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

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from 1986 to 1994, compiling a career

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coaching record of 56–49. Burt also coached at a number of high schools in California between 1962 and 2016.

Early life, playing career, and education

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

at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—

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as a center and defensive end. Burt graduated from Los Angeles State College—now known as California State University, Los Angeles–in 1962.

Coaching career

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

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, where he served as head football coach for six years. 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. Burt worked as the defensive line coach at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1976. Following that season, UCLA's

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, 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.

Head coaching record

College

References

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