Butch Estes

Butch Estes

Biographical details
Born	(1949-06-14) June 14, 1949
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1971	North Carolina (student assistant)
1971–1973	The Citadel (assistant)
1973–1977	East Carolina (assistant)
1977–1980	Rice (assistant)
1980–1985	Presbyterian
1985–1994	Furman
1999–2003	Guilford
2003–2006	Miami-Dade
2006–2007	Miami (FL) (assistant)
2007–2008	Seattle (assistant)
2010–2013	Palm Beach State
2013–2025	Barry
Head coaching record
Overall	487–359 (.576) (college) 146–37 (.798) (junior college)
Tournaments	0–1 (NIT) 8–6 (NCAA Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SoCon regular season (1991) 3 SSC regular season (2016–2018)
Awards
SoCon Coach of the Year (1987, 1991)

George "Butch" Estes (born June 14, 1949) is a men's basketball coach. He previously served as the head coach at Presbyterian College and Furman University. Estes resigned from Furman in March 1994, after finishing the 1993–94 regular season with a 9–17 record.

Coach Estes was the Head at Palm Beach State College from 2010 to 2013. He was offered the head coaching job at Barry University in 2013 and accepted it.

Head coaching record

College

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Presbyterian Blue Hose (NAIA independent) (1980–1985)
1980–81	Presbyterian	10–21
1981–82	Presbyterian	12–16
1982–83	Presbyterian	21–12
1983–84	Presbyterian	25–6
1984–85	Presbyterian	24–8
Presbyterian:		92–63 (.594)
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (1985–1994)
1985–86	Furman	10–17	5–11	7th
1986–87	Furman	17–12	10–6	4th
1987–88	Furman	18–10	11–5	2nd
1988–89	Furman	17–12	9–5	2nd
1989–90	Furman	15–16	5–9	6th
1990–91	Furman	20–9	11–3	1st	NIT First Round
1991–92	Furman	17–11	9–5	3rd
1992–93	Furman	11–17	8–10	6th
1993–94	Furman	10–18	6–12	8th
Furman:		135–122 (.525)	74–66 (.529)
Guilford Quakers (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (1999–2003)
1999–2000	Guilford	6–18	4–14
2000–01	Guilford	11–14	9–9
2001–02	Guilford	15–11	9–8
2002–03	Guilford	12–14	8–10
Guilford:		44–57 (.436)	30–41 (.423)
Barry Buccaneers (Sunshine State Conference) (2013–2025)
2013–14	Barry	20–8	11–7		NCAA Division II First Round
2014–15	Barry	25–6	13–3		NCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16	Barry	26–7	12–4		NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2016–17	Barry	23–7	13–5		NCAA Division II Second Round
2017–18	Barry	23–9	14–6		NCAA Division II Elite Eight
2018–19	Barry	18–11	12–8
2019–20	Barry	18–10	12–8
2020–21	Barry	2–5	0–0
2021–22	Barry	20–9	13–7		NCAA Division II First Round
2022–23	Barry	12–14	8–12
2023–24	Barry	17–14	8–12
2024–25	Barry	12–17	8–12
Barry:		216–117 (.649)	124–84 (.596)
Total:		487–359 (.576)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Junior college

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Miami Dade College () (2003–2006)
2003–04	Miami Dade	17–13
2004–05	Miami Dade	24–4
2005–06	Miami Dade	25–7
Miami Dade:		66–24 (.733)
Palm Beach State College () (2010–2013)
2010–11	Palm Beach State	25–6	?
2011–12	Palm Beach State	26–4	?
2012–13	Palm Beach State	29–3	11–2
Palm Beach State:		80–13 (.860)	11–2 (.846)
Total:		146–37 (.798)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion