Becky Burke
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Buffalo |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 31–30 (.508) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 (age 34) |
Playing career | |
2008–2012 | Louisville |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2014–2015 | Saint Joseph's (asst.) |
2016–2018 | Embry–Riddle |
2018–2020 | Charleston |
2020–2022 | USC Upstate |
2022–present | Buffalo |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2013–2014 | Cal State Fullerton (director of basketball operations) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 144–85 (.629) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Big South Coach of the Year (2022) | |
Becky Burke (born December 20, 1989) is an American women's basketball coach and former player. She is currently the head coach at the University at Buffalo.
Career
She attended Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.[1] She later attended the University of Louisville, where she played guard for the Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team.[2] During her freshman season in 2008–09, Burke led the Cardinals to the Final Four of the 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament,[3] where they fell to UConn in the championship game, 76–54.
Louisville statistics
Sources[4]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2008–09 | Louisville | 38 | 191 | 38.2% | 31.9% | 88.4% | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
2009–10 | Louisville | 32 | 440 | 39.0% | 35.8% | 80.4% | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 13.8 |
2010–11 | Louisville | 33 | 278 | 42.9% | 38.8% | 90.7% | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | 7.9 |
2011–12 | Louisville | 33 | 379 | 38.9% | 37.9% | 84.5% | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
Career | 138 | 1288 | 39.6% | 36.5% | 84.6% | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
Coaching career
After graduating from Louisville, Burke later went on to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College[5] before serving as head women's basketball coach at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott from 2016 to 2018,[5] the University of Charleston from 2018 to 2020,[5] and the University of South Carolina Upstate from 2020 to 2022.[6] On April 6, 2022, Burke was named head women's basketball coach at the University at Buffalo.[7][8][9][10][11]
Head coaching record
Source:[12]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Embry–Riddle Eagles (California Pacific Conference) (2016–2018) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Embry–Riddle | 14–12 | 8–6 | 5th | |||||
2017–18 | Embry–Riddle | 21–6 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
Embry–Riddle: | 35–18 (.660) | 19–9 (.679) | |||||||
Charleston Golden Eagles (Mountain East Conference) (2018–2020) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Charleston | 25–7 | 18–4 | 2nd | |||||
2019–20 | Charleston | 23–7 | 17–5 | 3rd | |||||
Charleston: | 48–14 (.774) | 35–9 (.795) | |||||||
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2020–2022) | |||||||||
2020–21 | USC Upstate | 8–15 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
2021–22 | USC Upstate | 22–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | |||||
USC Upstate: | 30–23 (.566) | 19–15 (.559) | |||||||
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022–23 | Buffalo | 12–16 | 7–11 | T-7th | |||||
2023–24 | Buffalo | 19–14 | 10–8 | T-4th | |||||
Buffalo: | 31–30 (.508) | 17–19 (.472) | |||||||
Total: | 144–85 (.629) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
References
- ^ Myers, Marty (February 18, 2007). "Burke boosts Lady Comets". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. C4. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Walsh, Scott (March 22, 2012). "Louisville's Burke in 3-point contest". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. B3. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Burke, Louisville made Final Four". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. April 5, 2009. p. C2. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ a b c Lenzi, Rachel (April 17, 2022). "Climbing the ladder: How UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke built programs, and her career". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ Robinson, Tom (June 16, 2020). "Division I school hires Burke as head coach". The Abington Journal. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Lenzi, Rachel (April 8, 2022). "UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke: 'I want to make sure I do this from the ground up'". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "UB names Becky Burke new women's basketball coach". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. April 6, 2022. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Prusak, Heather (April 6, 2022). "Becky Burke takes over UB women's basketball as next head coach". WIVB. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Pelusi, Julianne (April 8, 2022). "Becky Burke introduced as Buffalo's new women's basketball coach". WGRZ. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ Callari, Jenna (April 6, 2022). "UB hires Becky Burke to take over women's basketball program". WKBW. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
External links
- Becky Burke on X
- Buffalo Bulls bio
- USC Upstate Spartans bio
- Charleston Golden Eagles bio
- Louisville Cardinals bio
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