MidAmerica Nazarene University Men's Baseball

Thompson Head Coach   2012 saw the program reach unprecedented heights, as the Pioneers shared the HAAC regular season championship, going 19-7 in conference play, and shattered the school record for wins a second year in a row, with a 38-14 overall record. The Pioneers also cracked into the NAIA top 25 poll for the first time ever, landing at #23. In 2014, MNU won the overall conference title for the first time since 1984 with a record of 22-4 and swept the conference tournament for the program's first title. The Pioneers qualified for nationals for the first time and played in the Faulkner Opening Round, going 1-2. Thompson was selected HAAC Coach of the Year.   In Thompsons tenure at MNU, the Pioneers have an overall record of 212-166 (.561). During this time, Thompson has coached 40 All-Conference selections, including sixteen 1st-team honorees, five Rawlings Gold Glove award winners, two HAAC Players of the Year, two NAIA All-America honorees, and eleven NAIA Scholar-Athlete selections.   Thompsons Pioneers were honored with the 2011 Buffalo Funds NAIA Champions of Character Team Award, a prestigious award given to only one team in each sport nationally. The Pioneers have also excelled in the classroom, with a team GPA of over 3.0 in each of the last three years.   Prior to accepting the head coach position at MNU, Thompson spent three seasons as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at the Air Force Academy. Under Thompson's tutelage, AFA's pitching staff struck out 151 batters in Mountain West Conference play in 2005, third-highest total in Falcon history. Prior to his stint at AFA, Thompson served as the pitching coach at Bethel College (IN) for three years. His tutelage helped the Pilots win consecutive conference championships and an NCCAA National Championship. His pitching staffs at Bethel ranked among the national leaders in strikeouts, earned run average, and fewest hits allowed per game. Three Bethel pitchers were selected in the Major League Baseball draft under his guidance, with two of his former Pilots currently pitching in Major League Baseball. A native of Cowden, IL, Thompson graduated from Bethel in 2000 where he was an All-Conference, All Region, and All-America right-handed pitcher. In addition to his coaching duties, Thompson teaches in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and serves as the Champions of Character liaison for the MNU athletic department. He and his wife Kristie live in Olathe with their children: Ty, Kade, Beau, Bailee, Kamryn, and Taylor.

Nolan Hoff was named Head Baseball Coach in the summer of 2025. He joined the coaching staff at MidAmerica Nazarene University as the hitting coach in August 2024.    Hoff comes to the Pioneers from Northwestern College, where he spent three seasons as an assistant, working primarily with the offense (2022-2024). Before that, he spent one year as an assistant coach at Wenatchee Valley College in the NWACC, handling the infielders. In the summer of 2021, he served as an assistant coach for the Wenatchee Apple Sox of the West Coast League.    Hoff also brings extensive playing experience to MNU. He was a four-year starter at Morningside College from 2014 to 2017, earning First Team All-Conference honors in 2016 and 2017 as an infielder for the Mustangs, to go along with a GPAC conference tournament title in 2016. Hoff is one of 10 Mustangs in program history to tally over 200 career hits in a Morningside uniform.  After college, Hoff played independent professional baseball in the Pecos League for two years for the Roswell Invaders, was named a starting All-Star third baseman, and participated in the Pecos League All-Star game in 2018. He also played abroad in Narangba, Australia, in 2019.  Hoff holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Finance and a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from The Master’s University. Hoff grew up in Southern California, where he attended Walnut High School. He and his wife, Shelby, live in Olathe with their daughter, Georgia Beau, and their German Shorthair, Moose.