| Butch Thompson | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Auburn |
| Current Conference: | SEC |
| Current Record: | 283–212–1 |
| Contract: | $570,000[1] |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1989–1990 |
| Player Team1: | Itawamba Community College |
| Player Years2: | 1991–1992 |
| Player Team2: | Birmingham–Southern |
| Player Positions: | Pitcher |
| Coach Years1: | 1993 |
| Coach Team1: | Huntingdon (Asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1994–1996 |
| Coach Team2: | Birmingham–Southern (Asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1997 |
| Coach Team3: | Jefferson State |
| Coach Years4: | 1998–2001 |
| Coach Team4: | Birmingham–Southern (Asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2002–2005 |
| Coach Team5: | Georgia (Asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 2006–2008 |
| Coach Team6: | Auburn (Asst.) |
| Coach Years7: | 2009–2015 |
| Coach Team7: | Mississippi State (Asst.) |
| Coach Years8: | 2016–present |
| Coach Team8: | Auburn |
| Overall Record: | 283–212–1 (NCAA) 39–21 (NJCAA) |
| 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]
Thompson played two seasons at Itawamba Community College before his final two years of eligibility at Birmingham–Southern.