| Edwin Thompson | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Georgetown |
| Current Conference: | Big East |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1999 |
| Player Team1: | Howard |
| Player Years2: | 2000 |
| Player Team2: | Maryland |
| Player Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Player Team3: | Webber International |
| Player Years4: | 2003 |
| Player Team4: | Bangor Lumberjacks |
| Player Positions: | Outfielder |
| Coach Years1: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team1: | UMaine Farmington (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team2: | Bates |
| Coach Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team3: | Duke (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team4: | Georgia State (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2016–2020 |
| Coach Team5: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Coach Years6: | 2021–present |
| Coach Team6: | Georgetown |
| Tournament Record: | OVC: Big East: NCAA: 0–0 |
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Edwin Thompson is an American baseball coach and former outfielder, who is the current head baseball coach of the Georgetown Hoyas. He played college baseball at Howard, Maryland and Webber International. He then served as the head coach of the Bates Bobcats (2009–2010) and Eastern Kentucky Colonels (2016–2020).
Thompson attended Jay High School in Jay, Maine. Thompson then committed to Howard University, where he was a member of the Howard Bison baseball team. After two seasons at Howard, he transferred to Maryland where he played baseball for a season, before transferring again to play at Webber International University.
On July 23, 2008, Thompson was named the head coach of the Bates Bobcats baseball team.[1] After leading the Bobcats to 11–22 and 25–11 during the 2009 and 2010 seasons respectively, Thompson signed to take an assistant coaching position with the Duke Blue Devils baseball team.[2] After two seasons at Duke, Thompson became the top assistant for the Georgia State Panthers baseball program.
In July 2015, Thompson was named the head coach of the Eastern Kentucky Colonels baseball team.[3] He resigned in September 2020 and accepted a position as head coach at Georgetown University. [4]