Tasha Butts
Tasha Butts (born March 10, 1982) is an American retired women's basketball player from Milledgeville, Georgia,[1] and currently an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. 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.[2] 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.[3]
From 2011-2019, she was an assistant coach at Louisiana State University and now serves as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. [4]
Career statistics[]
Legend | |||||||
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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[5]
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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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[2]
Regular season[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2004 | Minnesota | 30 | 0 | 14.1 | .300 | .270 | .720 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
Playoffs[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2004 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
References[]
- ^ Tasha Butts bio - Duquesne University Official Athletics Site Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Tasha Butts WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ "Duquesne women's assistant coach resigns", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 21, 2008, retrieved June 6, 2008
- ^ "Tasha Butts Bio", , January 28, 2015, retrieved October 29, 2015
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
External links[]
- 1982 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball coaches
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Duquesne Dukes women's basketball coaches
- Forwards (basketball)
- LSU Lady Tigers basketball coaches
- Minnesota Lynx draft picks
- Minnesota Lynx players
- People from Milledgeville, Georgia
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players
- UCLA Bruins women's basketball coaches
- American basketball biography, 1980s birth stubs