Kristen Butler

Kristen Butler
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Rutgers
Conference	Big Ten
Record	104–131 (.443)
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	208–253 (.451)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	MAC West Division co-champions (2018);
Awards
	As player: 4× All-NPF team (2007, 2008, 2013, 2014); As head coach: MAC Coach of the Year (2018);

Kristen Butler (born May 13, 1984) is an American, former four-time professional All-Star 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

On July 8, 2014, Kristen Butler was announced as the new head coach of the Toledo softball program.^[4]^[5]

On June 8, 2018, Kristen Butler was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers softball program.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Statistics overview
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
Rutgers:		104–131 (.443)	31–79 (.282)
Total:		208–253 (.451)
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

^ "Kristen Butler". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Kristen Butler". Floridagators.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ "Individual Career Records" (PDF). Floridagators.com. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ "Kristen Butler Named Head Coach of Toledo Softball Program". UTRockets.com. UT ROCKETS. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Two former Florida softball players hired as coaches". 247Sports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 7, 2019.^{[dead link]}
^ "Kristen Butler Hired as Rutgers Softball Head Coach". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Rutgers Softball Hires MAC Coach of the Year Kristen Butler". OnTheBanks.com. Vox Media Inc. June 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^ "Former Toledo Softball Coach Kristen Butler Hired as Head Coach for Rutgers". BCSNNation.com. Buckeye Cablevision, Inc. June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

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