FULLERTON, Calif.--- After spending three seasons as an assistant coach on the Cal State Fullerton coaching staff, Dave Butler has been hired as an assistant coach at Oregon, the university announced on Friday.

During his time with the Titans, Butler worked with the outside hitters and middle blockers, while also serving as the recruiting coordinator and conducting game and video breakdown.

Butler was instrumental in the development of Kyra Smith while at CSFU, guiding her through a freshman season (2015) in which she ranked eighth in the conference in blocks per set. In 2016, Smith ranked seventh in the conference in blocks per set and Summer Kerins ranked in the top  10 in the conference in hitting percentage as a sophomore.

Butler was added to the Cal State Fullerton coaching staff for 2014 after spending the previous year at Long Beach State. Butler was the volunteer assistant coach for the women's volleyball team and the lead assistant coach on the Long Beach State Sand Volleyball coaching staff.

Prior to his time at Long Beach State, Butler worked with the Sports Performance Volleyball Club in Aurora, Ill. beginning in 2003. He worked as an assistant to Rick Butler and the 18 Elite team. He also led a pair of teams to bronze medal finishes at the 18 Open (2012) and 18 Club (2013) AAU National Championships. He also coached four AAU All-Americans and a national high school player of the year.

In 2009, Butler worked briefly at Michigan State as a camp volleyball coach and served as a student assistant coach for women's volleyball at Western Illinois where he helped lead the team to three consecutive conference tournament appearances, the only three in the school's history.

Butler went on to become an assistant coach at Rosary High School in Aurora and helped lead the program to its 10th consecutive regional title.

As a player, Butler was a five-year starter at outside hitter for the Western Illinois Club Volleyball team and was a three-year team captain as well as a player-coach and earned conference player of the year honors. He would graduate in 2009 and earn his Bachelor of Science in kinesiology. Butler currently resides in Orange, Calif. 

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