Rashon Burno

Last updated
Rashon Burno
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Northern Illinois
Conference MAC
Record33–60 (.355)
Biographical details
Born (1978-02-03) February 3, 1978 (age 46)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2002 DePaul
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2010 Marmion Academy
2010–2011 Towson (assistant)
2011–2012 Manhattan (assistant)
2012–2015 Florida (assistant)
2015–2021 Arizona State (assistant)
2021–present Northern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall33–60 (.355) (college)
42–38 (.525) (high school)

Rashon Burno (born February 3, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team. [1] [2]

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Playing career

Burno played at St. Anthony High School in New Jersey under Bob Hurley, where he was a part of two national championship teams his junior and senior years. [3] He played collegiately at DePaul under Pat Kennedy and was part of the Blue Demons' 2000 NCAA tournament squad. [4]

Coaching career

Burno got his coaching start as the head basketball coach at Marmion Academy from 2007 to 2010 where he also served as an economics and physical education teacher before landing his first college coaching job as an assistant at Towson, reuniting with his college head coach Kennedy. [3] He'd then move on to assistant coaching stops at Manhattan, and then four years under Billy Donovan at Florida from 2012 to 2015, where he was part of three Elite Eight teams and the 2014 NCAA Final Four team. [5] [6] In 2015, he joined Bobby Hurley's staff at Arizona State. [7]

On March 6, 2021, Burno was named the 29th head coach in Northern Illinois history, replacing Mark Montgomery. [8] [2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Northern Illinois Huskies (MAC)(2021–present)
2021–22 Northern Illinois 9–216–14T–9th
2022–23 Northern Illinois 13–199–9T–6th
2023–24 Northern Illinois 11–205–1311th
Northern Illinois:33–60 (.355)20–36 (.357)
Total:33–60 (.355)

      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

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