Deanne Butler

Deanne Butler
Diamond Valley Eagles
PositionHead coach
LeagueNBL1 South
Personal information
Born (1981-08-11) 11 August 1981
Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Listed height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career1998–2011
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As a player:
1998–2000Australian Institute of Sport
2000–2001Dandenong Rangers
2001–2007Bulleen Boomers
2007–2008Beretta Famila Schio
2008–2009Bendigo Spirit
2009–2011Sydney Uni Flames
As a coach:
2012–2013Bulleen Boomers (Big V)
2015Nunawading Spectres (assistant)
2016–2017Diamond Valley Eagles
2018Diamond Valley Eagles men (assistant)
2019–2021Hume City Broncos
2022–presentDiamond Valley Eagles
Career highlights

Deanne "Dee" Butler (born 11 August 1981) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. She holds dual nationality with Australia and England.[1]

Early life

Butler was born in Wangaratta, Victoria.[2][3]

Professional career

Butler debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1998–99 season, helping the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) win the WNBL championship.[4] She played a second season for the AIS in 1999–2000 and then joined the Dandenong Rangers for the 2000–01 WNBL season. After one season for Dandenong, she joined the Bulleen Boomers for the 2001–02 WNBL season.[5][6] She had a full ankle reconstruction in February 2004.[5]

For the 2007–08 season, Butler joined Beretta Famila Schio of the Italian Serie A.[3] She helped Schio win the EuroCup,[7] averaging 5.2 points in 13 games.[1]

Butler returned to the WNBL for the 2008–09 season, joining the Bendigo Spirit.[7]

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.[4]

National team

Butler played for the Australian Opals at the 2005 FIBA Oceania Championship.[1]

Coaching career

In 2012 and 2013, Butler served as head coach for the Bulleen Boomers in the Big V.[8] She joined the Nunawading Spectres women's team as an assistant coach for the 2015 South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) season.[8] In 2016 and 2017, she was head coach of the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team in the Big V.[9][10] In 2018, she served as assistant coach for the Diamond Valley Eagles men's team in the SEABL.[11] In 2019, she served as head coach of the Hume City Broncos women's team in the Big V.[11] She parted ways with the Broncos following the 2021 season.[12] She was appointed head coach of the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team, now in the NBL1 South, for the 2022 NBL1 season.[13]

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[10] and the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[14] At the 2019 event, the team finished second after losing to the United States in the final in overtime.[14]

Personal life

Butler has one older sister, Andrea.[4] Butler had two children as of 2018.[11]

As of 2011, Butler was a police officer.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Deanne Butler () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Flames Roster". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Butler Deanne". www.legabasketfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Deanne Butler". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Deanne BUTLER". WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b Bourke, Adam (24 July 2008). "Dee joins the Spirit". www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Dee Butler to join SEABL womens coaching staff - MEBA". GameDay. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  9. ^ "MUNRO ADDS STRENGTH TO EAGLES LINEUP - Diamond Valley". GameDay. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Congratulations Dee Butler - Diamond Valley". GameDay. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  11. ^ a b c Murray, Tara (21 October 2018). "Former Opal signs on to lead Hume City Broncos". Northern. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  12. ^ "2022 Big V Broncos Head Coaches". broncosbasketball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  13. ^ "NBL1 HEAD COACHES 2022". dvbasketball.com.au. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Victorians appointed Australian Under-19 team head coaches". Spartans Basketball. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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