Bio

Burke began as head men's lacrosse coach at CCBC Essex in 2010. 

He has led the Knights to six consecutive NJCAA Region XX Titles (2010-2015), eight straight overall, as well as three appearances in the NJCAA National Championship game in 2010, 2011 and 2015. Burke, named Maryland JUCO/Region XX Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2011, has produced 32 NJCAA All-Americans and 43 NJCAA All-Region XX players thus far in his tenure at Essex. 

As a high school attackman prepping at Calvert Hall College High School, Burke was an All Baltimore City/County selection in 1991 under former coach Mike Thomas. He then moved on to play for current Lacrosse Hall of Fame Coach Don Zimmerman at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. After graduating from UMBC in 1996, Burke returned to his high school alma mater as an offensive assistant for the Cardinals (1997-2002).

In 2003, Burke was named Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md. During his tenure at Howard, Burke was named the NJCAA Region XX Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He helped produce the program's first 10 NJCAA All-Americans, as well a total of 33 NJCAA All-Region XX student-athletes.  Burke also helped guide the Dragons to its first ever Maryland JUCO title in 2006, as well as its first ever appearance in the NJCAA National Final Four, finishing with a No. 3 national ranking in Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse. During the 2007 season, the Dragons offense averaged a hefty 18.4 goals per game, produced three NJCAA All-Americans on the offensive end, as well as the NJCAA Region XX Offensive Player of the Year, for the second year in a row. 

Burke currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife Susan and their daughters Emma and Brynn.