Becky Burke

American women's basketball coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Becky Burke (born December 20, 1989) is an American women's basketball coach and former player. As of 2025 she is the head coach at the University of Arizona.

ConferenceBig 12
Record12–18 (.400)
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Becky Burke
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamArizona
ConferenceBig 12
Record12–18 (.400)
Biographical details
Born (1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 (age 36)
Playing career
2008–2012Louisville
PositionGuard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014–2015Saint Joseph's (asst.)
2016–2018Embry–Riddle
2018–2020Charleston
2020–2022USC Upstate
2022–2025Buffalo
2025–presentArizona
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2014Cal State Fullerton (director of basketball operations)
Head coaching record
Overall186–110 (.628)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA D2)
5–1 (WNIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WNIT (2025)
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2022)
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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 helped lead 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

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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
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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
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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

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Embry–Riddle Eagles (California Pacific Conference) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Embry–Riddle 14–128–65th
2017–18 Embry–Riddle 21–611–32nd
Embry–Riddle: 35–18 (.660)19–9 (.679)
Charleston Golden Eagles (Mountain East Conference) (2018–2020)
2018–19 Charleston 25–718–42ndNCAA Division II first round
2019–20 Charleston 23–717–53rd
Charleston: 48–14 (.774)35–9 (.795)
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–21 USC Upstate 8–155–119th
2021–22 USC Upstate 22–814–43rd
USC Upstate: 30–23 (.566)19–15 (.559)
Buffalo Bulls (Mid-American Conference) (2022–2025)
2022–23 Buffalo 12–167–11T-7th
2023–24 Buffalo 19–1410–8T-4thWNIT first round
2024–25 Buffalo 30–713–5T-2ndWNIT Champions
Buffalo: 61–37 (.622)30–24 (.556)
Arizona Wildcats (Big 12 Conference) (2025–present)
2025–26 Arizona 12–183–15T–14th
Arizona: 12–18 (.400)3–15 (.167)
Total:186–110 (.628)

      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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