Nate Thompson serves as Assistant Coach for University of Arkansas's Baseball program in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Thompson enters his ninth season as an assistant coach for the Arkansas baseball program in 2026. Thompson, the Razorbacks’ hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, has helped develop a Golden Spikes Award winner, 11 All-Americans, 21 All-SEC honorees and 28 MLB draft selections since joining the program ahead of the 2018 campaign.
Under Thompson’s guidance, outfielder Heston Kjerstad, taken by the Baltimore Orioles with the second overall pick of the 2020 MLB Draft, became Arkansas’ highest-selected draftee since infielder Jeff King was picked first overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986, and infielder Wehiwa Aloy became Arkansas’ third Golden Spikes Award winner in program history during the 2025 season, joining outfielder Andrew Benintendi (2015) and pitcher Kevin Kopps (2021). On the field, Arkansas has displayed jaw-dropping power and prolific run-scoring ability since Thompson began working with the hitters, posting the top five school records for home runs in a season under his watch: program-record 127 (2025), 109 (2021), 106 (2022), 98 (2018) and 92 (2023). The Hogs recorded consecutive 100-homer seasons in 2021 (109) and 2022 (106) for the first time in school history. Arkansas also leads the SEC in runs scored (3,459) and runs batted in (3,212) since 2018.
