Melvin Keith Burns (born September 26, 1960) is an American football coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Tulsa from 2000 to 2002, compiling an overall college football record of seven wins and 28 losses. Burns has also been the defensive coordinator at Pacific, USC, University of Arkansas and San Jose State.[1] While at Arkansas in 1998, Burns was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. He was also an assistant special teams coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). After serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Burns was promoted to head coach effective for 2015. Currently Keith Burns is coaching high school football at Fort Worth Country Day School in Fort Worth, Texas.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fort Worth Country Day School |
| Record | 20–16 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 26, 1960 Hurst, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1982 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984 | Arkansas (GA) |
| 1985–1988 | Pacific (CA) (assistant) |
| 1989–1992 | Rice (assistant) |
| 1993 | USC (DB) |
| 1994–1997 | USC (DC) |
| 1998–1999 | Arkansas (DC) |
| 2000–2002 | Tulsa |
| 2004–2009 | San Jose State (DC) |
| 2010 | Kansas State (DB) |
| 2011 | Ole Miss (DB) |
| 2012–2013 | Oakland Raiders (asst. ST) |
| 2014 | Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) (AHC/DC) |
| 2015–2017 | Archbishop Mitty HS (CA) |
| 2018–2019 | UTEP (DB) |
| 2021–present | Fort Worth Country Day School |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2020 | UTEP (DPP) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–28 (college) 38–33 (high school) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Western Athletic Conference) (2000–2002) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Tulsa | 5–7 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2001 | Tulsa | 1–10 | 0–8 | 10th | |||||
| 2002 | Tulsa | 1–11 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
| Tulsa: | 7–28 | 5–19 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–28 | ||||||||
High school
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Mitty Monarchs (West Catholic League) (2015–2017) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Archbishop Mitty | 6–5 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2016 | Archbishop Mitty | 7–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Archbishop Mitty | 5–6 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Archbishop Mitty: | 18–17 | 8–13 | |||||||
| Fort Worth Country Day Falcons (Southwest Prep 3A) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Fort Worth Country Day | 4–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Fort Worth Country Day | 4–5 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2023 | Fort Worth Country Day | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2024 | Fort Worth Country Day | 7–2 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Fort Worth Country Day: | 20–16 | 14–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 38–33 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Keith Burns Archived 2017-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Olemisssports.com (October 6, 2012). Retrieved on October 10, 2012.
- ^ "Football: New Archbishop Mitty coach Keith Burns, a veteran of pro and collegiate ranks, achieves his 'goal' - Varsity Extra". mercurynews.com. December 16, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2016.