In this task, you will be presented with a text, a pronoun from the text, and two candidate names. You should determine what the pronoun refers to and classify the answers into A, B, or Neither. A and B here are referring to option A and option B. Position of the pronoun in the text is showed within two "_"s.

On June 6, 2016, information came out that assistant Steve Thomas was not returning next season. The Lightning decided not to renew his contract with the club. Thomas had been on Cooper's staff since the 2013-14 season, and with the organization since 2010, when _he_served as a player development coordinator (2010--12). <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Thomas <sep>, B: Cooper
A