Pete Butler (coach)

Pete Butler
Biographical details
Born1909
DiedJanuary 26, 1983
Playing career
Baseball
1930–1931Colorado State Teachers
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1940–?Colorado State Teachers (assistant)
Basketball
1940–1943Colorado State Teachers
1945–1956Colorado State Teachers
Baseball
1941–1967Colorado State Teachers
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1940New Mexico Mines
Head coaching record
Overall151–133 (basketball)
417–153–2 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Baseball
25 RMC (1941–1942, 1945–1967)

Louis C. "Pete" Butler (1909 – January 26, 1983) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head baseball coach at Colorado State College of Education—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—from 1941 to 1967, compiling a record of 416–154–2. Butler was also the school's head basketball coach from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1956, tally mark of 151–133. His baseball teams won 25 consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships.[1]

  1. ^ "Butler Quits Coaching At Greeley School". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. United Press International. October 25, 1967. p. 24. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.