Rashon Burno Explained

Rashon Burno
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Northern Illinois
Current Conference:MAC
Current Record:33–60
Birth Date:3 February 1978
Birth Place:Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Player Years1:1998–2002
Player Team1:DePaul
Coach Years1:2007–2010
Coach Team1:Marmion Academy
Coach Years2:2010–2011
Coach Team2:Towson (assistant)
Coach Years3:2011–2012
Coach Team3:Manhattan (assistant)
Coach Years4:2012–2015
Coach Team4:Florida (assistant)
Coach Years5:2015–2021
Coach Team5:Arizona State (assistant)
Coach Years6:2021–present
Coach Team6:Northern Illinois
Overall Record:33–60 (college)
42–38 (high school)

Rashon Burno (born February 3, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team.[1] [2]

Playing career

Burno played at St. Anthony High School in New Jersey under Bob Hurley, where he was a part of two national championship teams his junior and senior years.[3] He played collegiately at DePaul under Pat Kennedy and was part of the Blue Demons' 2000 NCAA tournament squad.[4]

Coaching career

Burno got his coaching start as the head basketball coach at Marmion Academy from 2007 to 2010 where he also served as an economics and physical education teacher before landing his first college coaching job as an assistant at Towson, reuniting with his college head coach Kennedy.[3] He'd then move on to assistant coaching stops at Manhattan, and then four years under Billy Donovan at Florida from 2012 to 2015, where he was part of three Elite Eight teams and the 2014 NCAA Final Four team.[5] [6] In 2015, he joined Bobby Hurley's staff at Arizona State.[7]

On March 6, 2021, Burno was named the 29th head coach in Northern Illinois history, replacing Mark Montgomery.[8] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rashon Burno Fact Sheet (PDF). NIU Athletics.
  2. Web site: Rashon Burno, a former DePaul standout, hired by Northern Illinois as the new men’s basketball coach. Shannon. Ryan. chicagotribune.com.
  3. Web site: Rashon Burno Named as Assistant Coach. Towson University Athletics.
  4. Web site: Rashon Burno College Stats. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. Web site: Rashon Burno - Men's Basketball Coach. Manhattan College Athletics.
  6. Web site: Rashon Burno - Men's Basketball Coach. Florida Gators.
  7. Web site: Rashon Burno - Men's Basketball Coach. Arizona State University Athletics.
  8. Web site: RASHON BURNO NAMED NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH. NIU Athletics.