Michael Edward Burns (born May 14, 1962) is an American assistant men's college basketball coach at Boise State.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Burns graduated from

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in SeaTac in 1980. Burns first attended

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after high school. He later returned to the Seattle area to work as a concert promoter and worked with several

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bands.

Coaching career

Burns became an assistant coach at

Highline College Highline College is a public community college in Des Moines, Washington. Highline was founded in 1961 as the first community college in King County, Washington. The main campus covers . , there were approximately 17,000 students and 350,000 alu ...

, a junior college in

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. After three years at Highline, Burns returned to Tyee High School as co-head coach for the 1995–96 season. From 1996 to 1999, Burns worked as an assistant coach at

Central Washington University Central Washington University (CWU) is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington. Founded in 1891, the university consists of four divisions: the President's Division, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, and Academic and Student Life ...

. Burns was an assistant at Stephen F. Austin State University in the 1999–2000 season before returning to Washington state as an assistant coach for

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in 2000. Burns became associate head coach in 2002. In 2003, Burns was an assistant coach at

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. Burns returned to Eastern Washington in 2004 as head coach. For 2007-2008, Burns was head coach at Community Colleges of Spokane, leading the team to a 30-2 record and year-long #1 ranking in the

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league. His team had a 24-game winning streak snapped with a one-point loss in the title game against Yakima Valley CC. He was named the NWAACC Coach of the Year, and the NWAACC East Region Coach of the Year. In 2008, Burns left and was an assistant coach at

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. In June 2015, Burns was an assistant coach at the University of the Pacific under Ron Verlin. Burns took over as interim head coach on December 11, 2015. On May 25, 2016, Burns joined

Leon Rice Leon Paul Rice (born November 25, 1963) is an American college basketball coach, and the head men's basketball coach at Boise State University of the Mountain West Conference. He replaced Greg Graham as head coach of the Broncos on March 26, ...

's staff at Boise State as an assistant coach.

Head coaching record

References

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