Kristen Butler
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 157–189 (.454) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2006 | Florida |
| Position | 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 | 261–311 (.456) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MAC West Division co-champions (2018) | |
| Awards | |
| As player:
As head coach:
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Kristen Butler (born May 13, 1984) is an American former professional softball catcher and current head coach for Rutgers.[1] She played college softball for Florida in the Southeastern Conference from 2003 to 2006 and won the SEC Player of the Year award in 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]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Toledo
[edit | edit source]On July 8, 2014, Kristen Butler was announced as the new head coach of the Toledo softball program.[4][5]
Rutgers
[edit | edit source]On June 8, 2018, Kristen Butler was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers softball program.[6][7][8]
Statistics
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]College
[edit | edit source]| 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 | ||||||
| 2021 | Rutgers | 8–36 | 8–36 | 12th | |||||
| 2022 | Rutgers | 25–30 | 3–17 | 13th | |||||
| 2023 | Rutgers | 32–25 | 9–14 | 11th | |||||
| 2024 | Rutgers | 33–22 | 14–9 | 3rd | |||||
| 2025 | Rutgers | 20–36 | 3–19 | T-16th | |||||
| Rutgers: | 157–189 (.454) | 48–107 (.310) | |||||||
| Total: | 261–311 (.456) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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External links
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- Know Your Knights: Kristen Butler on YouTube
- Living people
- Softball players from Florida
- American female sports coaches
- American softball coaches
- Florida Gators softball players
- Florida Gators softball coaches
- Mississippi Valley State Devilettes softball coaches
- Charleston Southern Buccaneers softball coaches
- Toledo Rockets softball coaches
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights softball coaches
- 1984 births
- Akron Racers players
- American softball biography stubs