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Deanne Butler
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Deanne "Dee" Butler (born 11 August 1981) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. She holds dual nationality with Australia and England.[1]
Key Information
Early life
[edit]Butler was born in Wangaratta, Victoria.[2][3]
Playing career
[edit]WNBL and Italy
[edit]Butler debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1998 season with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).[4] In the 1998–99 season, she helped the AIS win the WNBL championship.[5] She played a third season for the AIS in 1999–2000 and then joined the Dandenong Rangers for the 2000–01 WNBL season.[4] After one season for Dandenong, she joined the Bulleen Boomers for the 2001–02 WNBL season.[6][7] She averaged a career-high 12.0 points per game in 2002–03.[4] She had a full ankle reconstruction in February 2004.[6] Butler played her sixth and final season with Bulleen in 2006–07.[4]
For the 2007–08 season, Butler joined Beretta Famila Schio of the Italian Serie A.[3] She helped Schio win the EuroCup,[8] averaging 5.2 points in 13 games.[1]
Butler returned to the WNBL for the 2008–09 season, joining the Bendigo Spirit.[8]
For the 2009–10 WNBL season, Butler joined the Sydney Uni Flames as their starting point guard and averaged 5.3 points, 4.4 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game in the regular season. In the Flames' two playoff games, she averaged 5.5 points, 2.5 assists and 6 rebounds per game. She led the team in assists (102) for the entire season, averaging the fifth best in the league.[5]
Butler returned to the Flames for the 2010–11 season, marking her thirteenth and final WNBL season.[9]
SEABL
[edit]In 2000, Butler played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).[10]
Between 2001 and 2003, Butler played for the Frankston Blues,[11] where she earned SEABL All-Star Five honours in 2002 and 2003, and was named SEABL Australian Youth Player of the Year in 2003.[6][12] After not playing in 2004, she returned to the Blues in 2005.[13]
In 2006 and 2007, Butler played for the Bendigo Braves.[14][15] She helped the Braves win back-to-back SEABL championships.[16] In the 2006 playoffs, she averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game.[16]
After not playing in 2008,[13] Butler joined the Frankston Blues for the 2009 SEABL season.[17]
National team
[edit]Butler played for the Australian Opals at the 2005 FIBA Oceania Championship.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Big V, SEABL and NBL1
[edit]In 2012 and 2013, Butler served as head coach for the Bulleen Boomers in the Big V.[18] She joined the Nunawading Spectres women's team as an assistant coach for the 2015 SEABL season.[18] In 2016 and 2017, she was head coach of the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team in the Big V.[19][20] In 2018, she served as assistant coach for the Diamond Valley Eagles men's team in the SEABL.[21] In 2019, she served as head coach of the Hume City Broncos women's team in the Big V.[21] She parted ways with the Broncos following the 2021 season.[22] She was appointed head coach of the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team, now in the NBL1 South, for the 2022 NBL1 season.[23] In September 2025, she re-signed as head coach of the Eagles women on a two-year deal.[24]
National team
[edit]Butler served as head coach of the Australia women's national under-19 basketball team at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup[20] and the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[25] At the 2019 event, the team finished second after losing to the United States in the final in overtime.[25]
Personal life
[edit]Butler has one older sister, Andrea.[5] Butler had two children as of 2018.[21]
As of 2011, Butler was a police officer.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Deanne Butler () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Flames Roster". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Butler Deanne". www.legabasketfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Bendigo Spirit 2008/09 Media Guide" (PDF). WNBL.com.au. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Deanne Butler". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Deanne BUTLER". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Dee Butler did it in Boomers' short story". The Age. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
Leading the way was 21-year-old guard Dee Butler, in her second season with Bulleen after being discarded by Dandenong Rangers. Butler had a team-high 22 points.
- ^ a b Bourke, Adam (24 July 2008). "Dee joins the Spirit". www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Deanne Butler - Player Statistics WNBL". GameDay. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "2000 Player Movement". cbabasketball.net.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Deanne Butler - Player Statistics SEABL 2001". GameDay. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "SEABL All Time Award Winners" (PDF). SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Deanne Butler - Player Statistics 2005". GameDay. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Smith, Steve (2 April 2006). "Braves coach says teams must pay Bandits respect". www.bordermail.com.au. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
Bendigo were led by Deanne Butler's 24 points...
- ^ "BENDIGO "IGA" LADY BRAVES 2008" (PDF). SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b "SEABL REMEMBERS… BENDIGO LADY BRAVES DYNASTY". SEABL.com.au. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Frankston Blues 2009" (PDF). SEABL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Dee Butler to join SEABL womens coaching staff - MEBA". GameDay. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "MUNRO ADDS STRENGTH TO EAGLES LINEUP - Diamond Valley". GameDay. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Congratulations Dee Butler - Diamond Valley". GameDay. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Murray, Tara (21 October 2018). "Former Opal signs on to lead Hume City Broncos". Northern. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "2022 Big V Broncos Head Coaches". broncosbasketball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "NBL1 HEAD COACHES 2022". dvbasketball.com.au. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Eagles Name Dee Butler Coach for 2026-27". nbl1.com.au. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Victorians appointed Australian Under-19 team head coaches". Spartans Basketball. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
