Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Kylen Butler was named an assistant basketball coach at Coastal Carolina in April 2025 after serving as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois the previous two seasons.

Before earning his first assistant coaching position at EIU, Butler served as the director of recruiting for two years at Grand Canyon University. He helped assemble a roster that won 47 games over two seasons and won the 2023 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championship to reach the NCAA Tournament.

He also spent one season (2020-21) as the director of basketball operations at Cal State Fullerton after working as a graduate assistant at Clemson (2019-20) and the University of Indianapolis (2018-19). 

A native of Danville, Ill., Butler began his collegiate playing career at Wallace State Community College before transferring to Tusculum and later Indianapolis for his senior year. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Indianapolis.