Becky Burke


Becky Burke is an American women's basketball coach and former player. she is the head coach at the University of Arizona.

Career

She attended Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. She later attended the University of Louisville, where she played guard for the Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team. 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, where they fell to UConn in the championship game, 76–54.

Louisville statistics

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YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008–09Louisville3819138.2%31.9%88.4%1.80.80.60.05.0
2009–10Louisville3244039.0%35.8%80.4%2.91.81.10.113.8
2010–11Louisville3327842.9%38.8%90.7%2.31.20.6-7.9
2011–12Louisville3337938.9%37.9%84.5%3.21.20.90.111.5
Career138128839.6%36.5%84.6%2.51.20.80.19.3

Coaching career

After graduating from Louisville, Burke later went on to serve as an assistant women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College before serving as head women's basketball coach at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott from 2016 to 2018, the University of Charleston from 2018 to 2020, and the University of South Carolina Upstate from 2020 to 2022. On April 6, 2022, Burke was named head women's basketball coach at the University at Buffalo.
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.

Head coaching record

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