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American coach and college athletics administrator

Pete Butler
Biographical details
Born	1909
Died	January 26, 1983
Playing career
Baseball
1930–1931	Colorado State Teachers

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1940–?	Colorado State Teachers (assistant)
Basketball
1940–1943	Colorado State Teachers
1945–1956	Colorado State Teachers
Baseball
1941–1967	Colorado State Teachers

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1940	New Mexico Mines

Head coaching record
Overall	151–133 (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.

Head coaching record

Baseball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colorado State Bears (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1941–1967)
1941	Colorado State	7–6	–	1st
1942	Colorado State	9–1	–	1st
1945	Colorado State	–	–	1st
1946	Colorado State	4–0	–	1st
1947	Colorado State	6–2	–	1st
1948	Colorado State	14–4	8–0	1st
1949	Colorado State	17–2	8–0	1st	Region D Playoff
1950	Colorado State	15–8	6–2	1st	Region VII Playoff
1951	Colorado State	12–5–1	7–1	1st
1952	Colorado State	15–9	9–1	1st	College World Series
1953	Colorado State	15–6	9–1	1st	College World Series
1954	Colorado State	17–7	9–1	1st	Region VII Playoff
1955	Colorado State	25–4	10–0	1st	College World Series
1956	Colorado State	21–5	10–0	1st	Region VII Playoff
1957	Colorado State	24–8	–	1st	College World Series
1958	Colorado State College	20–10	–	1st	College World Series
1959	Colorado State College	24–7	10–1	1st	College World Series
1960	Colorado State College	23–9	15–1	1st	College World Series
1961	Colorado State College	28–8	10–0	1st	College World Series
1962	Colorado State College	22–11	10–2	1st	College World Series
1963	Colorado State College	21–8	12–0	1st	District VII Playoff
1964	Colorado State College	20–7–1	16–0	1st	District VII Playoff
1965	Colorado State College	21–10	11–0	1st	District VII Playoff
1966	Colorado State College	20–7	13–1	1st	District VII Playoff
1967	Colorado State College	17–9	10–2	1st	District VII Playoff
Colorado State College:		417–153–2	183–13
Total:		417–153–2
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

"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 .

v t e Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball head coaches
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Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1903)
No team (1903–1904)
No coach (1904–1907)
No team (1907–1908)
No coach (1908–1909)
No team (1909–1910)
No coach (1910–1914)
Royce Long (1914–1916)
Paul Abbott (1916–1917)
Ralph Glaze (1917–1919)
William E. Search (1919–1922)
George E. Cooper (1922–1931)
John S. Davis (1931–1937)
Jules Doubenmier (1937–1940)
Pete Butler (1940–1943)
John W. Hancock (1943–1945)
Pete Butler (1945–1956)
John Bunn (1956–1963)
George Sage (1963–1968)
Thurm Wright (1968–1983)
Ron Brillhart (1983–1992)
Ken Smith (1992–1999)
Craig Rasmuson (1999–2006)
Tad Boyle (2006–2010)
B. J. Hill (2010–2016)
Jeff Linder (2016–2020)
Steve Smiley (2020– )

v t e Northern Colorado Bears head baseball coaches
George E. Cooper (1924–1927) Pete Brown & George E. Cooper (1928–1929) Pete Brown (1929–1940) Pete Butler (1941–1942) No team (1943–1945) Pete Butler (1946–1967) Thurman Wright (1968–1970) Tom Petroff (1970–1985) John Barnes (1986–1990) Terry Hensley (1991–2002) Kevin Smallcomb (2003–2010) Carl Iwasaki (2011–2022) Mike Anderson (2023– )

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