Last Thursday, Butch Thompson left Mississippi State to become the head coach at Auburn.
A week later, the Bulldogs hired Wes Johnson of Dallas Baptist to serve as their new pitching coach.
Johnson is expected to be formally announced for the position by John Cohen during a press conference Friday at 11:30 a.m.
Johnson has spent the past four seasons as pitching coach at Dallas Baptist. Last spring his hurlers posted a 3.32 earned run average with 503 strikeouts and 215 walks in 548 innings. Opposing hitters batted just .