Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Arizona |
Conference | Big 12 |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | December 20, 1989 |
Playing career | |
2008–2012 | Louisville |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2014–2015 | Saint Joseph's (asst.) |
2016–2018 | Embry–Riddle |
2018–2020 | Charleston |
2020–2022 | USC Upstate |
2022–2025 | Buffalo |
2025–present | Arizona |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2013–2014 | Cal State Fullerton (director of basketball operations) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 174–92 (.654) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
WNIT (2025) | |
Awards | |
Big South Coach of the Year (2022) |
Becky Burke (born December 20, 1989) is an American women's basketball coach and former player. She is currently the head coach at the University of Arizona.
She attended Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. [1] She later attended the University of Louisville, where she played guard for the Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team. [2] 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, [3] where they fell to UConn in the championship game, 76–54.
Sources [4]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2008–09 | Louisville | 38 | 191 | 38.2% | 31.9% | 88.4% | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
2009–10 | Louisville | 32 | 440 | 39.0% | 35.8% | 80.4% | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 13.8 |
2010–11 | Louisville | 33 | 278 | 42.9% | 38.8% | 90.7% | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | 7.9 |
2011–12 | Louisville | 33 | 379 | 38.9% | 37.9% | 84.5% | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
Career | 138 | 1288 | 39.6% | 36.5% | 84.6% | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
After graduating from Louisville, Burke later went on to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College [5] before serving as head women's basketball coach at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott from 2016 to 2018, [5] the University of Charleston from 2018 to 2020, [5] and the University of South Carolina Upstate from 2020 to 2022. [6] On April 6, 2022, Burke was named head women's basketball coach at the University at Buffalo. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
After a 30 season, a WNIT Championship, and a 61–37 record at Buffalo over three seasons, she took over as the head coach at Arizona on April 14, 2025. [12]
Source: [13]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Embry–Riddle Eagles (California Pacific Conference)(2016–2018) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Embry–Riddle | 14–12 | 8–6 | 5th | |||||
2017–18 | Embry–Riddle | 21–6 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
Embry–Riddle: | 35–18 (.660) | 19–9 (.679) | |||||||
Charleston Golden Eagles (Mountain East Conference)(2018–2020) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Charleston | 25–7 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division II first round | ||||
2019–20 | Charleston | 23–7 | 17–5 | 3rd | |||||
Charleston: | 48–14 (.774) | 35–9 (.795) | |||||||
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference)(2020–2022) | |||||||||
2020–21 | USC Upstate | 8–15 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
2021–22 | USC Upstate | 22–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | |||||
USC Upstate: | 30–23 (.566) | 19–15 (.559) | |||||||
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference)(2022–2025) | |||||||||
2022–23 | Buffalo | 12–16 | 7–11 | T-7th | |||||
2023–24 | Buffalo | 19–14 | 10–8 | T-4th | WNIT first round | ||||
2024–25 | Buffalo | 30–7 | 13–5 | T-2nd | WNIT Champions | ||||
Buffalo: | 61–37 (.622) | 30–24 (.556) | |||||||
Arizona Wildcats (Big 12 Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
2025–26 | Arizona | ||||||||
Arizona: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 174–92 (.654) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |