<div id="article_deck" class="deck_copy"> Butch Thompson admitted it was a call he has been waiting on for quite some time. And that call finally came Tuesday night from new Mississippi State head coach John Cohen. On Wednesday evening, Thompson was named as the Bulldog pitching coach and is anxious to head to Starkville to being his new duties.
</div>"Well, I got a phone call, one I have waited 16 years for and it took about two seconds to decide," said Thompson, who owns 16 years of coaching experience on the Division 1 level. "I talked to Coach Cohen last night and it was an opportunity to come back home and something I have always wished for. FREE STORY
</div>"Well, I got a phone call, one I have waited 16 years for and it took about two seconds to decide," said Thompson, who owns 16 years of coaching experience on the Division 1 level. "I talked to Coach Cohen last night and it was an opportunity to come back home and something I have always wished for. FREE STORY
