Mayville State athletics has announced Sean Thom as its new head football coach. Thom is currently the defensive coordinator at North Forsyth High School in Cummings, GA. North Forsyth is a Class 7A high school in northern Georgia with an enrollment of 2400 students. He was also the linebackers coach at Faulkner University, an NAIA school in Montgomery, AL, where he played collegiately. Sean was an NAIA Academic All-American and was 1st Team All Mid-South Conference three times as a player.

"Sean will bring passion and energy to our program. He is exceptionally organized and understands what needs to be done in all areas to get our program back on track," said Mike Moore, Mayville State Athletic Director.

Moore continued, "Although Sean resides in Georgia, he is familiar with our area having spent some time here and having family ties here as well. Sean attended NDSU for one year to play baseball and both his parents and grandparents live in the Moorhead area. I have no doubt that with his work ethic he will establish himself immediately in our region."

Moore went on to say, "The search committee did a great job processing the candidate pool and determining the finalists. I'd like to thank them for their work.  We had three very qualified candidates that interviewed.  Sean will be on campus shortly after Christmas to start his duties.  We look forward to he and his family joining our university and community."