Guillermo Ruiz Burguete Explained

Position:Head coach
Birth Date:24 January 1976
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:244
College:ITESM Monterrey
Undraftedyear:2004
Pastteams:
Pastcoaching:
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Highlights:
  • 2003 IFAF World Championship All-Star Team

José Guillermo Ruiz Burguete (born 24 January 1976) is a Mexican gridiron football coach. He previously played in the NFL Europe with the Frankfurt Galaxy.

Playing career

College career

Ruiz Burguete played college football for the Centinelas CGP in 1995 and 1996 and later for the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey from 1998 to 2000, receiving a scholarship to study at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, where he majored in Business Administration.[1] [2]

During his college career, he won two National Championships in 1998 and 1999.

NFL Europe

In 2004, Ruiz Burguete was signed by the Frankfurt Galaxy of the NFL Europe.[1]

National team

Ruiz Burguete was part of the Mexico national American football team that competed in the 1999 and 2003 IFAF World Championship, where he was included in the All-Star Team of the tournament.[3]

Coaching career

In November 2016, Ruiz Burguete was appointed head coach of the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) ahead of the 2017 LFA season.[4] Burguete led the Dinos to the Tazón México II, that they lost 18–24 to the Mayas CDMX.[5]

In September 2017, he left the Dinos and was appointed as Commissioner of the LFA, but he resigned in January 2018.[6] [7]

In November 2021, Ruiz Burguete was appointed head coach of the Galgos de Tijuana.[8] Burguete left the Galgos ahead of the 2023 LFA season and was replaced by Héctor del Águila.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Receptor entrevista: Ruiz Burguete, LB salvaje. Receptor. 27 October 2020. 16 February 2022. es.
  2. Web site: Guillermo 'Cobra' Burguete. Receptor. 5 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309203111/http://www.receptor.com.mx/buscador/?contenido=2759&pagina=132. 9 March 2016. 16 February 2022. es.
  3. Web site: IFAF Senior World Championship of American football record book. americanfootball.jp. 17 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Guillermo Ruiz Burguete será el coach de Dinos en LFA. Mediotiempo.com. 14 November 2016. 17 February 2022. es.
  5. Web site: Cinco coaches con historia en la LFA. LFA.mx. 3 October 2019. 26 March 2023. es.
  6. Web site: La LFA presentó a su Comisionado y al Presidente del Consejo Administrativo. LFA.mx. 7 September 2017. 17 February 2022. es.
  7. Web site: Renuncia comisionado LFA Guillermo Ruiz Burguete. José Luis. Ayala. La Silla Rota. 16 January 2018. 17 February 2022. es.
  8. Web site: Nacen los Galgos de Tijuana en la LFA. Máximo Avance. 18 November 2021. 17 February 2022. es.
  9. News: Galgos presentó su nuevo Head Coach. El Sol de Tijuana. Marcos. Romero. 4 January 2023. 4 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230105025119/https://www.elsoldetijuana.com.mx/deportes/galgos-presento-su-nuevo-head-coach-9421601.html. 5 January 2023. es.