, Ole Miss, Rollins and USC Upstate. He also managed for 10 summers in various wood bat collegiate leagues. Those stops included the Northwoods League, Coastal Plain League and New York Collegiate League. His Rochester Honkers captured the Northwoods League title in 1999. Fleenor has coached 125 players that have been drafted professionally, with 17 reaching the Major League level. A 1993 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan, Fleenor was an infielder for the Bulldogs. He was inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. Fleenor resides in Thomasville with his two children, Anna (19) and Bradley (21).
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