Kristen Butler
Kristen Butler (born May 13, 1984) is an American, former collegiate right-handed hitting, 4-time pro All-Star softball catcher and current Head Coach, originally from Orlando, Florida. She is the current head coach at Rutgers.[1] She played college softball for the Florida Gators in the Southeastern Conference from 2003 to 2006. She later went undrafted but played in the National Pro Fastpitch from 2006 to 2009, 12 for the Akron Racers and Chicago Bandits; currently Butler ranks top-10 in career RBIs and home runs for the league.[2][3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 29–26 (.527) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Orlando, Florida |
| Alma mater | Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2006 | Florida |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2008 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2011–2012 | Mississippi Valley St. (asst.) |
| 2007–2018 | Charleston Southern (asst.) |
| 2015–2018 | Toledo |
| 2019–Present | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 133–148 (.473) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MAC West Division Co-Champions (2018) | |
| Awards | |
| MAC Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Coaching career
Statistics
Florida Gators
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2003 | 64 | 142 | 11 | 25 | .176 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 41 | .288% | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 57 | 159 | 16 | 47 | .295 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 71 | .446% | 9 | 19 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 64 | 174 | 24 | 56 | .322 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 97 | .557% | 20 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 68 | 189 | 33 | 54 | .285 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 116 | .613% | 30 | 37 | 3 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 253 | 664 | 84 | 182 | .274 | 134 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 325 | .489% | 70 | 118 | 7 | 11 |
Head Coaching Record
College
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference) (2015–2018) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Toledo | 24–32 | 7–15 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2016 | Toledo | 21–33 | 12–11 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2017 | Toledo | 24–34 | 11–13 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2018 | Toledo | 35–23 | 16–7 | T-1st (West) | NISC Regional | ||||
| Toledo: | 104–122 (.460) | 47–46 (.505) | |||||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Rutgers | 29–26 | 11–12 | 6th | NISC Regional | ||||
| 2020 | Rutgers | 10-14 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| Rutgers: | 39–40 (.494) | 11–12 (.478) | |||||||
| Total: | 143–162 (.469) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Kristen Butler". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Kristen Butler". Floridagators.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- "Individual Career Records" (PDF). Floridagators.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- "Kristen Butler Named Head Coach of Toledo Softball Program". UTRockets.com. UT ROCKETS. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Two former Florida softball players hired as coaches". 247Sports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Kristen Butler Hired as Rutgers Softball Head Coach". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Rutgers Softball Hires MAC Coach of the Year Kristen Butler". OnTheBanks.com. Vox Media Inc. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Former Toledo Softball Coach Kristen Butler Hired as Head Coach for Rutgers". BCSNNation.com. Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. Retrieved 7 March 2019.