Georgetown University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Tasha Butts will take time away from the team to focus on her health in her ongoing battle against breast cancer. Associate Head Coach Darnell Haney will lead the team in her absence.
In 2021, Butts was diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer. The diagnosis inspired the Tasha Tough campaign which has brought awareness and raised money to bring quality care to women who can’t afford it through the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
“Since her hiring in April, Tasha has proven to be a coach full of passion and drive,” said Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Lee Reed. “As she battles this terrible disease, she continues to be an inspiration to our student-athletes, coaches and staff, and we will support her in this fight. Her community stretches from coast-to-coast, and I know that now, more than ever, we will band together to be Tasha Tough.”
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