Donnie Butcher

Donnie Butcher
Personal information
Born	(1936-02-06)February 6, 1936 Williamsport, Kentucky
Died	October 8, 2012(2012-10-08) (aged 76)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Meade (Williamsport, Kentucky)
College	Pikeville
NBA draft	1961 / Round: 7 / Pick: 60th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1961–1966
Position	Guard
Number	19, 24
Career history
As player:
1961–1963	New York Knicks
1963–1966	Detroit Pistons
As coach:
1967–1968	Detroit Pistons
Career NBA statistics
Points	1,696 (6.1 ppg)
Rebounds	821 (2.9 rpg)
Assists	585 (2.1 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Donnis "Donnie" Butcher (February 8, 1936 – October 8, 2012) was an American basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard from Pikeville College, Butcher was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the seventh round of the 1961 NBA Draft. He played five years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for both the Knicks and the Detroit Pistons. He was the head coach of the Pistons from 1967 to 1968, posting a 52–60 record spread across three seasons. Butcher died in October 2012.^[1]

References

↑ Donnis Butcher passes at the age of 76

External links

Career statistics and player information from Basketball-Reference.com
BasketballReference.com: Donnie Butcher (as coach)

Detroit Pistons head coaches

Carl Bennett (1948)
Curly Armstrong (1948–1949)
Murray Mendenhall (1949–1951)
Paul Birch (1951–1954)
Charley Eckman (1954–1957)
Red Rocha (1957–1960)
Dick McGuire (1959–1963)
Charles Wolf (1963–1964)
Dave DeBusschere (1964–1967)
Donnie Butcher (1967–1968)
Paul Seymour (1968–1969)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1969–1971)
Terry Dischinger (1971)
Earl Lloyd (1971–1972)
Ray Scott (1972–1976)
Herb Brown (1976–1977)
Bob Kauffman # (1977–1978)
Dick Vitale (1978–1979)
Richie Adubato # (1979–1980)
Scotty Robertson (1980–1983)
Chuck Daly (1983–1992)
Ron Rothstein (1992–1993)
Don Chaney (1993–1995)
Doug Collins (1995–1998)
Alvin Gentry (1998–2000)
George Irvine (2000–2001)
Rick Carlisle (2001–2003)
Larry Brown (2003–2005)
Flip Saunders (2005–2008)
Michael Curry (2008–2009)
John Kuester (2009–2011)
Lawrence Frank (2011–2013)
Maurice Cheeks (2013–2014)
John Loyer # (2014)
Stan Van Gundy (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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