Jalen Butler is entering his seventh season as the assistant men's basketball coach at Columbus State University in 2024-25. Butler joined the staff in the summer of 2019.
Butler is responsible for strength and conditioning, scouting and recruiting for the Cougar program.
No stranger to the Peach Belt Conference, Butler arrives in Columbus from Georgia Southwestern after serving two years as an assistant coach. Prior, Butler was a two-year graduate assistant coach at Armstrong State University.
Butler was a part of three conference championship winning teams during his playing career at LaGrange College. He earned USA South Atlantic Conference All-Academic honors in all three seasons as well as winning the Al Mariotti Leadership award (2015) and the Glen Simpson Academic award (2013).
Butler graduated in May 2017 with his master's degree in communication and leadership from Armstrong. He was a double major at LaGrange studying political science and exercise science.
