Todd Butler
| Todd Butler | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Wichita State |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 31-28 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 23, 1966 Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1986 1987–1988 |
McNeese State Oklahoma |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 1992 1993–1994 1995–2000 2001–2003 2004–2005 2006–2013 2014–Present |
McNeese State (Asst.) Blinn (Asst.) McNeese State (Asst.) Alabama (Asst.) McNeese State Alabama (Asst.) Arkansas (Asst.) Wichita State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 121-111 |
Todd Butler in an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Wichita State Shockers baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3][4][5]
Playing career
Butler played for McNeese State and Oklahoma. He was a captain with the Sooners in his senior year of 1988, and was named a third-team All-American and earned All-Big 8 honors. He signed with the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent, and played the remainder of the 1988 season with Indians affiliates in Burlington, N.C. and Waterloo, Iowa.[1]
Coaching career
Butler returned to McNeese State to complete his degree, and served as a student assistant in 1991. He then worked one season at Blinn before returning as a full-time assistant at McNeese State for two years. Butler then served six seasons at Alabama and earned his first head coaching job at McNeese State in 2001. After three seasons, he returned to Alabama as recruiting coordinator, where he remained for two seasons before accepting the same position at Arkansas. Five of Butler's seven recruiting classes with the Razorbacks were ranked in the top 10 in the nation and the Hogs reached a pair of College World Series in his tenure. On June 16, 2013, Butler was introduced as head coach at Wichita State, succeeding the legendary Gene Stephenson.[1][5]
Head coaching record
The following table depicts Butler's record as a head coach at the Division I level.[6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese State (Southland Conference) (2001–2003) | |||||||||
| 2001 | McNeese State | 29–25 | 12–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2002 | McNeese State | 30–28 | 15–12 | 5th | |||||
| 2003 | McNeese State | 31–30 | 12–15 | 6th | |||||
| McNeese State: | 90–83 | 39–42 | |||||||
| Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Wichita State | 31-28 | 13-8 | 4th | MVC Tournament | ||||
| Wichita State: | 31-28 | 13-8 | |||||||
| Total: | 121–111 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube
- List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Todd Butler bio". Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Paul Suellentropp (June 16, 2013). "Wichita State confirms hiring of Todd Butler as baseball coach". Wichita, KS: Wichita Eagle. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Paul Suellentropp (July 10, 2013). "New Shocker baseball coach Todd Butler settles in". Wichita, KS: Wichita Eagle. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Danilynn Welniak (June 15, 2013). "Todd Butler to be named WSU Baseball Coach". Wichita, KS: KWCH. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Todd Butler Named Head Baseball Coach". Wichita State Shockers. June 16, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ↑ McNeese State Cowboys Baseball Media Guide. McNeese State. p. 32. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
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