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Title | Running backs coach | ||||||||||||||
Team | UC Davis | ||||||||||||||
Conference | Big Sky | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Westlake, Ohio, U.S. | February 24, 1993||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Mount Union (2015) | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Mount Union | ||||||||||||||
2015 | United States national team | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Dacia Vienna Vikings | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Memphis Express | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Bern Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Mount Union (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Case Western Reserve (RB) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Case Western Reserve (QB) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Case Western Reserve (PGC/QB) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Mount Union (QB) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | UC Davis (OQC) | ||||||||||||||
2022–present | UC Davis (RB) | ||||||||||||||
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Kevin Burke (born February 24, 1993) is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He played college football for Mount Union where he was a two-time winner of the Gagliardi Trophy and won the NCAA Division 3 championship.
Burke played professionally in Europe for the Dacia Vikings in the Austrian Football League, the Memphis Express in the Alliance of American Football, as well as the Bern Grizzlies in Nationalliga A.
Burke previously coached for Mount Union, Case Western Reserve, and is the running backs coach for University of California, Davis, a position he has held since 2022.
Burke led St. Edward High School to the 2010 OHSAA Division I state title, defeating Braxton Miller-led Huber Heights Wayne 35–28. [1]
Burke led the Mount Union Purple Raiders football team to three national championship games, winning in 2012 and losing in 2013 and 2014. [2]
In 2013 and 2014, Burke won the Gagliardi Trophy, the award for most outstanding Division III college football player of the year, becoming the first junior winner and the first two-time winner. [2]
Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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GP | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
Mount Union Purple Raiders | |||||||||||||||
2011 | DNP | ||||||||||||||
2012 | 15 | 15–0 | 249 | 359 | 69.4 | 3,772 | 10.5 | 38 | 7 | 188.6 | 138 | 776 | 5.6 | 9 | |
2013 | 15 | 14–1 | 234 | 368 | 63.6 | 3,830 | 10.4 | 44 | 9 | 185.6 | 195 | 1,025 | 5.3 | 14 | |
2014 | 15 | 14–1 | 290 | 452 | 64.2 | 4,412 | 9.8 | 52 | 9 | 180.1 | 117 | 599 | 5.1 | 10 | |
Career | 45 | 43−2 | 773 | 1,179 | 65.6 | 12,014 | 10.2 | 134 | 25 | 184.4 | 450 | 2,400 | 5.3 | 33 |
After his college career, Burke became a member of the United States national team for the 2015 IFAF World Championship, whom he led to the gold medal. [3]
In 2017, he joined the Vienna Vikings of the Austrian Football League. That year, he recorded 2,990 passing yards (second-most in the league) and 36 touchdown passes as he led the Vikings to the Austrian Bowl championship. Against the Swarco Raiders, he threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns and recorded 121 rushing yards as the Vikings won 45–26; Burke earned game MVP honors for his performance. He also played for the Vikings in 2018 taking the team Austrian Bowl before losing to the Raiders. [4]
Burke was signed by the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) on February 21, 2019, following the benching of Christian Hackenberg. [4] He was waived on February 27, [5] replaced by Johnny Manziel. [6] [7] The AAF league folded midway through the season.
Later in 2019, Burke signed and played for the Bern Grizzlies of Switzerland Nationalliga A. The Grizzlies lost in the semi-final of the playoffs.
During the 2017 season, Burke became the running backs coach for Case Western Reserve Spartans. The Spartans reached the playoffs, where they were eventually eliminated by Burke's alma mater, Mount Union Purple Raiders, in the second round. [3] For the 2018 season, he was named quarterbacks coach for Case Western Reserve, and added passing game coordinator to his role in 2019. [8] In 2020, Burke rejoined his alma mater coaching staff as quarterbacks coach. [9] In 2022, after serving as an offensive quality control coach for the University of California, Davis, he was promoted to running backs coach. [10]
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