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Amanda Butler
Sport(s)	Women's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	University of Florida
Record	98–67 (.594)
Biographical details
Born	(1972-03-06) March 6, 1972 (age 40) 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	138–89 (.608)
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.

Contents

1 Career
2 Head coaching record
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Career

Amanda Butler was born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 1972. She attended Mt. Juliet High School, graduating in 1990.^[1] 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	20–13	8–8	8th	NCAA Second Round
Florida:		98–67	37–39
Total:		138–89
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

^ GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball, Coaching & Support Staff, Amanda Butler. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

External links

v t e Charlotte 49ers women's basketball head coaches

Judy Rose (1975–1982) Ann Payne (1982–1984) Cindy Connelley (1984–1988) Ed Baldwin (1988–2001) Katie Meier (2001–2005) Amanda Butler (2005–2007) Karen Aston (2007–2011) Cara Consuegra (2011– )

v t e Florida Gators women's basketball head coaches

Paula Welch (1974–1976) Cathy Davis (1976–1979) Mickie DeMoss (1979–1983) Deborah Yow (1983–1985) Carol Whitmire Higginbottom (1985–1990) Lea Henry # (1990) Carol Ross (1990–2002) Carolyn Peck (2002–2007) Amanda Butler (2007– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Current women's basketball head coaches of the Southeastern Conference

Wendell Hudson (Alabama) Tom Collen (Arkansas) Vacant (Auburn) Amanda Butler (Florida) Andy Landers (Georgia) Matthew Mitchell (Kentucky) Nikki Caldwell (LSU) Renee Ladner (Ole Miss) Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State) Dawn Staley (South Carolina) Pat Summitt (Tennessee) Melanie Balcomb (Vanderbilt)

Persondata
Name	Butler, Amanda
Alternative names
Short description	American college basketball player, college basketball coach
Date of birth	March 6, 1972
Place of birth	Mount Juliet, Tennessee, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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