Georgetown announced Monday that Tasha Butts, the new head coach of their women's basketball team, has died of breast cancer. She was 41.
FILE - LSU's Theresa Plaisance walks past then-LSU assistant coach Tasha Butts as she celebrates the team's win over Kentucky with guard Jeanne Kenney after an NCAA college basketball game in Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 24, 2013. Georgetown women's basketball coach Tasha Butts died Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The 41-year-old coach was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. She stepped away from coaching Georgetown last month.
A native of Georgia, Butts started as player, suiting up for Tennessee from 2000 to 2004. Over those four years, the Lady Vols lost just 17 games and made four consecutive trips to the Sweet 16. After college she spent a year in the WNBA playing for the Minnesota Lynx, and then returned to Tennessee after the 2004 WNBA season to become a graduate assistant to Pat Summit.
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