Tasha Butts

Tasha Butts (born March 10, 1982) is an American retired women's basketball player from Milledgeville, Georgia,[1] and currently the head coach at Georgetown.[2]

Tasha Butts
Georgetown Hoyas
PositionHead coach
LeagueBig East Conference
Personal information
Born (1982-03-10) March 10, 1982
Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolBaldwin
(Milledgeville, Georgia)
CollegeTennessee (2000–2004)
WNBA draft2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2004–2006
PositionForward
Number1
Coaching career2007–present
Career history
As player:
2004Minnesota Lynx
As coach:
2007–2008Duquesne (assistant)
2008–2011UCLA (assistant)
2011–2019LSU (assistant)
2019–2023Georgia Tech (associate HC)
2023–presentGeorgetown

Career

Drafted 20th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2004 WNBA draft, she only played in the 2004 WNBA season. Over the next four years, she did have various contracts with other WNBA teams, none of which resulted in further regular season playing time.[3] She then served as an assistant coach at Tennessee. She played basketball overseas following the 2005 NCAA season.

Tasha worked as an assistant coach at Duquesne University. She left there to serve as an assistant coach at the University of California, Los Angeles.[4]

From 2011 to 2019, she was an assistant coach at Louisiana State University and, from 2019 to 2023, served as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech.[5]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high ° League leader

College

Source[6]

Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 Tennessee 34 160 42.7 37.5 76.6 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.2 4.7
2001–02 Tennessee 34 147 29.4 30.0 74.5 3.0 1.1 0.7 0.1 4.3
2002–03 Tennessee 38 238 35.5 34.6 79.5 4.8 2.3 0.9 0.2 6.3
2003–04 Tennessee 35 363 40.8 38.6 81.8 5.4 2.8 1.1 0.4 10.4
Career Tennessee 141 908 37.2 35.5 79.3 3.8 1.8 0.8 0.2 6.4

WNBA

Source[3]

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Minnesota 30014.1.300.270.7202.10.80.40.20.82.5

Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Minnesota 101.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.02.00.0

References
  1. Tasha Butts bio – Duquesne University Official Athletics Site Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. "Tasha Butts Named Head Women's Basketball Coach". Georgetown University Athletics. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. "Tasha Butts WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  4. "Duquesne women's assistant coach resigns", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 21, 2008, retrieved June 6, 2008
  5. "Tasha Butts Bio", LSU Sportsnet, January 28, 2015, retrieved October 29, 2015
  6. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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