Daryl Thomas (May 25, 1965 – March 28, 2018) was an American basketball player and coach from Chicago, Illinois.

Thomas scored 20 points and notably made the pass to Keith Smart, whose buzzer-beating shot gave the Hoosiers a one-point victory over Syracuse.

Knight called Thomas' decision to pass the ball to Smart, who had a better shot, "the greatest single play I ever had a kid make.

He did not make the team and instead played professionally for 13 seasons in the UK, Poland and Dominican Republic.

[3] In later years Thomas was a basketball coach at Montini Catholic High School near Chicago.