Education
University of Maine.
University of Maine.
He served as the head football coach at Ithaca College from 1967 to 1994. During his 28 seasons at Ithaca, Butterfield was one of the most successful coaches in the country winning 206 games and three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III National Football Championships (known as the Stagg Bowl). His teams finished as the runner-up in the Stagg Bowl four times.
His total playoff record was 21–8.
After his retirement, Ithaca renamed their football stadium in his honor. Butterfield was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.
He died of cancer in 2002 in Ithaca, New New York Butterfield"s brother, Jack, was a college baseball coach and executive in the New York Yankees organization.