Tim Burke is an American born Canadian football coach who was the

defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...

for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Burke was previously the head coach of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Career

Burke played running back for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from 1974 to 1977. After graduating in 1977, Burke started his coaching career with the University of Minnesota. He later coached at University of South Dakota, University of North Dakota,

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, University of Wyoming, Indiana State University, and University of Kansas. His most notable NCAA coaching job was as the defensive backs coach for Purdue University from 1997 to 1999, where he was a part of two Alamo Bowl championship teams (

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

) Burke made the move to the CFL as the defensive backs coach with Calgary Stampeders from 2005 to 2007. He later joined the Montreal Alouettes as defensive coordinator under head coach Marc Trestman from 2008 to 2010, where he won two

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s. In 2011, he took over as defensive coordinator for the Blue Bombers. The next year, Burke interviewed for the vacant

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

head coaching position, but did not get the job. He returned to the Blue Bombers for the 2012 season and was promoted to interim head coach on August 25 following the dismissal of Paul LaPolice. At the end of the season, the interim tag was removed and the Blue Bombers officially named Burke the 29th head coach in team history. Burke was fired by the Blue Bombers only a year later, after the team finished last in the league with only three wins. Shortly after, the Toronto Argonauts hired Burke as their new defensive coordinator. Burke left the Argonauts after one year for personal reasons.

Personal

Burke is a native of

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. He and his wife Rita live in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

during the off-season. Burke has two sons from a previous marriage: Kelly is a

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in the United States Air Force and Evan is a former member of the gymnastics team at Temple University.

CFL coaching record

References

External links

Purdue Boilermakers bio
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