| Bob Burt | |
| Birth Date: | 1941 |
| Player Team1: | Adams State |
| Player Positions: | Center, defensive end |
| Coach Years1: | 1962–1965 |
| Coach Team1: | St. Paul HS (CA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1966–1968 |
| Coach Team2: | Pater Noster HS (CA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1969–1974 |
| Coach Team3: | Santiago HS (CA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1975 |
| Coach Team4: | United States International |
| Coach Years5: | 1976 |
| Coach Team5: | UCLA (DL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1977–1979 |
| Coach Team6: | Hawaii (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1980–1985 |
| Coach Team7: | Cal State Fullerton (DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 1986–1994 |
| Coach Team8: | Cal State Northridge |
| Coach Years9: | 1995–2007 |
| Coach Team9: | Temescal Canyon HS (CA) |
| Coach Years10: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team10: | Notre Dame HS (CA) |
| Coach Years11: | 2011 |
| Coach Team11: | Glen A. Wilson HS (CA) |
| Coach Years12: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team12: | Cypress HS (CA) |
| Coach Years13: | 2014 |
| Coach Team13: | Santa Rosa Academy (CA) |
| Coach Years14: | 2016 |
| Coach Team14: | Fallbrook HS (CA) |
| Coach Years15: | 2021 |
| Coach Team15: | Verrado HS (AZ) (DC) |
| Overall Record: | 56–49 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 WFC (1990) |
Bob Burt (born 1941) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at United States International University (USIU) in 1975 and California State University, Northridge from 1986 to 1994, compiling a career college football coaching record of 56–49. Burt also coached at a number of high schools in California between 1962 and 2016.
Burt attended San Pedro High School in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, where he played football and baseball before graduating in 1958. He played college football at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—Alamosa, Colorado as a center and defensive end.[1] Burt graduated from Los Angeles State College—now known as California State University, Los Angeles–in 1962.[2]
Burt began his coaching career in 1962 as an assistant at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, California under head coach Marijon Ancich. In 1966, he was appointed to his first head coaching job, at Pater Noster High School in Los Angeles. After three years as head coach at Pater Noster, Burt moved on to Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California, where he served as head football coach for six years.[3]
In 1975, Burt was hired as the head football coach at United States International University (USIU) in San Diego, but resigned after one season, in January 1976, citing a his long commute. He was living in Garden Grove and teaching at La Quinta High School in Westminster, California while coaching part-time at USIU.[4]
Burt worked as the defensive line coach at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1976. Following that season, UCLA's defensive coordinator, Dick Tomey, was hired the head football coach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and took Burt with him as his defensive coordinator. After three years at Hawaii, Burt moved on to California State University, Fullerton, where he served as defensive coordinator for six seasons under head coach Gene Murphy.[5] [6]