Neal Butler is beginning his fifth season as head coach of the men's and women's Cross Country & Track & Field teams in 2007 after spending five years at Asbury College. He led the Lancer men's team to a third place finish in the Mid-Central Conference in 2003 and a fifth place finish in both the NAIA Regionals and the NCCAA National Championships.

Butler was named NAIA Region XII Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and was named KIAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001.

Prior to his time at Asbury, Butler worked as a volunteer assistant coach at Morehead State University and as head coach at Riverside High School in Lost Creek, KY and at Lakeview Christian School in Marion, IN. He has also been a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana Wesleyan and Asbury.

Butler received degrees from Kentucky Mountain Bible College in 1984 and from Asbury in 1989. He received his master's degree in 1997 from Morehead State.

Butler works at Grace as the assistant facilities coordinator for the Robert and Frances Gordon Student Recreation Center, which opened in the fall of 2003. He is married to Rebecca.