Butch Thompson has been elected to the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
Thompson was a star reliever at Itawamba Community College from 1989-90. Thompson, already a member of the ICC Athletic Hall of Fame, served as the closer and appeared in every game in which the Indians had a lead or were tied, amounting to approximately 70 games during his two years with the program. Thompson finished his career at Birmingham-Southern
Under his leadership, Auburn has a record of 205-149 and made its first trip to the College World Series in 22 years in 2019.
Thompson spent three seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Auburn from 2006-08 before spending seven seasons at Mississippi State as both associate head coach and pitching coach from 2009-15. He has spent time as an assistant coach at Georgia, Birmingham Southern and Huntingdon College and was the head coach at Jefferson State Community College.
Thompson has coached 30 Division I All-Americans and 39 all-conference performers. Of his former pitchers, 16 have pitched in the MLB. Of Thompson’s 28 years coaching collegiate baseball 19 have been in the SEC.
He has coached eight College World Series participants, one national champion and a national runner-up, won nine conference championships and made 17 postseason appearances.
The induction ceremony will be held at the Hinds Community College Rankin County Campus on Tuesday, April 27 at 6 p.m.