Beth Burns

Beth Burns
Sport(s) Women's basketball
Current position
Title Associate head coach
Team USC
Conference Pac-12
Biographical details
Born (1957-10-07) October 7, 1957
Chatham, New Jersey
Playing career
1975–1979 Ohio Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1981 Ohio State (grad. asst.)
1981–1983 East Carolina (asst.)
1983–1988 Colorado (asst.)
1988–1989 NC State (asst.)
1989–1997 San Diego State
1997–2002 Ohio State
2004–2005 Stanford (strength)
2005–2013 San Diego State
2014–present USC (assoc. HC)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2× MW Coach of the Year (2009, 2012)
  • 3× WAC Coach of the Year (1994, 1995, 1997)

Mary Elizabeth Burns (born October 7, 1957)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently women's basketball associate head coach at USC. Previously, Burns was the head coach at San Diego State for 1989 to 1997 and from 2005 to 2013 and at Ohio State from 1997 to 2002. With a 295-186 record at San Diego State, Burns has the most career wins in school history. She guided San Diego State to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and earned five Coach of the Year awards combined from the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference.

Career

Burns played college basketball at Ohio Wesleyan from 1975 to 1979.[2] From 1979 to 1981, while completing her master's degree in physical education, Burns served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State. Burns then was an assistant coach at East Carolina from 1981 to 1983, Colorado from 1983 to 1988, and NC State from 1988 to 1989.[2]

Burns's first tenure as women's basketball head coach at San Diego State was from 1989 to 1997. During these eight seasons, San Diego State appeared in the 1994, 1995, and 1997 NCAA Tournaments, and Burns won Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in those years as well.[2]

From 1997 to 2002, she served as the head women's basketball coach at Ohio State. Her teams went 81-65 during her tenure, and Ohio State won the 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament.[2][3] After going 14–15 in the 2001–02 season, Burns was fired.[4]

Burns founded BBHoops, a fitness and basketball instruction business in San Diego, after leaving Ohio State. In 2004, Burns joined Tara VanDerveer's staff at Stanford as strength and conditioning coach. After one year in that position, Burns began her second tenure as head coach at San Diego State.[5]

In the 2009 NCAA Women's Tournament, San Diego State was a 10 seed and advanced to the second round. During the 2009-10 season Burns led San Diego State to a 22-10 overall records and a 10-6 record in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as well as the MWC Tournament Title. That season the team was an 11 seed in the NCAA Women's Tournament with an opening round match-up versus the sixth-seeded Texas Lady Longhorns, with San Diego State winning 74-63.[2]

Eight months after signing a five-year contract, Burns resigned on April 16, 2013.[6]

In 2014, Burns joined USC as associate head coach under Cynthia Cooper-Dyke.[5]

Lawsuit against San Diego State

On February 19, 2014, Burns filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against San Diego State University, alleging: "SDSU fired her in retaliation for her unwavering demands that SDSU put women’s basketball and men’s athletics on an equal footing."[7] Burns also filed a similar claim against the California State University system in October 2013.[8] Trial began in May 2016.[9] In September, 2016, Burns won the lawsuit, with an award of 3.35 million.[10]

Coaching tree

These former players or assistant coaches under Burns later became head coaches:

Head coaching record

Sources: Ohio State,[17] San Diego State[18]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Diego State Aztecs (Big West Conference) (1989–1990)
1989–90 San Diego State 7–23 6–12 8th
San Diego State Aztecs (Western Athletic Conference) (1990–1997)
1990–91 San Diego State 14–14 6–6 4th
1991–92 San Diego State 18–11 9–5 4th
1992–93 San Diego State 19–9 9–5 T–2nd NCAA First Round
1993–94 San Diego State 26–5 13–1 1st NCAA Second Round
1994–95 San Diego State 24–6 14–0 1st NCAA First Round
1995–96 San Diego State 20–8 9–5 3rd
1996–97 San Diego State 23–7 15–1 1st NCAA First Round
San Diego State (first): 151–83 81–35
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1997–2002)
1997–98 Ohio State 15–12 7–9 8th
1998–99 Ohio State 17–12 9–7 4th NCAA First Round
1999–2000 Ohio State 13–15 5–11 T–8th
2000–01 Ohio State 22–11 6–12 T–8th WNIT Champion
2001–02 Ohio State 14–15 8–8 T–5th
Ohio State: 81–65 35–47
San Diego State Aztecs (Mountain West Conference) (2005–2013)
2005–06 San Diego State 3–24 0–16 9th
2006–07 San Diego State 12–16 5–11 7th
2007–08 San Diego State 18–13 7–9 T–5th
2008–09 San Diego State 24–8 13–3 T–1st NCAA Second Round
2009–10 San Diego State 23–11 10–6 T–3rd NCAA Sweet 16
2010–11 San Diego State 12–17 6–10 6th
2011–12 San Diego State 25–7 12–2 1st NCAA First Round
2012–13 San Diego State 27–7 15–1 1st WNIT Second Round
San Diego State (second): 144–103 68–58
San Diego State (total): 295–186
Total: 376–251

      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

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Beth Burns". San Diego State University Athletics. 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Beth Burns". Ohio State University Athletics. 2001. Archived from the original on May 7, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Miller, Rusty (March 5, 2002). "OSU coach Burns fired". The BG News. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Beth Burns". University of Southern California Athletics. 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ Zeigler, Mark (April 16, 2013). "SDSU's Beth Burns retires unexpectedly". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ Zeigler, Mark (February 19, 2014). "Ex-coach Burns files lawsuit against SDSU". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ Zeigler, Mark (October 14, 2013). "Burns files wrongful termination claim". Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ https://www.calstate.edu/bot/agendas/mar16/fullagenda.pdf
  10. ↑ "Basketball coach Beth Burns wins $3.4 million in lawsuit vs. SDSU". 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  11. ↑ Nagy, Patrick (December 4, 2013). "Angel brings wealth of experience to Sweet Home girls hoops". Amherst Bee. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Susie Gardner". Mercer University. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  13. ↑ Sickenger, Ken (June 5, 2004). "Kubala Is New Girls' Hoops Coach at Sandia". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  14. ↑ Herron, Gary (April 13, 2014). "Storm get new girls basketball coach". Rio Rancho Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Pam Tanner". University of Denver. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006.
  16. ↑ "Pam Tanner ends her long run as DU basketball coach". University of Denver. April 1, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Ohio State Yearly Results" (PDF). 2010-11 Women's Basketball Team Guide. Ohio State University. pp. 178–179.
  18. ↑ "Coaching History" (PDF). San Diego State Women's Basketball 2015-2016 Media Guide & Record Book. San Diego State University. p. 100.
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