Kristen Butler

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]

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(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	261–311 (.456)
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)

Coaching career

Toledo

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

Rutgers

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

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

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
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)
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