Justin Burke

Last updated
Justin Burke
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
Team UTSA
Conference The American
Biographical details
Born (1987-11-12) November 12, 1987 (age 36)
Playing career
2006–2007 NC State
2008–2010 Louisville
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2012 Louisville (GA)
2013Louisville (OQC)
2014–2016 Texas (OQC)
2017–2019 South Florida (ST/TE)
2020–2021 UTSA (OA)
2022UTSA (ST/TE)
2022 (bowl game)UTSA (co-OC/ST/TE)
2023UTSA (OC/TE)
2024–presentUTSA (OC/QB)

Justin Burke (born November 12, 1987) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the UTSA Roadrunners football team.

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Playing career

Burke grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and attended Lexington Catholic High School. [1] He was named the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after passing for 3,789 yards and 62 touchdowns against six interceptions. [2] Burke was a highly rated recruit and committed to play college football at North Carolina State over offers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisville, Northwestern, Michigan State, Purdue, Ole Miss, Wake Forest, Rutgers, Western Michigan, and Toledo. [3]

Burke began his college career at NC State and redshirted his true freshman season. He played in three games in garbage time situations the following year. Burke transferred to Louisville after his redshirt freshman season. [4] He sat out the 2008 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Burke was named the Cardinals' starting quarterback entering the 2009 season. [5] He ultimately shared quarterbacking duties with Adam Froman and future UTSA offensive coordinator Will Stein throughout the season and finished the year with 654 passing yards. [6]

Coaching career

Burke entered coaching as a recruiting intern at Alabama in 2011 until being hired as a graduate assistant at Louisville by his former head coach Charlie Strong later in the year. He became an offensive quality control assistant in 2013. Burke hired to the same position at Texas after Strong has hired as the Longhorns' head coach. He spent three seasons on the Longhorns' staff until Strong was fired in 2016. [7]

Burke hired as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at South Florida in 2017, again following Strong. [8] He was selected called plays for the Bulls in the 2018 Gasparilla Bowl following the departure of offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert. [9]

Burke was hired as an offensive analyst at Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) in 2020. He was promoted to special teams coordinator and tight ends coach after two seasons. [10] Burke was named co-offensive coordinator at the end of the 2022 after Will Stein was hired as the offensive coordinator at Oregon. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Story, Mark (September 13, 2009). "Family fighting blue bloodlines to support Burke". Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ Henderson, James (August 18, 2008). "State QB Justin Burke to transfer to Louisville". WRALSportsFan.com . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ Carter, Matt (August 5, 2005). "Burke commits to NC State". Rivals.com . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ Carter, Matt (August 18, 2008). "Burke transferring to Louisville". Rivals.com . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Brian (August 25, 2009). "Burke named starting quarterback". ESPN.com . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Syracuse University looks to avoid pitfalls of great expectations in home game against Louisville". The Post-Standard . November 6, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Leslie, Allison (January 12, 2017). "Charlie Strong Makes Additions To Coaching Staff". SportsTalkFlorida.com. WHBO . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ Callahan, Garrett (January 11, 2017). "Another former Texas coach joins USF staff". 247Sports.com . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Strong confirms Justin Burke will call plays in Gasparilla Bowl". Tampa Bay Times . December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ Vannini, Chris (May 6, 2022). "UTSA football has risen fast. What can Jeff Traylor and the Roadrunners do for an encore?". The Athletic . Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "UTSA names new offensive coordinator with Will Stein leaving". San Antonio Express-News . December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
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