Sat. Oct 5th, 2024
Tasha Butts is introduced as the new women's basketball head coach at Georgetown University in April of 2023. (Source: Screenshot - Georgetown Athletics/YouTube)

Washington D.C. — Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts died on Monday at the age of 41 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.

Tasha Butts is introduced as the new women's basketball head coach at Georgetown University in April of 2023. (Source: Screenshot - Georgetown Athletics/YouTube)
Tasha Butts is introduced as the new women’s basketball head coach at Georgetown University in April of 2023. (Source: Screenshot – Georgetown Athletics/YouTube)

Butts joined Georgetown University in April. She was previously assistant head coach at Georgia Tech, following a long coaching career and experience with the WNBA career, reported The Associated Press.

In 2021, Butts announced she was diagnosed with advanced stage metastatic breast cancer.

More about Butts and her passing can be found here.