Sue Butz-Stavin
Emmaus High School
Impact Statement
“We want these kids to be successful. Even though we want to win a state championship, of course, we look at it as one game at a time.” -Sue Butz-Stavin
Biography
The year 2005 was memorable in the 31-year coaching career of Butz-Stavin, who stands No. 2 on the sport’s all-time victory list. Her Emmaus team finished with a perfect 28-0 record and won its state-best eighth state championship; Butz-Stavin recorded her 600th career victory; three of her players earned high school All-America honors; and she was named a finalist for the United States Olympic Committee’s Developmental Coach of the Year award.
Her career record stands at 638-69-33. This year’s team shut-out its first 19 opponents, finished 24-2 and advanced to the state semifinals. A member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Hall of Fame, Butz-Stavin’s FireStyx club team won the gold medal at the National Hockey Festival, winning pool championships in the event five of the last six years.
Since being honored in 2007, Butz-Stavin and the Green Hornets continue to rank as one of the best in Pennsylvania’s and across the nation. Emmaus won the AAA PA State Championship in 2010, 2015 and 2016. In addition, they finished second in 2013.
In 2015 Butz-Stavin notched her 840th win surpassing the national record for most wins. In 2017 she won her 900th game with a sudden victory win over their rival Parkland.
Butz-Stavin was also honored as the 2017 Coach of the Year after leading her team to its second straight Pennsylvania Class 3A state title.
In the past five years Emmaus boasts a record is 133-5. That puts her career record at 971-82-5. She’ll be looking for win 1,000 in 2021.
On Tuesday, October 5th, Butz-Stavin claimed that 100th win with a 12-0 shutout of East Stroudsburg North.
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