Becky Burke (born December 20, 1989) is an American women's basketball coach and former player. She is currently the head coach at the

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Career

She attended

Abington Heights High School Abington Heights High School is a moderate-sized public high school. It serves the boroughs of Clarks Green and Clarks Summit and the townships of Waverly Township, Glenburn Township, Newton Township, North Abington Township, Ransom Townsh ...

Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania Clarks Summit is a borough in Lackawanna County, northwest of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 5,108 at the 2020 census. It is also the northern control city of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, I-476, th ...

. She later attended the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university, public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19t ...

, where she played

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for the

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team. During her freshman season in 2008–09, Burke led the Cardinals to the Final Four of the

2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament commenced 21 March 2009 and concluded 7 April 2009 when the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals 76–54. Michigan State's upset over Duke in the second roun ...

, where they fell to

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in the championship game, 76–54.

Louisville statistics

Sources

Coaching career

After graduating from Louisville, Burke later went on to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College before serving as head women's basketball coach at

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott is a residential campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, Prescott, Arizona. The university offers bachelor degree, bachelor of science degrees in applied science, aviati ...

from 2016 to 2018, the

University of Charleston The University of Charleston (UC) is a private university with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia. It also has a location in Beckley, West Virginia, known as UC-Beckley. History The school was founded in 1888 as the Barboursville Semin ...

from 2018 to 2020, and the

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from 2020 to 2022. On April 6, 2022, Burke was named head women's basketball coach at the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly referred to as UB, University at Buffalo, and sometimes SUNY Buffalo) is a public university, public research university in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. ...

. After a 30

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, a WNIT Championship, and a 61–37 record at Buffalo over three seasons, she took over as the head coach at

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on April 14, 2025.

Head coaching record

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References

External links

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Buffalo Bulls bio

USC Upstate Spartans bio

Charleston Golden Eagles bio

Louisville Cardinals bio
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