Men's Basketball
JJ Butler
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jbutler@kstatesports.com
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6531
JJ Butler is in his first season as an assistant coach at Kansas State in 2026-27 after being hired by head coach Casey Alexander on March 30.
“My family and I are excited to be in Manhattan,” said Butler. “We are excited to meet the K-State faithful, get the ball rolling and win a lot of games.”
Butler joins the staff after one season (2025-26) as an assistant coach at Belmont, where he helped the Bruins win 26 games and capture the regular season Missouri Valley Conference Championship with a 16-4 mark.
Butler joined the Belmont staff after two seasons (2023-25) as an assistant coach at Delaware for head coach Martin Ingelsby. He helped the Blue Hens win 35 games, including a 19-win campaign in 2023-24 with 10 wins in CAA play. In his last season in 2024-25, the squad battled all the way to the CAA Championship Game as a No. 12 seed, winning four games (Stony Brook, Campbell, William & Mary and Towson) in four days before losing to UNC Wilmington.
Butler has also served as an assistant coach at Division III Susquehanna University (2018-20) in Selinsgrove, Pa., and as both an assistant coach (2017-18) and head coach (2020-23) at Division II Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, where he finished his playing career in 2016-17.
Butler’s history with Alexander dates back to Lipscomb, where his last three seasons (2013-16) coincided with Alexander’s first three seasons as head coach of the Bison. Butler played in 85 games with 9 starts in his Lipscomb career, totaling 128 points, 109 assists and 70 rebounds, before transferring to Chestnut Hill in 2016-17 for his final season of eligibility. He played in 21 games with 12 starts for head coach Jesse Balcer and the Griffins, averaging 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 25.6 minutes per game.
Butler earned his first coaching job at Chestnut Hill in 2017-18 before departing for Susquehanna, where he was an assistant coach from 2018-20. The River Hawks won 37 games in Butler’s two seasons on staff, including a memorable 2019-20 season in which they won their first-ever Landmark Conference Championship and advanced to the Division III Championship Tournament for just the third time in school history. They ranked 32nd nationally in scoring defense (66.4 ppg.) per game en route to winning 21 games and 11 in league play.
Butler followed Balcer as head coach at Chestnut Hill in May 2020 while also serving as the Assistant to the Athletic Director for Athletic Advancement, which played a critical role in the day-to-day operations of the College’s Department of Athletics and Recreation.
The school opted to not play in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to action in 2021-22, where Butler led the Griffins to their highest win total (14) in a decade and equaled their total from the previous 3 seasons (2017-20). The team won 11 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play and finished second in the South Division.
Butler guided Chestnut Hill to a second consecutive winning season in 2022-23 with a 16-14 overall record, including a trip to the second round of the CACC Championship Tournament. The 30 total wins by the Griffins from 2021-23 were the most by the school in a two-year span since also winning 30 between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
Butler played four seasons (2012-16) at Lipscomb, including the last three seasons for Alexander, before finishing his college career at Chestnut Hill College.
A native of Abingdon, Md., Butler earned his bachelor’s degree in corporate management with a minor in finance from Lipscomb in 2016. He earned a master’s degree in human services from Chestnut Hill College in 2018.
Butler and his wife, Marina, are the parents of a daughter, Harper. The couple are expecting a second child in June.
“My family and I are excited to be in Manhattan,” said Butler. “We are excited to meet the K-State faithful, get the ball rolling and win a lot of games.”
Butler joins the staff after one season (2025-26) as an assistant coach at Belmont, where he helped the Bruins win 26 games and capture the regular season Missouri Valley Conference Championship with a 16-4 mark.
Butler joined the Belmont staff after two seasons (2023-25) as an assistant coach at Delaware for head coach Martin Ingelsby. He helped the Blue Hens win 35 games, including a 19-win campaign in 2023-24 with 10 wins in CAA play. In his last season in 2024-25, the squad battled all the way to the CAA Championship Game as a No. 12 seed, winning four games (Stony Brook, Campbell, William & Mary and Towson) in four days before losing to UNC Wilmington.
Butler has also served as an assistant coach at Division III Susquehanna University (2018-20) in Selinsgrove, Pa., and as both an assistant coach (2017-18) and head coach (2020-23) at Division II Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, where he finished his playing career in 2016-17.
Butler’s history with Alexander dates back to Lipscomb, where his last three seasons (2013-16) coincided with Alexander’s first three seasons as head coach of the Bison. Butler played in 85 games with 9 starts in his Lipscomb career, totaling 128 points, 109 assists and 70 rebounds, before transferring to Chestnut Hill in 2016-17 for his final season of eligibility. He played in 21 games with 12 starts for head coach Jesse Balcer and the Griffins, averaging 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 25.6 minutes per game.
Butler earned his first coaching job at Chestnut Hill in 2017-18 before departing for Susquehanna, where he was an assistant coach from 2018-20. The River Hawks won 37 games in Butler’s two seasons on staff, including a memorable 2019-20 season in which they won their first-ever Landmark Conference Championship and advanced to the Division III Championship Tournament for just the third time in school history. They ranked 32nd nationally in scoring defense (66.4 ppg.) per game en route to winning 21 games and 11 in league play.
Butler followed Balcer as head coach at Chestnut Hill in May 2020 while also serving as the Assistant to the Athletic Director for Athletic Advancement, which played a critical role in the day-to-day operations of the College’s Department of Athletics and Recreation.
The school opted to not play in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before returning to action in 2021-22, where Butler led the Griffins to their highest win total (14) in a decade and equaled their total from the previous 3 seasons (2017-20). The team won 11 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play and finished second in the South Division.
Butler guided Chestnut Hill to a second consecutive winning season in 2022-23 with a 16-14 overall record, including a trip to the second round of the CACC Championship Tournament. The 30 total wins by the Griffins from 2021-23 were the most by the school in a two-year span since also winning 30 between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
Butler played four seasons (2012-16) at Lipscomb, including the last three seasons for Alexander, before finishing his college career at Chestnut Hill College.
A native of Abingdon, Md., Butler earned his bachelor’s degree in corporate management with a minor in finance from Lipscomb in 2016. He earned a master’s degree in human services from Chestnut Hill College in 2018.
Butler and his wife, Marina, are the parents of a daughter, Harper. The couple are expecting a second child in June.
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