Tom Butters (athletic director)
Tom Butters | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Delaware, Ohio, U.S. | April 8, 1938|
Died: March 31, 2016 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 77)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 8, 1962, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 20, 1965, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 2–3 |
Earned run average | 3.10 |
Strikeouts | 85 |
Teams | |
Thomas Arden Butters (April 8, 1938 – March 31, 2016) was an American
Biography
Baseball career
Butters was a native of
Butters required almost six full years of
En route to
College sports administrator
A United States Army veteran, Butters had also spent baseball off-seasons working in admissions for his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan. In 1967, he joined Duke University as director of special events, then served three years (1968–1970) as head baseball coach before moving into administration.
Butters served as the athletic director at Duke from 1977 to 1997. Three years into that tenure, he hired Mike Krzyzewski as coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball program; Krzyzewski went on to become the winningest coach in men's Division I history. During his two decades as head of Duke intercollegiate athletics, Butters supervised programs that won 40 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team titles.[1]
In addition to serving as athletic director, Butters was director of the "Iron Dukes" (the fundraising organization for the school's athletics), associate athletic director, assistant to the chancellor, and vice president of the university.
Butters was elected to the
References
- ^ a b c "Former Duke VP/AD Tom Butters Passes Away". wralsportsfan.com. April 1, 2016.
- ^ a b Costello, Rory. "Tom Butters". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research.
- ^ a b "Tom Butters Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ "Tom Butters Obituary". The Columbus Dispatch. April 3, 2016 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Tom Butters 2008". ncshof.org. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ "Robert Strimer Honor Award". battlingbishops.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- ^ Lord, Rich (April 4, 2016). "Tom Butters: Onetime Pirate turned Duke AD and hired Coach K". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B4. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet