COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Black Hills State men's basketball head coach, Ryan Thompson was nabbed as the 2021-22 RMAC Coach of the Year Wednesday morning.

Coach Thompson has now been named top coach in the RMAC two of the last three seasons and twice in his four years leading the Yellow Jackets.

This season he has led the Yellow Jackets to an overall record of 20-7 so far and 17-4 in the conference as the team now gears up for the RMAC Tournament Semifinals for their second straight year.

The program has also began to attract national attention, receiving votes on the national polls for the first time in its history.

The Yellow Jackets have received votes on national NCAA MBB Polls four times, most recently receiving six votes on the NABC Coaches Poll on Feb. 27 after receiving one vote on the NABC Coaches Poll on Feb. 21, four votes on the Jan. 31 D2SIDA poll, and two votes on the Jan. 2 NABC Coaches Poll.

He has led BHSU to the RMAC Tournament all four years as head coach, and has a record of 69-34 over that stretch, good for a .670 winning percentage.

It is now also the second time in three seasons that Coach Thompson has led his team to an RMAC Regular Season Championship, also finishing atop the league in the 2019-20 season, tied with Dixie State.