| Keith Burns | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Record: | 20–16 |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Hurst, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1980–1982 |
| Player Team1: | Arkansas |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back |
| Coach Years1: | 1984 |
| Coach Team1: | Arkansas (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1985–1988 |
| Coach Team2: | Pacific (CA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1989–1992 |
| Coach Team3: | Rice (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1993 |
| Coach Team4: | USC (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1994–1997 |
| Coach Team5: | USC (DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team6: | Arkansas (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team7: | Tulsa |
| Coach Years8: | 2004–2009 |
| Coach Team8: | San Jose State (DC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2010 |
| Coach Team9: | Kansas State (DB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011 |
| Coach Team10: | Ole Miss (DB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team11: | Oakland Raiders (asst. ST) |
| Coach Years12: | 2014 |
| Coach Team12: | Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years13: | 2015–2017 |
| Coach Team13: | Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) |
| Coach Years14: | 2018–2019 |
| Coach Team14: | UTEP (DB) |
| Coach Years15: | 2021–present |
| Admin Years1: | 2020 |
| Admin Team1: | UTEP |
| Overall Record: | 7–28 (college) 38–33 (high school) |
Melvin Keith Burns (born September 26, 1960) is an American football coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Tulsa from 2000 to 2002, compiling an overall college football record of seven wins and 28 losses. Burns has also been the defensive coordinator at Pacific, USC, University of Arkansas and San Jose State.[1] While at Arkansas in 1998, Burns was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. He was also an assistant special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). After serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Burns was promoted to head coach effective for 2015. Currently Keith Burns is coaching high school football at Fort Worth Country Day School in Fort Worth, Texas.[2]