Men's Basketball

BUTCH ESTES IS NEW MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
The Athletic Department at Shoreline Community College is pleased to announce that Butch Estes has been hired as the men’s basketball coach. Estes has more than 30 years coaching experience at the college/university level; most recently as assistant coach at Seattle University.

Estes graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he played freshman basketball and was a student assistant coach under the legendary coach, Dean Smith. He was a graduate assistant coach while he earned his master’s degree in administrative education at The Citadel. After completing his degree in 1973, Estes took assistant coaching positions at East Carolina and Rice universities and moved into head coaching positions at Presbyterian College (92-63 record) and Furman University (135-122 record).

In the mid 1990s, Estes left the court for five years to work for Fox Sport Net as a basketball analyst, eventually taking head coaching jobs at Guilford College and Miami-Dade South Community College. He did a brief tenure at the University of Miami as assistant coach in 2006, and in 2007, he moved to the Seattle area to support his wife’s career (she is an executive producer at a local TV station) and accepted an assistant coach position at Seattle University.
Estes holds a 338-267 record as a head coach and is an eight-time Coach of the Year nominee.
“Butch Estes is an established professional with a long and successful coaching record,” says Doug Palmer, athletic director at Shoreline Community College. “We are very fortunate to have him lead our basketball team.”

Estes' File:

Estes was an assistant coach at NCAA Division I East Carolina University and Rice University. At Presbyterian College in South Carolina, he led the Blue Hose to their best record and first national NAIA ranking. He then moved to NCAA Division I Furman University, where he won the Southern Conference title in 1991 and two second place finishes plus an NIT berth in 1991. He took the team at Guilford College (NCAA Division III) from a losing record to the conference playoffs in his second year as coach. Estes finished his head coaching at Miami-Dade Community College where he led the Sharks to a 27-5 record and conference championship in his third year.

He then moved to the University of Miami (Florida) as an assistant coach and helped build the Hurricanes into a contender in one of the toughest basketball conferences in the country – they qualified for the NCAA March Madness.

Coach Estes has 338-267 record as a head coach and an eight time Coach of the Year nominee.

Coach Butch Estes Coaching History:

2007-08 Assistant Coach, Seattle University

2006-07 Assistant Coach, University of Miami

2003-06 Head Coach, Miami-Dade South Community Coll., Record: 69-22

1999-03 Head Coach, Guilford College, Record: 43-58

1994-99 Basketball Analyst, Fox Sport Net

1985-94 Head Coach, Furman University, Record: 135-122

1980-85 Head Coach, Presbyterian College, Record: 92-63

1977-80 Assistant Coach, Rice University

1973-77 Assistant Coach, East Carolina University

1971-73 Graduate Assistant Coach, The Citadel

1968-71 Student Assistant Coach, North Carolina

Education:

1973 Master’s Degree in Administrative Education, The Citadel

1971 Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education, University of North Carolina

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