Kurt Godlevske

Last updated
Kurt Godlevske
Current position
Record91–144 (.387)
Playing career
1989–1991 Michigan Tech
1992–1994 Northern Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014 Butler (assistant)
2014–2022 Butler
Head coaching record
Overall91–144 (.387)

Kurt Godlevske is a former head coach of the women's basketball coach at Butler University. He was named the interim head coach and later the official head coach after the termination of his predecessor, Beth Couture. [1] [2] Prior to his role as head coach, Godlevske served one year as an assistant at Butler after seven years as the head women's basketball coach at Bedford North Lawrence High School, where he compiled a 120–41 record, including a 28–0 mark in his final season when the team won the 2013 Class 4A Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship. [3] [4]

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Personal life and education

Godlevske attended Bedford North Lawrence High School before moving to L'Anse, Michigan in 1987; he later coached basketball at both schools. [5] He graduated from L'Anse High School in 1989 and went on to play collegiately at Michigan Technological University before transferring to Northern Michigan University. [5] Upon completing his undergraduate degree, Godlevske coached two seasons at NCAA Division II Lake Superior State, earning a 35–19 record. [5] He changed to a high school coach, serving two seasons as the head boys basketball coach for his alma mater, the L'Anse Purple Hornets, where he coached Derrick Danner, then as an assistant coach at Lawrence North High School for one season, followed by two seasons as the head boys basketball coach and the head girls basketball coach in Newberry, Michigan. [5] Godlevske last coached at the high school level at Bedford North Lawrence, where he led the girls basketball team to a 28–0 record and the IHSAA Class 4A Girls Basketball State Championship in 2013. He posted a 120–41 record in seven seasons at Bedford North Lawrence High School. [3]

Head coaching record

Women's basketball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Butler Bulldogs (Big East Conference)(2014–2022)
2014–15Butler 14–1610–8T–5th
2015–16Butler 10–214–149th
2016–17Butler 6–252–1610th
2017–18Butler 15–176–128th
2018–19Butler 23–1011–73rd WNIT Third Round
2019–20Butler 19–1111–7T-3rd
2020–21Butler 3–173–1511th
2021–22Butler 1–270–1811th
Butler:91–144 (.387)47–97 (.326)
Total:91–144 (.387)

      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

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