Becky Burke

Becky Burke

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Arizona
Conference	Big 12
Record	0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born	(1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 (age 35)
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.

Career

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.

Louisville statistics

Sources ^[4]

Legend

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
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

Coaching career

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]

Head coaching record

Source: ^[13]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Myers, Marty (February 18, 2007). "Burke boosts Lady Comets". The Scranton Times-Tribune . Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. C4. Retrieved April 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
2. Walsh, Scott (March 22, 2012). "Louisville's Burke in 3-point contest". The Scranton Times-Tribune . Scranton, Pennsylvania. p. B3. Retrieved April 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Burke, Louisville made Final Four". The Scranton Times-Tribune . Scranton, Pennsylvania. April 5, 2009. p. C2. Retrieved April 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
5. Lenzi, Rachel (April 17, 2022). "Climbing the ladder: How UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke built programs, and her career". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
6. Robinson, Tom (June 16, 2020). "Division I school hires Burke as head coach". The Abington Journal. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
7. Lenzi, Rachel (April 8, 2022). "UB women's basketball coach Becky Burke: 'I want to make sure I do this from the ground up'". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
8. "UB names Becky Burke new women's basketball coach". Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. April 6, 2022. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
9. Prusak, Heather (April 6, 2022). "Becky Burke takes over UB women's basketball as next head coach". WIVB. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
10. Pelusi, Julianne (April 8, 2022). "Becky Burke introduced as Buffalo's new women's basketball coach". WGRZ . Retrieved April 10, 2022.
11. Callari, Jenna (April 6, 2022). "UB hires Becky Burke to take over women's basketball program". WKBW. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
12. Wohl, Ari (April 14, 2025). "'Bear down, baby': Becky Burke introduced as new Arizona Wildcats women's basketball coach". AZ Central]. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
13. "2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

External links

• Becky Burke on Twitter
• Buffalo Bulls bio Archived April 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
• USC Upstate Spartans bio
• Charleston Golden Eagles bio
• Louisville Cardinals bio