Butch Thompson is working his magic so far this season. (Auburn photo)

Thompson Living Personal Dreamland

For 23 years, he waited.

As an assistant at seven different schools, three within the Southeastern Conference, Butch Thompson had learned to be patient. It fit his personality. Humble, genuine, almost apologetic when receiving praise, Thompson was by all accounts the stereotypical nice guy. And we all have heard where those guys finish.

So, when Thompson was contacted regarding the vacant Auburn head coaching position, then did a phone interview that didn’t go so terribly, then met in Auburn, Ala., with Tigers’ athletics director Jay Jacobs and left feeling that the interview went pretty well, he still wasn’t sure all[…]