Amanda Butler

Amanda Butler
Sport(s)	Women's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	University of Florida
Record	97–66 (.595)
Biographical details
Born	March 6, 1972 (1972-03-06) Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Playing career
1990–1994	Florida
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997 1997–2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–present	Florida (Asst.) Austin Peay (Asst.) Charlotte (Asst.) Charlotte (Assoc. HC) Charlotte Florida
Head coaching record
Overall	137–88 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Atlantic 10 (2006)
Awards Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2006)

Amanda Butler (born March 6, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and former player. Butler is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's basketball team of the University of Florida.

Career

Amanda Butler was born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 1972. She attended Mt. Juliet High School, graduating in 1990. 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 was 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.[1]

After Carolyn Peck was released as the Gators head coach following the 2006–2007 season, Butler returned to her alma mater as the new head coach of the Gators women's basketball program on April 13, 2007.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charlotte (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2005–2007)
2005–06	Charlotte	21–9	13–3	T–1st	WNIT Second Round
2006–07	Charlotte	19–13	9–5	T–4th	WNIT Second Round
Charlotte:		40–22	22–8
Florida (Southeastern Conference) (2007–Present)
2007–08	Florida	19–14	6–8	T–7th	WNIT Round of 16
2008–09	Florida	24–8	9–5	T–4th	NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Florida	15–17	7–9	T–7th	WNIT Second Round
2010–11	Florida	20–15	7–9	8th	WNIT Round of 16
2011–12	Florida	19–12	8–8	8th	Season in Progress
Florida:		97–66	37–39
Total:		137–88
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

See also

• Florida Gators
• History of the University of Florida
• List of University of Florida alumni
• University Athletic Association

External links

• Gators women's basketball
• Gator women's basketball coaching staff
• Butler's player bio at Gatorzone.com