Carolina Cougars names new Head Coach
March 18, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – Carolina Cougars Management Group LLC announced that Dr. Kevin Butler has been named Head Coach for the upcoming season. “We are very excited that Dr. Butler has agreed to join the Carolina Cougars “stated Allen Franklin, CEO. “Coach Butler has had a very good career developing players in and out of the NBA.”
Kevin is a physical educator, certified personal fitness trainer, and was a member of the game day statistical operations team with the Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warrioirs of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the following organizations: Black Coaches & Administrators, National Recreation & Park Association, and National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association.
Kevin was most recently interviewed as a finalist for the position of Assistant Coach with the Washington Wizards of the NBA and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.
Dr. Kevin Butler comes to the Carolina Cougarz with a laundry list of achievements that include: two High School State Basketball Championships at Marshall/Walker High School in Richmond, Va.; a Junior College Women’s National Basketball Championship at Knoxville College at Morristown; two Junior College Men’s Conference Championships at Knoxville College at Morristown, and Rutledge Junior College of Business in Charlotte, NC; an (IAC) Collegiate Men’s Conference Championship at Arkansas Baptist College; and a United States Basketball League Divisional Championship.
