WEST DES MOINES — Things haven’t gone entirely smoothly for Matt Thomas in his first two years at Iowa State. Even when things were at there worst, though, Thomas could always count on one person in the Iowa State men’s program to have his back both publically and behind the scenes.
Now, Fred Hoiberg is coaching a few hundred miles east, but Thomas isn’t without an advocate on the coaching staff with the return of assistant T.J. Otzelberger.
“Me and T.J. go way back,” Thomas said this week at the Capital City League. “He’s a mentor to me in my life.