Amy Cherubini, a former standout player at IndianaUniversity, is entering her seventh season on BethCouture's staff with the Butler women’s basketball team.After four seasons as an assistant coach, Cherubnini was promotedto associate head coach for the 2010-11 season.
Cherubini brings coaching experience to the Bulldogs from threeuniversities in addition to the professional and high schoollevels. Prior to arriving at Butler at the start of the 2006-07 season,Cherubini spent two years as the top assistant at the University ofIndianapolis. The Greyhounds advanced to the second round of theDivision II NCAA Tournament during the 2004-05 campaign and wereranked as high as fifth in the Great Lakes Region. While atIndianapolis, Cherubini was involved in all aspects of the program,but focused on recruiting, opponent scouting, coordinating teamdefense and monitoring student-athletes’ academicprogress.
She arrived at Indianapolis after posting a 49-21 record inthree seasons as the head varsity coach at Pike High School on thewest side of Indianapolis, leading the team to sectional titles in2002 and 2004. The team was ranked third in the state and ninth inthe Midwest by USA Today during the 2002-03 season. In 2003,Cherubini coached the Jermaine O’Neal County All-StarTeam.
Prior to that, Cherubini served as an assistant at Saint LouisUniversity for three years from 1998-2001. Her primaryresponsibilities included working with the team’s backcourtplayers, recruiting and scouting
Cherubini spent two seasons with the Atlanta Glory of theAmerican Basketball League (ABL). During her first year, she servedas an assistant coach, before moving into the lineup as aplayer-coach in 1997-98. Before her ABL tenure, Cherubini was anassistant coach at Michigan for the 1995-96 season.
As a player, Cherubini competed for Indiana from 1988-92. Sheaveraged 13.3 points as a senior in 1991-92 and was named theChicago Tribune Big Ten Player of the Year. Cherubini set a schoolrecord (and then Big Ten mark) with 10 3-pointers made in a game.She captained the Hoosiers as a senior.
The Newark, Ohio, native earned a bachelor’s degree inelementary education from IU in 1994. She was inducted into theUtica (Ohio) High School Hall of Fame in 1999.
