Brian Burke: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

5-1 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bill Mallory.

Rivalry record

5-1

83.3% · 1 rival

One-score games

14-10-1

56.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Miami (OH)5-183%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bill Mallory0-4

4 meetings, 1980–1983

’80 L’81 L’82 L’83 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

National Program

9-13 40.9%

Regional Program

22-21 51.2%

Building the roster

One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1979-1984) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

Career

Coaching career

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The arc of his career is on Now.

Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder

1979–1984

Ohio Steady

Regional Program III → Regional Program II (left at Regional Program IV)

Closest comparable run: Jack Bicknell’s Louisiana Tech run (1999–2006)

Brian Burke slid Ohio from Regional Program III to Regional Program II in 6 seasons.

−3.7 pts over 6 seasons · bottom 29% of 6-9-season tenures (368 in sample)

6th-best Ohio tenure of 11 by the numbers.

Followed Bob Kappes (1978) · succeeded by Cleve Bryant (1985–1989).

31-34-1

Was he good?

Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.

Raised the program

-1.1 pts at Ohio · #752 of 1290 · middle half