Rashon Burno (born February 3, 1978) is an American

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who is the head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

Burno played at St. Anthony High School in New Jersey under

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, where he was a part of two national championship teams his junior and senior years. He played collegiately at DePaul under

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and was part of the Blue Demons' 2000 NCAA tournament squad.

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. He'd then move on to assistant coaching stops at

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, and then four years under

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at Florida from 2012 to 2015, where he was part of three Elite Eight teams and the 2014 NCAA Final Four team. In 2015, he joined Bobby Hurley's staff at Arizona State. On March 6, 2021, Burno was named the 29th head coach in Northern Illinois history, replacing Mark Montgomery.

Head coaching record

References

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