Keiser University Athletics

Burke File

• Entering his second year with the Seahawks – first as safeties coach
• Was defensive assistant and linebackers coach in 2024
• Part of a staff the led Keiser to its third straight National Championship Game appearance in 2024
• Guided Keiser to its sixth consecutive berth in the NAIA Football Championship Series in 2024
• Keiser claimed its third straight Sun Conference title in 2024, going a perfect 6-0 in league action this season
• Coached First-Team All-Sun Conference selection Hunter Hargrave

Pre-Keiser
Prior to coming to Keiser, Burke was football operations/equipment manager at Arizona State University in 2023. Burke began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at Tates Creek High School (his Alma Mater) in 2020.

Playing Career
Burke played quarterback and wide receiver at three different schools during his collegiate career. He was a member of the Middle Tennessee Blude Raiders football team, appearing in three straight bowl games (2016 Hawai'i Bowl, 2017 Camellia Bowl, and 2018 New Orleans Bowl) before heading to West Palm Beach to play for Doug Socha and the Keiser Seahawks in 2019. After claiming the 2019 Sun Conference Championship, Burke played at Avila (Mo.) Univiersity where he was a KCAC All-Conference selection in 2021
 
Personal
Burke received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management at Middle Tenneessee State in 2020.
 

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Coaching Career
2025 – Keiser – Safeties
2024 – Keiser – Defensive Assistant, Linebackers
2023 – Arizona State – Football Operations, Equipment Manager
2020 – Tates Creek High School – Quarterbacks