Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts, 41, died on Monday following a two-year battle with breast cancer, the school announced.
Butts was diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer in 2021. The upcoming 2023-24 season was going to be her first as a head coach with the Hoyas. Butts was hired in April but had to temporarily step away in September because of her health.
She had been the inspiration behind the social media campaign #TashaTough, where programs from all over the nation sent her messages of encouragement and shared how she had inspired them to be tough.
“I am heartbroken for Tasha’s family, friends, players, teammates and colleagues,” Lee Reed, Francis X. Rienzo director of intercollegiate athletics, said in the school’s official statement. “When I met Tasha, I knew she was a winner on the court, and an incredible person whose drive, passion and determination was second to none. She exhibited these qualities both as a leader and in her fight against breast cancer. This is a difficult time for the entire Georgetown community, and we will come together to honor her memory.”
Butts played at Tennessee for Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt from 2000-2004. Her teams in those four years had a 124-17 record and…
