Donnis "Donnie" Butcher (February 8, 1936 – October 8, 2012) was an American basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard from Pikeville College, Butcher was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the seventh round of the 1961 NBA Draft. He played five years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for both the Knicks and the Detroit Pistons. He was the head coach of the Pistons from 1967 to 1968, posting a 52–60 record spread across three seasons. Butcher died in October 2012.
10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, as the Pistons had two players achieve the rare feat in the same game for the first time since 1964, when Donnie Butcher and Ray Scott each had a triple-double ... .
Additionally, 12 teams are wrapping up the first half of the season as All-Star Weekend rapidly approaches. With so much action to keep an eye on, we asked our NBA insiders for their biggest takeaway from the biggest games ... The other Pistons teammates with triple-doubles in the same game were Donnie Butcher and Ray Scott, who did it in 1964 ... T.J ... .
Next man up was the mantra for both the Detroit Pistons and the Toronto Raptors... “That was really special,” head coach Dwane Casey said. “It was an excellent team win ... recorded triple-doubles to become the second duo in Pistons history with a triple-double in the same game since Ray Scott and Donnie Butcher did so against the Knicks on March 14, 1964.
Charlie Adkins, Donnie Butcher and JoeyCouch... Donnie Butcher. Butcher parlayed a sterling basketball career at Meade Memorial and Pikeville College into a four-year NBA career — two seasons each with the Knicks and the Pistons ... Meade Memorial won two 59thDistrict titles and made the 15th Region final in Butcher’s senior season ... Butcher died in 2012.