Nitsche Officially Introduced as Butler Men's Basketball Coach

EL DORADO, Kan. – Eric Nitsche was officially introduced as Butler Community College's men's basketball coach on Friday afternoon at a press conference on the campus of BCC.

Nitsche comes to Butler after spending the last 10 seasons as the lead assistant for Tommy DeSalme at both Cowley and Hutchinson. He helped lead Hutchinson to the NJCAA National Tournament in two out of three seasons on staff as well as helping Cowley to two berths including an appearance in the 2021 NJCAA Tournament Championship game. Teams with Nitsche on staff have led the Jayhawk Conference in points per game for the last five seasons.

Nitsche has spent his entire 14-year coaching career within the Jayhawk Conference, also adding a stop at KCKCC for four years following his playing career. For the full details on Nitsche's career up to this point, click this link.

Quotables:

• "I can't thank Todd Carter, the administration and everyone involved in this process enough," Nitsche said. "To entrust me with an opportunity at a place like this, me and my family will be forever grateful for it."
• "We will get the right peope here to represent not only us but the people of El Dorado and make the program something to truly get behind."
• "I'm not going to beat around the bush, we're going to play fast and dictate what other teams do."
• "In my eyes there's a hall of fame list of coaches that have coached here. This is a place that has had really good teams. As far as how I will run things, we are not going to be results driven because that's what has driven us in the past to have good results."

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