by Mike Knaak
A St. Cloud State University athletics administrator and coach has been hired as Sartell High School’s new activities director.
Bruce Thompson, currently the associate director of athletics at SCSU, previously held a variety of leadership positions in higher education, including athletic coordinator, assistant athletic director and head coach. He will start as activities director on July 1.
“The hiring committee was impressed by Bruce’s experience, communication skills and his vision for a comprehensive activities department that highlights activities, athletics and the fine arts,” said Sartell-St. Stephen superintendent Jeff Ridlehoover in a statement.
Nick Peterson has been serving as interim activities director for the 2021-2022 school year. He will resume his role as assistant principal at Sartell High School for the 2022-2023 school year.
Thompson coached St. Cloud Technical & Community College’s baseball team. Prior to that, he served as director of Marketing and Game Day Management and as the head baseball coach at Lackawanna College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he developed a marketing plan for the athletic department along with supervising and implementing a game day management system. He mentored coaches and helped oversee a $1 million athletic budget.
Thompson played baseball at SCSU, where he was an All-Conference infielder/outfielder and three-year starter. A graduate of SCSU, Thompson went on to earn his master’s degree from SCSU in college counseling and student development.
