| Roy K. Thomas | |
| Birth Date: | 16 June 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Lime Lake, Leelanau County, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Northport, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Olivet College (B.A., 1909) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1905–1908 |
| Player Team2: | Olivet |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1905–1908 |
| Player Team4: | Olivet |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1909–1911 |
| Coach Team2: | Fairmount |
| Coach Years3: | 1913 |
| Coach Team3: | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1909–1912 |
| Coach Team5: | Fairmount |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1909–1912 |
| Coach Team7: | Fairmount |
| Overall Record: | 17–15–2 |
| Awards: | Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame (1972) |
Roy Kehl Thomas (June 16, 1887 – May 23, 1977) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach. He was the seventh head football coach at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—serving for three seasons, from 1909 to 1911, and compiling a record of 15–8–2. Thomas coached the football team at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1913.[1]
Thomas was born on June 16, 1887, at Lime Lake in Leelanau County, Michigan. He attended Olivet College—now known as University of Olivet—in Olivet, Michigan, where he captained the football and basketball teams, and was a record-setting distance runner. Thomas earned Bachelor of Arts and Legum Doctor degree from Olivet and did post-graduate work at the University of Chicago Law School.[2] Thomas was hired as the physical director at Fairmount in 1909, succeeding Willis Bates.[3] [4] In 1913, he was named football, basketball, and baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan, succeeding M. B. Banks.[5]
Thomas later practiced law and was a trust officer for City National Bank in Chicago. He died on May 23, 1977, at Leelanau Memorial Hospital in Northport, Michigan, following a long illness.[2]