He previously served as an assistant coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks and the Oregon Ducks.
Butkus played college football at the University of Illinois and was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2002.
Butkus also played center for the Rhein Fire (2003) and Cologne Centurions (2004) of NFL Europe.
While the announcement that the tenure of quality control coaches Butkus and Charles London would end came on the same day as the public learned that several Bears' offensive coaches would be fired, leading to speculation that London and Butkus were fired for performance issues, the team would later clarify that the quality control coaches were signed to contracts set to expire after the 2009/10 season, regardless of the team's final standing.
[3] In 2012, joined his alma mater, the University of Illinois under head coach Tim Beckman.