Eric Thibault

				Position: Graduate Asssistant Experience: 2nd Season Alma Mater: Missouri '09

Eric Thibault is in his second year as a graduate assistant with the St. John's women's basketball program. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the team managers and practice players, assisting with film exchange and assisting other coaches when necessary.

Thibault adds both collegiate and professional coaching experience to the St. John's staff. He spent the 2009-10 season as a graduate assistant manager for the Missouri University women's basketball program and has assisted the WNBA's Connecticut Sun under head coach, and father, Mike Thibault since 2006. Helping on the sidelines for the Sun, Thibault prepared and developed scouting reports on the opposition while also contributing as a player on the practice squad. His WNBA experience also includes working as a statistician for ESPN/ABC broadcasts since 2004.

He has also coached at his alma mater, East Lyme High School, in 2008 and 2009.

Beyond the sidelines, Thibault worked as a blogger for the WNBA All-Star Game and for Team USA.

In December 2009, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in English, focusing in creative writing, and a minor in political science from Missouri University. Thibault is currently pursuing a master's degree in Sports Management while at St. John's.