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.
“The news of Tasha’s passing is incredibly sad,” Georgia Tech coach Nell Fortner said. “Tasha was so instrumental to the success of this program. What she did as a member of this coaching staff cannot be undervalued. She was tough — tough on her kids, tough in her expectations, but yet she was soft underneath when players needed her to be there for them, and she was always there for them.”
When Butts stepped away last month, Georgetown named assistant Darnell Haney as the interim head coach. He said last week that he had been in constant contact with Butts while she was undergoing treatment. “Tasha was a great player and went on to have a successful career as a coach too,” said LSU coach Kim Mulkey. “More importantly, she had an impact on so many lives throughout her lifetime. We are sad to lose her at such a young age.”
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