Niya Denise Butts (born January 10, 1978)[1] is a former American women's college basketball coach, most recently serving as associate head coach at the University of Kentucky.
Butts, a 6'0" forward from Americus, Georgia, played college basketball for Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt at Tennessee from 1996 to 2000.
She was a reserve for the Lady Vols, averaging 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, but was a part of National Championship teams in both 1997 and 1998.
After two years there, she spent a season at Michigan State, then moved to the University of Kentucky as an assistant for head coach Mickie DeMoss.
In 2008, she was named the first African-American head women's basketball coach at Arizona.