Tucson, Ariz. – University of Buffalo Becky Burke was appointed the 10th head coach in the history of women’s basketballs of Arizona by the vice-president and director of athletics of the Wildcats, Reed-François on Wednesday.
This season, his third with the Bulls, saw UB publish a record of 30 victories, culminating with a Wnit title.
“Our model focuses on the identification of head coaches who favor the success of coaching, recruitment and development of high content students,” said Reed-François. “The Burke coach is a proven program manufacturer and a rising college female basketball star with history of transformational success. She knows the Wildcats and the united community that we have in Tucson. Our research committee has done an excellent selection job of the good leader because we are proud to welcome the coach Burke, Savannah and Banks at the University of Arizona.
In his second season at the head of the Bulls, Burke led UB to a season of 19 wins, a trip to the Mac championship match and an appearance in the Wnit of the playoffs. The Bulls won 10 championship games, an improvement of seven winners compared to a season which is the greatest improvement in any Mac school, while finishing fourth after being chosen eighth in the Mac pre-season survey.
During its first season, the Bulls were classified in the upper half of the league as a goals on the ground (0.438), as a percentage of three -point fields (0.343), by scoring the defense (65.1), a three -point goal defense (0.315), assists per match (13.8) and an assistance ratio (+1.0).
“I would like to thank the president (Suresh) Garimella and the Desire for this wonderful opportunity to direct the Arizona Women’s Basketball, a program with such a rich tradition,” said Burke. “Wildcats fans perfectly understand the role that elite culture plays in the construction of a program that wins the championships. Our staff will be ready to make it a reality as we call Tucson at home.”
Burke spent two seasons as the USCTATE head coach and designed one of the country’s best reversals in 2021-2022. That year, the Spartans were chosen 10th in the pre-season poll of the Big South and finished with a seeded 3 and a goodbye in the first round in the conference tournament. His club equaled the record of the era of division I of the program for global victories (22) and the victories of the conference (14) while the team made an improvement of 14 victories from 2020 to 21.
Before taking the reins in the north of the state, Burke had an impressive two-year stay at the NCAA DII level as a head coach at the University of Charleston in Virginia-Western. She brought the Golden Eagles back to the national importance during her first season at the head of the program in 2018-19, leading the team to a record of 25-7, which was an improvement of 12 victories compared to the previous year. The Golden Eagles also produced the top 25 of the season and made their first NCAA tournament since 2014.
During his second year, the Golden Eagles went 23-7 while directing the conference once again to mark the defense.
Before his stay in Charleston, Burke launched the women’s basketball program at the Embry-Rriddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, in Arizona, in 2015 and was then the Eagles head coach for two seasons. She led the team to a record of victories in her inaugural campaign in 2016-2017. During its second season in Erau, the Eagles were classified in the Top 25 of the NAIA and compiled a record of 21-6, including a bar of 11-3 during the California Pacific Conference.
Burke obtained a place on the list of 30-sous 30-sous women’s basketball coaches in 2019. She was the only head coach to appear on the exclusive list.
Before his career as a head coach, Burke was assistant coach at Saint Joseph’s College for the 2014-15 season. Before that, she was director of basketball operations at California State Fullerton in 2013-2014.
Burke was out of competition at the University of Louisville where she obtained a diploma in sports management in 2012. In four years as a cardinal, she led the program with three appearances at the NCAA tournament, including the championship game in 2009 and the Sweet Sixteen in 2011. Burke is a member of the 1000 -point club in the program in 2012, in terms of state of state of state in 2012, in terms of shooting of 3 points in 2012, as a race.
Originally from Clarks, from Pennsylvania, Burke played in his native high school in Abington Heights. She was appointed player of the Pennsylvania class 4A year as a senior by the Associated Press and scored more than 2,100 career points. Burke and his wife Savannah have a son, Banks.
