Jim Burrow

{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

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| name = Jim Burrow

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| number = 41, 16

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| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hampton, Virginia, U.S.

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 181

| high_school = Amory
(Amory, Mississippi)

| college = Nebraska (1972–1975)

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 8

| draftpick = 218

| pastteams =

Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1976}})
Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|1977}}–{{CFL Year|1980}})
Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|1980}})
Ottawa Rough Riders ({{CFL Year|1981}})

| pastcoaching =

Washington State (1981)
Tight ends coach
Washington State (1982–1986)
Defensive backs coach
Iowa State (1987–1993)
Defensive backs coach
Iowa State (1994)
Co-defensive coordinator & defensive backs coach
Ames HS (IA) (1995–1998)
Assistant coach
Ames HS (IA) (1999–2000)
Head coach
Nebraska (2001–2002)
Graduate assistant
North Dakota State (2003–2004)
Defensive coordinator
Ohio (2005–2016)
Defensive coordinator
Ohio (2017–2018)
Associate head coach & defensive coordinator

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| highlights =

Grey Cup champion (1977)
2× CFL East All-Star (1978, 1979)
Second-team All-Big Eight (1975)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 3

| cflstatlabel1 = Games played

| cflstatvalue1 = 54

| cflstatlabel2 = Interceptions

| cflstatvalue2 = 17

| cflstatlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| cflstatvalue3 = 4

| cflstatlabel4 = Return yards

| cflstatvalue4 = 59

| pfr = BurrJi21

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James Arthur Burrow (born November 29, 1953),{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BurrJi21.htm|title = Jim Burrow Stats|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}} commonly known as Jimmy Burrow, is an American former professional football defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL) and retired college football coach. He is the father of Joe Burrow.

Burrow played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.{{Cite web | url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=534 | title=All-Time Huskers in Pro Football | access-date=2010-11-23 | archive-date=2017-11-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105182729/http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100 | url-status=dead }} He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1976 NFL draft and played that season with the team. Following his time with the Packers, he played in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders, and Ottawa Rough Riders.

Burrow's last coaching position was as defensive coordinator for Ohio University from 2005 until his retirement after the 2018 season. At the time of his retirement, he had been one of the longest-tenured coordinators in Division I football. He was associate head coach from 2017 until his retirement. For his efforts, Burrow was named Scout.com's 2009 MAC Defensive Coordinator of the Year.

Burrow previously coached at various positions for, respectively, Washington State, Iowa State, Ames High School, Nebraska, and North Dakota State.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/coaches/burrow_jimmy?view=bio |publisher=Ohio University

|title=Jimmy Burrow – Bio |date=2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503180613/http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/fball/coaches/burrow_jimmy?view=bio |archive-date=2019-05-03 |url-status=dead}}

He timed his retirement from coaching to coincide with the final college football season of his son Joe Burrow, who played at LSU in 2019. The elder Burrow publicly acknowledged that his wish to attend all of his son's 2019 games played a role in his retirement decision.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/07/15/joe-burrow-lsu-sec-media-days |title=Meet Joe Burrow: LSU's Toughest Renaissance Man and Maybe Savior at QB |first=Ross |last=Dellenger |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=July 15, 2019 |access-date=July 22, 2019}}