2015-16 Gator Coaches & Staff 15 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1993-1994-1995-1996-1997-1998-1999-2001-2002-2004-2006-2009-2012-2014-2016 FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 * 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA SUPPLEMENT HEAD COACH AMANDA BUTLER AMANDA BUTLER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEAD COACH 2015-16 IS HER NINTH YEAR AS UF HEAD COACH & 11TH YEAR OVERALL AS A HEAD COACH Combine passion, pride, toughness, intensity, humor, wittiness, competitiveness, leadership and mix in a healthy dose of a swagger and you have Amanda Butler, who in 2015-16 entered her ninth year as head coach of the University of Florida women’s basketball team, as well as her 11th year overall at the helm of a program. “She’s a competitor. She is fierce on the court, but a fun person to be around off it. She played at Florida, so I think she truly bleeds orange and blue. She won’t settle for anything less than number one.” — 2012 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 4 TEAM HONOREE Amanda Butler was in her second season as a Gator assistant coach when DeLisha Milton was named the program’s first First-Team WBCA All-American. • NCAA Appearances: 2009, ’12, '14 including 2016), the Gators have won at Return of a Gator • Earned her Bachelor of Science degree in & '16. least their first round game. • On April 13, 2007, UF Athletics Director Exercise and Sport Sciences with honors on Jeremy Foley identified Butler, one of the May 6, 1995 • WNIT Appearances: four; reached Coach Butler & the Postseason, Part 2 nation’s top young coaching talents as well 2013 Final Four • During her two years as an assistant • Awarded a Master of Exercise and Sport as a former four-year starter and two-year coach at UF, Butler was on staff when the Sciences on Aug. 9, 1997 • First-ever coach to guide UF to a assistant coach for Florida, as the ninth Gators earned an NCAA bid both seasons, postseason berth in her inaugural head coach in Gator women’s basketball including the 1997 run into the Elite Eight. Head Coach Amanda Butler: A Postseason season on the sideline history. Regular • In her fourth and final year as an assistant • A four-year starter for the Gators from • Butler has guided the Gators to a Good When We Get There coach at Austin Peay State University, the • In all seven previous trips to the 1990-94 postseason berth in eight of her nine years 2001 Lady Govs earned just the second- postseason under Coach Butler (not ever NCAA bid in program history and the first since 1996. BUTLER’S HEAD COACHING RECORD • In her last five years with UNC Charlotte, Year School Record Conference Home Postseason the 49ers competed in the postseason 2005-06 Charlotte 21-9 13-3 (T-1) 13-2 WNIT; A-10 Co-Champs each time, earning an NCAA bid in 2003 and a WNIT in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2006-07 Charlotte 19-13 9-5 (4) 13-2 WNIT Second Round 2007, the final two of those coming 2007-08 Florida 19-14 6-8 (T-7) 14-5 WNIT Round of 16 when Butler served as the head coach of 2008-09 Florida 24-8 9-5 (T-4) 14-1 NCAA Second Round the program. 2009-10 Florida 15-17 7-9 (T-7) 10-7 WNIT Second Round Amanda Butler in the NCAA Tournament ... 2010 -11 Florida 20-15 7-9 (8) 12-4 WNIT Round of 16 as a Gator 2011-12 Florida 20-13 8-8 (8) 13-3 NCAA 2nd Round • During her time as a Gator letterwinner, 2012-13 Florida 22-15 6-10 (T-8) 11-5 WNIT Semifinals Amanda Butler helped Florida earn its 2013-14 Florida 20-13 8-8 (5) 12-4 NCAA 2nd Round first-ever NCAA Tournament berth (1993) and followed that with another her senior -- 2014-15 Florida 13-17 5-11 (T-11) 8-9 year (1994), playing in all three games 2015-16 Florida 22-8 10-6 (T-4) 13-2 NCAA and totaling 65 minutes, 18 points, Total (11 Years) 215-142 88-82 133-44 10 Postseason Berths seven rebounds, nine assists with just At Florida (9) 175-120 66-74 107-40 8 Postseason Berths two turnovers. At Charlotte (2) 40-22 26-8 26-4 2 Postseason Berths 1 FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 * 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA SUPPLEMENT HEAD COACH AMANDA BUTLER Just off the Pace • The Gators boast a 69-8 home record • Butler closed her seventh season as (89.6 winning percentage) against non- AMANDA BUTLER AT A GLANCE Florida’s head coach with 140 wins - Southeastern Conference teams two off the pace set by the winningest Personal Full Name: Amanda Kay Butler Gator coach through their first seven Academic Accolades Hometown: Mt. Juliet, Tenn. years Carol Ross (1990-2002), who won Under Butler Born: March 6, 1972 142 through her first seven years en • 17 different Gators have earned 31 route to 247 victories in 12 years. spots on the SEC Academic Honor Roll Education • Butler has averaged 19.1 wins per College: University of Florida (B.S. in Exercise and Sport Sciences, 1995; • 9 earned a spot on the Freshman season; Ross 21.6 through her first Master of Exercise and Sport Sciences, 1997) Academic Honor Roll eight years. High School: Mt. Juliet H.S. (1990 graduate) • 2 First Team Capital One Academic Significant Wins Earned During 2013-14 All-District 4 Team recipients Coaching Timeline (20 years) • Won 175th game in nine-year overall head 1995-97 ����������������������������������������������������������������� Univ. of Florida Assistant Coach coaching career (d. Alabama, 75-67, Jan. Individual Gator 1996 & 1997 NCAA Appearances; 1997 NCAA Elite Eight; 1997 SEC Tournament Runner-Up; 30, 2014) Accolades Under Butler Coached 1997 First-Team Kodak and Associated Press All-American, • All-SEC honorees: 9 • Earned first win vs. Top-10 opponent (d. No. 1997 SEC Player of the Year 6 Kentucky, Jan. 5, 2014; 83-73) • SEC All-Freshman Team recipients: 7 1997-2001 . .Austin Peay State Univ. Assistant Coach • Collected 125th win as UF head coach (Nov. • SEC 6th Woman of the Year 2001 NCAA Appearance; 2001 OVC Tournament Champions 30, 2013 vs. Oregon State) Coached 2000 & 2001 OVC Freshman of the Year • SEC All-Defensive Team (2) 2001-03 . UNC Charlotte Assistant Coach SIX of 15 20-Win Gators Records Under Butler 2003 NCAA Appearance; Seasons Under Butler 2003 Conference USA Champion • Her second team - 2008-09 squad – finished • Butler has led the Gators to six 20-win ranked among the top-25 in both national 2003-05. .UNC Charlotte Associate Head Coach seasons in her nine years polls, first time in program history since the 2004 & 2005 WNIT Appearances • There have been 15 total 20-win seasons in 2001-02 season 2005-07 ��������������������������������������������������������������������������UNC Charlotte Head Coach program history, including Butler’s six 2006 Atlantic 10 Regular-Season Co-Champions; • Tied program record of 24 victories (2008- 2006 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year; 09 season) Tough at Home 2006 & 2007 WNIT Appearances 2007-Present Univ. of Florida Head Coach NCAA Appearances: 2009, ’12, '14 & '16 WNIT Appearances: 2008, ‘10, ‘11 & ‘13 Individual Gator Accolades • All-SEC Selections: 9 athletes • All-SEC Freshman Team Honorees: 7 athletes • SEC Academic Honor Roll: 17 athletes, 31 honors (TBA - Summer 2016) • SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll: 9 athletes (TBA - Summer 2016) • Additional Awards Achieved: SEC 6th Woman of the Year, SEC All- Defensive Team (2) Playing Experience College: Univ. of Florida, Four-year starting guard (1990-94) 1993 & 1994 NCAA Berths were first two in program history J. MERIC J. “Coach Butler’s a great coach. She’s teaches you to work hard in practice. When you don’t feel like practicing or going to condi- tioning workouts, she helps you understand the importance of it late in the season and you’re more motivated to work hard. “She taught me everything to this stage of my career. She taught me how to take care of the ball and about making good deci- sions on and off the court.” — 2009 First-Team All-SEC Performer Sha Brooks (2005-09) on Amanda Butler Azania Stewart became the first Gator Olympian recruited to UF who was coached by Butler. Stewart started every game for her native Great Britain during the 2012 Games. 2 FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 * 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA SUPPLEMENT HEAD COACH AMANDA BUTLER “Coach Butler is very ener- getic and motivating. She really cares about people on and off the court. She’s easy to talk to and very playful and funny.” – 2009 First-Team All-SEC Performer Marshae Dotson (2005-09) on Amanda Butler record by hitting 221 three-pointers, breaking on the sideline during 2009-10, when she the old mark of 179 set the previous season ruptured her left Achilles tendon on Oct. 24, 2009, as she was quarterbacking her Butler on Elite List then-undefeated flag football team in The • When Florida earned the No. 23 spot in Swamp Bowl, the name given to the playoff the Dec. 8, 2008 Associated Press national round of the on-campus league event. poll, Butler became one of only 24 women • In spite of the injury, Butler never missed a in the history of NCAA Division I women’s beat, attending the Backcourt Club’s annual basketball who had played for a team that membership drive event and the team’s was ranked in the AP Top-25 and later practice the next day.