Women's Basketball Names Ken Butler Assistant Coach
5/19/2008 2:38:27 PM | Women's Basketball
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Head coach Annette Watts announced today the hiring of Ken Butler as new assistant coach of the women's basketball program at Davidson College.
Butler joins the Wildcat staff after being an assistant coach for the University of Southern Maine the past three years. During this time the Huskies were one of the top Division III program's in the nation amassing a 78-game home winning streak – the third longest in D-III history. The Huskies were national finalist his first year, compiling a 32-2 overall mark. In 2006-07 and 2007-08, USM advanced to the NCAA tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 his second season with a 27-3 mark. In addition to Southern Maine's NCAA tournament success, Butler helped maintain the Huskies NCAA record of 28 years with 20 or more wins in a season. Butler primarily handled the recruiting end for Southern Maine while performing practice and game-day coaching functions.
"We are so thrilled to add someone with Coach Butler's credentials to our staff," said Watts. "He has a terrific understanding of basketball and is going to be a valuable asset in everything we do here at Davidson."
Prior to his three-year stay at USM, Butler was an assistant coach for a year at Providence College in Providence, R.I. His day-to-day job duties included: recruiting, coordinating, scheduling and communicating the use of facilities, strength training and the academic progress of student athletes.
Butler is familiar with North Carolina having been apart of the coaching staffs at East Carolina (1998-99) and Mount Olive College (1996-98). A graduate of Mount Olive with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management, he earned Magna Cum Laude honors. He then earned his master's degree from East Carolina in education in exercise science and sports administration.
Upon earning his master's degree, Butler was a head coach at Gray New Gloucester high school in Gray, Maine, for five years. While there, he led the team to an 85-22 record and three straight trips to the Western Maine finals, winning back-to-back titles in 2000-01 and 2001-02. The 2001-02 season saw his team go 21-2 and win both the Western Maine and conference titles. He was chosen to coach the McDonald's all-state team twice.
Butler is also retired after 22 years from the United States Air Force in which he managed the maintenance operations of the US Air Force most heavily tasked F-15E flying unit.
Butler joins the Wildcat staff after being an assistant coach for the University of Southern Maine the past three years. During this time the Huskies were one of the top Division III program's in the nation amassing a 78-game home winning streak – the third longest in D-III history. The Huskies were national finalist his first year, compiling a 32-2 overall mark. In 2006-07 and 2007-08, USM advanced to the NCAA tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 his second season with a 27-3 mark. In addition to Southern Maine's NCAA tournament success, Butler helped maintain the Huskies NCAA record of 28 years with 20 or more wins in a season. Butler primarily handled the recruiting end for Southern Maine while performing practice and game-day coaching functions.
"We are so thrilled to add someone with Coach Butler's credentials to our staff," said Watts. "He has a terrific understanding of basketball and is going to be a valuable asset in everything we do here at Davidson."
Prior to his three-year stay at USM, Butler was an assistant coach for a year at Providence College in Providence, R.I. His day-to-day job duties included: recruiting, coordinating, scheduling and communicating the use of facilities, strength training and the academic progress of student athletes.
Butler is familiar with North Carolina having been apart of the coaching staffs at East Carolina (1998-99) and Mount Olive College (1996-98). A graduate of Mount Olive with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management, he earned Magna Cum Laude honors. He then earned his master's degree from East Carolina in education in exercise science and sports administration.
Upon earning his master's degree, Butler was a head coach at Gray New Gloucester high school in Gray, Maine, for five years. While there, he led the team to an 85-22 record and three straight trips to the Western Maine finals, winning back-to-back titles in 2000-01 and 2001-02. The 2001-02 season saw his team go 21-2 and win both the Western Maine and conference titles. He was chosen to coach the McDonald's all-state team twice.
Butler is also retired after 22 years from the United States Air Force in which he managed the maintenance operations of the US Air Force most heavily tasked F-15E flying unit.
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