Becky Burke

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.

Becky Burke
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBuffalo
ConferenceMAC
Record12–16 (.429)
Biographical details
Born (1989-12-20) December 20, 1989
Playing career
2008–2012Louisville
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014–2015Saint Joseph's (asst.)
2016–2018Embry–Riddle
2018–2020Charleston
2020–2022USC Upstate
2022–presentBuffalo
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2014Cal State Fullerton (director of basketball operations)
Head coaching record
Overall125–71 (.638)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2022)

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.

Coaching career

After graduating from Louisville, Burke later went on to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College[4] before serving as head women's basketball coach at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott from 2016 to 2018,[4] the University of Charleston from 2018 to 2020,[4] and the University of South Carolina Upstate from 2020 to 2022.[5] On April 6, 2022, Burke was named head women's basketball coach at the University at Buffalo.[6][7][8][9][10]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Embry–Riddle Eagles (California Pacific Conference) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Embry–Riddle 14–128–65th
2017–18 Embry–Riddle 21–611–32nd
Embry–Riddle: 35–18 (.660)19–9 (.679)
Charleston Golden Eagles (Mountain East Conference) (2018–2020)
2018–19 Charleston 25–718–42nd
2019–20 Charleston 23–717–53rd
Charleston: 48–14 (.774)35–9 (.795)
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–21 USC Upstate 8–155–119th
2021–22 USC Upstate 22–814–43rd
USC Upstate: 30–23 (.566)19–15 (.559)
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2022–present)
2022–23 Buffalo 12–167–11
2023–24 Buffalo ––
Buffalo: 12–16 (.429)7–11 (.389)
Total:125–71 (.638)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Myers, Marty (February 18, 2007). "Burke boosts Lady Comets". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. C4. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. 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 open access.
  3. "Burke, Louisville made Final Four". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. April 5, 2009. p. C2. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
  8. 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.
  9. Pelusi, Julianne (April 8, 2022). "Becky Burke introduced as Buffalo's new women's basketball coach". WGRZ. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  10. 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.
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