Becky Burke Explained
| Becky Burke |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Buffalo |
| Current Conference: | MAC |
| Current Record: | 31–30 |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1989 |
| Player Years1: | 2008–2012 |
| Player Team1: | Louisville |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Admin Years1: | 2013–2014 |
| Admin Team1: | Cal State Fullerton (director of basketball operations) |
| Coach Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Coach Team1: | Saint Joseph's (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2016–2018 |
| Coach Team2: | Embry–Riddle |
| Coach Years3: | 2018–2020 |
| Coach Team3: | Charleston |
| Coach Years4: | 2020–2022 |
| Coach Team4: | USC Upstate |
| Coach Years5: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team5: | Buffalo |
| Awards: | Big South Coach of the Year (2022) |
| Overall Record: | 144–85 |
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]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|
| 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
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Myers . Marty . Burke boosts Lady Comets . . . February 18, 2007 . C4 . April 9, 2022 . .
- News: Walsh . Scott . Louisville's Burke in 3-point contest . . . March 22, 2012 . B3 . April 9, 2022 . .
- News: Burke, Louisville made Final Four . . . April 5, 2009 . C2 . April 9, 2022 . .
- Web site: NCAA Statistics. NCAA.ORG. 2024-04-20.
- News: Climbing the ladder: How UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke built programs, and her career. April 17, 2022. The Buffalo News. Lenzi, Rachel. April 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220417121851/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/climbing-the-ladder-how-ub-womens-basketball-coach-becky-burke-built-programs-and-her-career/article_14543574-bc11-11ec-9bf0-5b7968799ddc.html. April 17, 2022.
- News: Division I school hires Burke as head coach. June 16, 2020. The Abington Journal. Robinson, Tom. April 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410052158/https://www.theabingtonjournal.com/sports/44776/division-i-school-hires-burke-as-head-coach. April 10, 2022.
- News: UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke: 'I want to make sure I do this from the ground up'. April 8, 2022. The Buffalo News. Lenzi, Rachel. April 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220408205136/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/ub-womens-basketball-coach-becky-burke-i-want-to-make-sure-i-do-this-from/article_f3a1f702-b775-11ec-a679-fbb9d5046bef.html. April 8, 2022.
- News: UB names Becky Burke new women's basketball coach. April 6, 2022. Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. April 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410050906/https://www.lockportjournal.com/sports/local_sports/ub-names-becky-burke-new-womens-basketball-coach/article_59b86e1a-4552-533a-878c-44a63f67fd1d.html. April 10, 2022.
- News: Becky Burke takes over UB women's basketball as next head coach. April 6, 2022. WIVB. Prusak, Heather. April 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410051741/https://www.wivb.com/sports/becky-burke-takes-over-ub-womens-basketball-as-next-head-coach/. April 10, 2022.
- News: Becky Burke introduced as Buffalo's new women's basketball coach. April 8, 2022. WGRZ. Pelusi, Julianne. April 10, 2022.
- News: UB hires Becky Burke to take over women's basketball program. April 6, 2022. WKBW. Callari, Jenna. April 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220410054433/https://www.wkbw.com/sports/college/ub-hires-becky-burke-to-take-over-womens-basketball-program. April 10, 2022.
- Web site: 2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings . 2024-04-20 . getsomemaction.com . en.
