Amanda Butler

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Amanda Butler
Amanda Butler.jpg
Butler in 2018
Current position
Title Assistant Coach
Team Louisville
Conference ACC
Biographical details
Born (1972-03-06) March 6, 1972 (age 52)
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Playing career
1990–1994 Florida
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997 Florida (Asst.)
1997–2001Austin Peay (Asst.)
2001–2003 Charlotte (Asst.)
2003–2005Charlotte (Assoc. HC)
2005–2007Charlotte
2007–2017Florida
2018–2024 Clemson
2024–present Louisville (Asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall311–264 (.541)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Atlantic 10 regular season (2006)
Awards
Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2006)
ACC Coach of the Year (2019)
Medal record
Women's basketball
Assistant Coach for Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Bangkok Team Competition

Amanda Kay Butler (born March 6, 1972) [1] is an American college basketball coach and former player. In 2018, Butler was hired as the head coach of the Clemson Tigers women's basketball team. Prior to that, she was the head coach for the Florida Gators women's basketball team and the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team. [2]

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Career

Amanda Butler was born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, in 1972. She attended Mt. Juliet High School, graduating in 1990. [3] She was recruited to play for the University of Florida by the Gators' head coach, Carol Ross, and started at guard for four years. After finishing her playing career in 1994, she transitioned into coaching. Her first coaching job was as an assistant coach at Florida, where she continued her education with a Master of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science, in 1997. After leaving her job with Florida in 1997, she coached at Austin Peay from 1997 to 2001, and served as the associate head coach for former Charlotte head coach Katie Meier from 2001 to 2005.

Butler became the sixth head coach of the Charlotte 49ers women's basketball program on April 19, 2005. She was named Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year after twenty wins and a share of the regular season championship in her first year as coach. [4]

After Carolyn Peck was released as the Gators head coach following the 2006–07 season, Butler returned to her alma mater as the new head coach of the Gators women's basketball program on April 13, 2007. She was fired on March 6, 2017, her 45th birthday.

Butler then was hired on as head coach at Clemson. [5] Butler led an incredible turnaround in her first year at Clemson. In their previous season, the Tigers finished 11–19 and 1–15 in ACC play. Butler led the team to a 9–7 ACC record and was voted the ACC Coach of the Year in 2018. [6] The Tigers turnaround during Butler's first season marked the largest turnaround under a first-year head coach in ACC history. The turn around did not extend into the 2019–20 season as Clemson finished 8–23 overall and 3–15 in conference play. In the following years, Butler was unable to replicate her success from the first season as the Tigers never finished higher than tenth in the conference. Her second best season came in 2022–23 as the Tigers finished 19–16 overall, 7–11 in ACC play, and made it to the Super 16 of the WNIT. After the 2023–24 season, where the Tigers finished 12–19 overall and 5–13 in the ACC, Butler was fired as head coach. [7]

On June 25, 2024, Butler was hired as an assistant coach to join Jeff Walz's staff at Louisville. [8]

USA Basketball

In 2009, Butler served as an assistant coach to the U19 team, and competed in the FIBA Women's U19 World Championship. The USA lost the opening round game against Spain 90–86, but then went on to win their next eight games. In the quarterfinals, the USA team faced France, which held an eight-point lead late in the second half, but the USA team took back the lead and won by eleven to advance to the semifinals. After beating Canada in the semifinals, they had a rematch against Spain, for the championship. This time the USA jumped out to an early lead, with a score of 33–16 at the end of the first quarter. The USA went on to win 87–71 to win the gold medal. [9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Charlotte 49ers (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2005–2007)
2005–06Charlotte 21–913–3T–1stWNIT Second round
2006–07Charlotte 19–139–5T–4th WNIT Second round
Charlotte:40–22 (.645)22–8 (.733)
Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference)(2007–2017)
2007–08Florida 19–146–8T–7th WNIT Third round
2008–09Florida 24–89–5T–4th NCAA second round
2009–10 Florida 15–177–9T–7th WNIT Second round
2010–11 Florida 20–157–98th WNIT Third round
2011–12 Florida 20–138–88th NCAA second round
2012–13 Florida 22–156–10T–8th WNIT Semifinals
2013–14 Florida 20–138–85th NCAA second round
2014–15 Florida 13–175–11T–11th
2015–16 Florida 22–910–6T–4th NCAA first round
2016–17 Florida 15–165–11T–11th
Florida:190–136 (.581)71–85 (.455)
Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2018–2024)
2018–19 Clemson 20–139–77th NCAA second round
2019–20 Clemson 8–233–1514th
2020–21 Clemson 12–145–1211th WNIT Second round
2021–22 Clemson 10–213–1513th
2022–23 Clemson 19–167–1110th WNIT Super 16
2023–24 Clemson 12–195–13T–12th
Clemson:81–106 (.433)32–73 (.305)
Total:311–264 (.541)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1990–91 Florida 28--41.231.856.41.85.51.40.0-3.5
1991–92 Florida 28--30.425.664.32.63.71.00.1-4.3
1992–93 Florida 29--31.025.064.72.02.20.90.1-5.0
1993–94 Florida 29--33.728.967.42.62.81.20.1-9.5
Career114--33.327.764.32.23.51.10.1-5.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [10]

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The 2023–24 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2023–24 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by sixth year head coach Amanda Butler. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum.

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Florida fires women's hoops coach Butler". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball, Coaching & Support Staff, Amanda Butler Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Amanda Butler Resigns As Women's Basketball Coach". UNC Charlotte. April 13, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Clemson To Change Leadership of Women's Basketball". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Louisville's Durr Repeats as ACC Women's Player of the Year". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Holley, Steve (March 12, 2024). "Amanda Butler out as Clemson women's basketball coach". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports . Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Basketball Welcomes Former Clemson Head Coach Amanda Butler to Coaching Staff". University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ "SEVENTH FIBA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 2009". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Amanda Butler College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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