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 III championship.
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| Title | Running backs coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | UC Davis | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Sky | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | February 24, 1993 Westlake, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Mount Union (2015) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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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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 UC Davis, a position he has held since 2022.
High school career
editBurke led St. Edward High School to the 2010 OHSAA Division I state title, defeating Braxton Miller-led Huber Heights Wayne 35–28.[1]
College career
editBurke led the Mount Union 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 NCAA Division III college football player of the year, becoming the first junior winner and the first two-time winner.[2]
Statistics
edit| 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 | |
Professional career
editAfter 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.
Coaching career
editDuring the 2017 season, Burke became the running backs coach for Case Western Reserve. The Spartans reached the playoffs, where they were eventually eliminated by Burke's alma mater, Mount Union, 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 UC Davis, he was promoted to running backs coach.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Three years after beating Braxton Miller, Mount Union QB Kevin Burke goes for second national title". cleveland.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b "Mount Union quarterback Kevin Burke wins second Gagliardi Trophy (video)". cleveland.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Moreno, Eric (July 11, 2018). "National Team alum and Case Western Reserve assistant coach Kevin Burke: 'Playing for my country was a blessing'". USA Football. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Former Vienna Vikings QB signs with Memphis Express of Alliance of American Football". American Football International. February 27, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Munz, Jason (March 8, 2019). "Zach Mettenberger and Aaron Murray go back a ways. They'll cross paths again Sunday". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Evans, Jace (March 16, 2019). "Johnny Manziel joining Alliance of American Football's Memphis Express". USA Today. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ Rubino, Dylan (March 16, 2019). "Memphis gets Manziel: Heisman QB joins Alliance". AAF.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Case Western Reserve: Kevin Burke, two-time Gagliardi Trophy winner, joins coaching staff".
- ^ "Football: Former Players Burke & Spencer to Attend NFF Campbell Trophy Summit". Mount Union Purple Raiders. August 12, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ staff, Enterprise (August 9, 2022). "Football: Burke promoted to Aggies' running back coach". DavisEnterprise.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.