Thompson joined the staff in the fall of 2021 as the MU pitching coach, and comes in after previously working as the Director of Pitching Development at VCU.
"We are very excited to welcome Sean to our University and baseball family," said Ehehalt. "Sean is a very talented and passionate young coach that will immediately impact our program. He has been around quality baseball people and has been in an environment with a great winning tradition."
Thompson spent the 2021 season at his alma mater, VCU, as the Director of Pitching Development, where he worked with a Rams pitching staff that saw two players, Tyler Davis and Mason Delane, named to the Atlantic-10 All-Rookie Team. A four-year starter for the Rams from 2015-18, Thompson compiled a 27-10 record and 3.30 ERA, tossing over 300 innings and striking out 249 batters. He was a 2015 selection to the Atlantic-10 All-Rookie Team, and his 27 wins list as the second most in program history.
Thompson signed with the Chicago White Sox as an undrafted free agent in June 2018 and pitched in the AZL Rookie League before playing for the Great Falls Voyagers in 2019. With the Voyagers, he made 14 starts and struck out 66 across 80 innings. He worked previously with Flood City Elite travel baseball as an assistant coach, as well as coaching as an assistant with Paul Carpenter's All-American Amateur Baseball Association Team, helping lead them to a 32-2 record.
