Deanne Butler

Deanne "Dee" Butler (born 11 August 1981) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. She holds dual nationality with Australia and England.

Early life Butler was born in Wangaratta, Victoria.

Playing career WNBL and Italy Butler debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1998 season with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). In the 1998–99 season, she helped the AIS win the WNBL championship. She played a third season for the AIS in 1999–2000 and then joined the Dandenong Rangers for the 2000–01 WNBL season. She averaged a career-high 12.0 points per game in 2002–03. averaging 5.2 points in 13 games.

SEABL In 2000, Butler played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).

Between 2001 and 2003, Butler played for the Frankston Blues, where she earned SEABL All-Star Five honours in 2002 and 2003, and was named SEABL Australian Youth Player of the Year in 2003. After not playing in 2004, she returned to the Blues in 2005.

In 2006 and 2007, Butler played for the Bendigo Braves. She helped the Braves win back-to-back SEABL championships. In the 2006 playoffs, she averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game.

National team Butler played for the Australian Opals at the 2005 FIBA Oceania Championship. She joined the Nunawading Spectres women's team as an assistant coach for the 2015 SEABL season. In 2018, she served as assistant coach for the Diamond Valley Eagles men's team in the SEABL. In 2019, she served as head coach of the Hume City Broncos women's team in the Big V. She was appointed head coach of the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team, now in the NBL1 South, for the 2022 NBL1 season. In September 2025, she re-signed as head coach of the Eagles women on a two-year deal.

National team Butler served as head coach of the Australia women's national under-19 basketball team at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup At the 2019 event, the team finished second after losing to the United States in the final in overtime.

Personal life Butler has one older sister, Andrea. Butler had two children as of 2018.

As of 2011, Butler was a police officer.