Tasha Butts hired as Georgetown’s women’s basketball coach
WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime college assistantTasha Butts was hired as the head coach of Georgetown’s women’sbasketball team on Tuesday.
Butts replaces James Howard, whose contract was not renewed lastmonth after four consecutive losing seasons at the school.
Butts joins Ed Cooley as new basketball coaches at Georgetown;Cooley took over the men’s team last month after Patrick Ewing wasdismissed.
Butts has been at Georgia Tech since April 2019, serving as anassociate head coach and an assistant coach. Before that, Buttsspent eight seasons at LSU. She also coached worked at UCLA andDuquesne.
Butts played college basketball at Tennessee from 2000-04 andplayed professionally in the WNBA and overseas. Howard went 66-108,a .379 winning percentage, during six years at Georgetown. The teamthis season went 14-17 and lost by 30 points to UConn in the BigEast Conference Tournament quarterfinals on March 4.
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