Butch Thompson (baseball)

Butch Thompson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAuburn
ConferenceSEC
Record283–212–1
Annual salary$570,000[1]
Biographical details
Born (1970-12-15) December 15, 1970 (age 53)
Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1990Itawamba Community College
1991–1992Birmingham–Southern
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993Huntingdon (Asst.)
1994–1996Birmingham–Southern (Asst.)
1997Jefferson State
1998–2001Birmingham–Southern (Asst.)
2002–2005Georgia (Asst.)
2006–2008Auburn (Asst.)
2009–2015Mississippi State (Asst.)
2016–presentAuburn
Head coaching record
Overall283–212–1 (NCAA)
39–21 (NJCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 College World Series appearances (2019, 2022)
Awards
American Baseball Coaches Association Assistant Coach of The Year (2014)

Butch Thompson (born December 15, 1970) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Auburn Tigers. He was named to that position prior to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season.[2][3][4] He has led Auburn to the College World Series in 2019 and 2022. In 2014, he was named the ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year. [5]

  1. ^ "2018 'Autonomy 5' Baseball Head Coach Compensation Survey". July 2018.
  2. ^ "Auburn hires Butch Thompson as baseball coach". Auburn Tigers. October 22, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Michael Bonner (October 22, 2015). "MSU's Butch Thompson Auburn's new head baseball coach". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Wesley Sinor (October 22, 2015). "Butch Thompson ready to hit the ground running as Auburn's new baseball coach". AL.com. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "ABCA/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year". www.abca.org. AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION. Retrieved October 25, 2018.