Kevin Burke (quarterback)
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1993)}}
{{Distinguish|Kevin Burke (American football coach)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Kevin Burke
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| current_title = Running backs coach
| current_team = UC Davis
| current_conference = Big Sky
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|2|24}}
| birth_place = Westlake, Ohio, U.S.
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| alma_mater = University of Mount Union (2015)
| player_years1 = 2011–2014
| player_team1 = Mount Union
| player_years2 = 2015
| player_team2 = United States national team
| player_years3 = 2017–2018
| player_team3 = Dacia Vienna Vikings
| player_years4 = 2019
| player_team4 = Memphis Express
| player_years5 = 2019
| player_team5 = Bern Grizzlies
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 2015–2016
| coach_team1 = Mount Union (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2017
| coach_team2 = Case Western Reserve (RB)
| coach_years3 = 2018
| coach_team3 = Case Western Reserve (QB)
| coach_years4 = 2019
| coach_team4 = Case Western Reserve (PGC/QB)
| coach_years5 = 2020
| coach_team5 = Mount Union (QB)
| coach_years6 = 2021
| coach_team6 = UC Davis (OQC)
| coach_years7 = 2022–present
| coach_team7 = UC Davis (RB)
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| championships =
- Austrian Bowl (2017)
| awards =
- Austrian Bowl Game MVP (2017)
- Gagliardi Trophy (2013, 2014)
- D3Football.com Offensive Player of the Year (2013)
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{{MedalSport|Men's American football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2015 USA|Team Competition}}
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Kevin Burke (born February 24, 1993) is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He played college football for Mount Union where he was a two-time winner of the Gagliardi Trophy and won the NCAA Division III championship.
Burke played professionally in Europe for the Dacia Vikings in the Austrian Football League, the Memphis Express in the Alliance of American Football, as well as the Bern Grizzlies in Nationalliga A.
Burke previously coached for Mount Union, Case Western Reserve, and is the running backs coach for UC Davis, a position he has held since 2022.
High school career
Burke led St. Edward High School to the 2010 OHSAA Division I state title, defeating Braxton Miller-led Huber Heights Wayne 35–28.{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2013/12/three_years_after_beating_brax.html |title=Three years after beating Braxton Miller, Mount Union QB Kevin Burke goes for second national title |publisher=cleveland.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-23}}
College career
Burke led the Mount Union football team to three national championship games, winning in 2012 and losing in 2013 and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2014/12/mount_union_quarterback_kevin_3.html |title=Mount Union quarterback Kevin Burke wins second Gagliardi Trophy (video) |publisher=cleveland.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-23}}
In 2013 and 2014, Burke won the Gagliardi Trophy, the award for most outstanding NCAA Division III college football player of the year, becoming the first junior winner and the first two-time winner.
=Statistics=
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| rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="4"| Rushing | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Union Purple Raiders}}" | Mount Union Purple Raiders | ||||||||||||||
| 2011
| colspan="15"| {{abbr|DNP|Did not play}} | ||||||||||||||
| 2012
| 15|| 15–0|| 249|| 359|| 69.4|| 3,772|| 10.5|| 38|| 7|| 188.6|| 138|| 776|| 5.6|| 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 2013
| 15|| 14–1 || 234|| 368|| 63.6|| 3,830|| 10.4|| 44|| 9|| 185.6|| 195|| 1,025|| 5.3|| 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014
| 15|| 14–1 || 290|| 452|| 64.2|| 4,412|| 9.8|| 52|| 9|| 180.1|| 117|| 599|| 5.1|| 10 | ||||||||||||||
| [https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/football/roster/kevin-burke/1185 Career] | 45 | 43−2 | 773 | 1,179 | 65.6 | 12,014 | 10.2 | 134 | 25 | 184.4 | 450 | 2,400 | 5.3 | 33 |
Professional career
After his college career, Burke became a member of the United States national team for the 2015 IFAF World Championship, whom he led to the gold medal.{{cite web|last=Moreno|first=Eric|url=https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/6413/national-team-alum-and-case-western-reserve-assistant-coach-kevin-burke-playing-for-my-country-was-a-blessing|title=National Team alum and Case Western Reserve assistant coach Kevin Burke: 'Playing for my country was a blessing'|publisher=USA Football|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2019}}
In 2017, he joined the Vienna Vikings of the Austrian Football League. That year, he recorded 2,990 passing yards (second-most in the league) and 36 touchdown passes as he led the Vikings to the Austrian Bowl championship. Against the Swarco Raiders, he threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns and recorded 121 rushing yards as the Vikings won 45–26; Burke earned game MVP honors for his performance. He also played for the Vikings in 2018 taking the team Austrian Bowl before losing to the Raiders.{{cite web|url=https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/former-vienna-vikings-qb-new-starter-for-memphis-express-of-alliance-of-american-football/|title=Former Vienna Vikings QB signs with Memphis Express of Alliance of American Football|work=American Football International|date=February 27, 2019|accessdate=October 4, 2019}}
Burke was signed by the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) on February 21, 2019, following the benching of Christian Hackenberg. He was waived on February 27,{{cite news|last=Munz|first=Jason|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/2019/03/08/aaf-zach-mettenberger-aaron-murray-memphis-express-atlanta-legends-lsu-georgia/3054225002/|title=Zach Mettenberger and Aaron Murray go back a ways. They'll cross paths again Sunday|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=March 8, 2019|accessdate=March 24, 2019}} replaced by Johnny Manziel.{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Jace|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/03/16/johnny-manziel-joining-memphis-express-aaf/3191925002/|title=Johnny Manziel joining Alliance of American Football's Memphis Express|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 16, 2019|accessdate=March 16, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://aaf.com/news/memphis-gets-manziel-alliance |title=Memphis gets Manziel: Heisman QB joins Alliance |first=Dylan |last=Rubino |website=AAF.com |date=March 16, 2019 |accessdate=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330210202/https://aaf.com/news/memphis-gets-manziel-alliance |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |url-status = dead }} The AAF league folded midway through the season.
Later in 2019, Burke signed and played for the Bern Grizzlies of Switzerland Nationalliga A.
The Grizzlies lost in the semi-final of the playoffs.
Coaching career
During the 2017 season, Burke became the running backs coach for Case Western Reserve. The Spartans reached the playoffs, where they were eventually eliminated by Burke's alma mater, Mount Union, in the second round. For the 2018 season, he was named quarterbacks coach for Case Western Reserve, and added passing game coordinator to his role in 2019.{{cite web |title=Case Western Reserve: Kevin Burke, two-time Gagliardi Trophy winner, joins coaching staff |url=http://www.news-herald.com/sports/20170809/case-western-reserve-kevin-burke-two-time-gagliardi-trophy-winner-joins-coaching-staff |publisher=}} In 2020, Burke rejoined his alma mater coaching staff as quarterbacks coach.{{cite web|url=http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20190812ea21lx|title=Football: Former Players Burke & Spencer to Attend NFF Campbell Trophy Summit|work=Mount Union Purple Raiders|date=August 12, 2019|accessdate=October 4, 2019}} In 2022, after serving as an offensive quality control coach for the UC Davis, he was promoted to running backs coach.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Enterprise |date=2022-08-09 |title=Football: Burke promoted to Aggies’ running back coach |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/aggies/football-burke-promoted-to-aggies-running-back-coach/article_098b6db6-491f-5a29-b6db-3fc21309c5d2.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=DavisEnterprise.com |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/kevin-burke/7289 UC Davis profile]
- [https://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/football/roster/coaches/kevin-burke/15 Mount Union coach profile]
- [http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/coaches/Burke?view=bio Case Western Reserve profile]
- [http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2014-15/bios/burke_kevin_j4ta Mount Union player profile]
{{Gagliardi Trophy}}
{{2012 Mount Union Purple Raiders football navbox}}
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