Bob Butehorn

Robert "Bob" Butehorn (born 1960) is an American soccer coach who currently coaches the South Florida Bulls men's soccer program. Butehorn attended the University of Tampa, where he was part of the team's 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship run. He previously served as the head coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer program.

Bob Butehorn
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Florida Bulls
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Biographical details
Born (1960-08-12) August 12, 1960
Playing career
1980–1983Tampa Spartans
Position(s)Midfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1994Maryland Terrapins (assistant)
1995–1998St. Bonaventure Bonnies
2001–2006Penn Quakers (assistant)
2007–2016Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
2017–South Florida Bulls

At Tampa, Butehorn earned a Bachelor's degree in sports science. He earned his Master of Science in Sports Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Butehorn's coaching career began as an assistant to the Maryland Terrapins men's soccer program. Butehorn became the head coach for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's soccer program in 1995, where he coached them until 1999. In 1997, he had the program's winningest season at the time, posting a 12–6–0 record.[1] At St. Bonaventure, Butehorn coached the only Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year in school history. Butehorn's final record at St. Bonaventure was 34–32–4.[2]

Upon leaving St. Bonvanture, Butehorn served as an assistant coach for the Penn Quakers program before coaching Florida Gulf Coast, where he has coached since the programs inception in 2007.[3] Butehorn has seen immediate success at FGCU,[4] posting a perfect 9–0–0 conference record in 2010, and qualifying for three NCAA Division I tournaments.[5]

Since being NCAA eligible, the Eagles have won the regular season or conference tournament each year they have been eligible.[6]

On December 18, 2016, Butehorn was hired as the head coach for the South Florida Bulls men's soccer program.[7]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
St. Bonaventure Bonnies (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1995–1998)
1995 St. Bonaventure
1996 St. Bonaventure
1997 St. Bonaventure
1998 St. Bonaventure
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2007–2016)
2007 Florida Gulf Coast 6–11–23–5–17thIneligible
2008 Florida Gulf Coast 6–10–23–5–17thIneligible
2009 Florida Gulf Coast 8–7–16–3–03rdIneligible
2010 Florida Gulf Coast 13–3–29–0–01stIneligible
2011 Florida Gulf Coast 12–6–27–1–01stA-Sun Champions
NCAA First Round
2012 Florida Gulf Coast 11–5–36–1–11stA-Sun Champions
NCAA First Round
2013 Florida Gulf Coast 8–7–26–1–11stA-Sun Semifinal
2014 Florida Gulf Coast 8–7–54–1–1T-1stA-Sun Champions
NCAA First Round
2015 Florida Gulf Coast 7–4–34–0–1T-1stA-Sun Semifinal
2016 Florida Gulf Coast 14–3–24–1–12ndA-Sun Champions
NCAA Second Round
Florida Gulf Coast: 93–63–24 (.583)52–18–7 (.721)
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference) (2017–present)
2017 South Florida 6–6–43–2–25th
2018 South Florida 7–8–24–1–23rd
South Florida: 13–14–6 (.485)7–3–4 (.643)
Total:72–56–19 (.554)

      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

Source:[8]

References
  1. Soffian, Seth. "Florida Gulf Coast University- A Program Making The Right Steps". College Soccer News. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  2. "Ambition made UM's Cirovski college soccer's dominant coach". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  3. Caldwell, Dana. "College soccer: FGCU men find out NCAA fate while coach mourns death of father". Naples Daily News. NaplesNews.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. "Butehorn, Florida Gulf Coast taking fast track".
  5. "Behind Enemy Lines with Florida Gulf Coast coach Bob Butehorn". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  6. "FGCU'S Season Leads to Third A-Sun Championship". A-Sun Insider. AtlanticSun.org.
  7. "Butehorn Appointed Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of South Florida Athletics. GoUSFBulls.com. December 18, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  8. "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. AtlanticSun.org. pp. 29–34.
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