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Coaches
Jamie Burke
Softball Head Coach
Women’s Soccer Head Coach
jeburke@keuka.edu
Burke returns for her seventh season as the head coach of the Keuka softball program and has continued to vault the program to elite status through her first six years.
Burke has compiled an overall record of 137-47-1 through her first six seasons and has guided the team to five straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) titles and NCAA Tournament appearances.
In 2011, the Storm once again qualified for the annual NCAA tournament, posting an impressive 23-5-1 overall mark while going a perfect 14-0 against NEAC foes. Keuka won its first two NCAA regional games and advanced into the regional finals before finishing with a 3-2 record in the regional round, including a pair of wins over regionally-ranked Ithaca College. Burke once again earned NEAC Co-Coach of the Year honors, and had seven women earn All-NEAC honors, including six on the first-team.
In 2010, Keuka went 20-0 in the NEAC and 23-10 overall while Burke was named Co-Coach of the Year.
In 2009, Burke led Keuka to a 24-8 record (15-1 NEAC) and in 2008, led the Storm to a 23-9 record while being named the NEAC Coach of the Year.
In 2007, she led the Storm to a school record 25 wins (25-6) and the team’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Keuka posted a 15-3 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) mark while winning the NEAC Tournament.
In 2006, Burke guided Keuka to a then school-record 19 wins (19-9) in her first campaign.
Burke also guides the Storm women’s soccer program and has led Keuka to a 61-40-6 record the past six years. The 2011 Storm earned the No. 4 seed in the NEAC tournament after an 8-6-1 regular season (8-3-1 NEAC) before falling to Penn State-Berks in the NEAC quarterfinals. Five members of the Storm earned All-NEAC honors as Keuka posted a winning record for the 13th consecutive season.
The 2010 squad won the NEEAC championship after posting an 11-6-2 overall record while going 8-2-1 in conference play. In 2009, The Storm went 10-9 while playing in its third ever NCAA Tournament appearance. In 2008, Burke led the Storm to a 10-6-3 mark while winning the NEAC tournament championship. The women’s soccer program also received just its second-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament while Burke was named the NEAC Coach of the Year for the third year in a row. In 2007, Burke led the Storm to a 10-0 NEAC conference mark and a NEAC regular season championship while earning an ECAC Upstate Tournament birth.
In November, Buke was inducted into the Section V Basketball Hall of Fame. She is the second leading scorer in the history of Section V girl’s basketball with 2,458 points and the first girl in Section V to eclipse 2,000 career points.
Before that, Burke coached the Prattsburgh’s high school softball team to a pair of Section 5 Class D championships and five straight Steuben County League Division II titles.
The 2003 Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girl’s Sports (NYSSCOGS) Class D Softball Coach of the Year, Burke also served as head girl’s basketball coach at Prattsburgh. She led the Vikings to the Section 5 Class D title in 2003.
Burke also coached at the collegiate level, assisting in both women’s basketball and softball at SUNY Geneseo from 1998-1999.
Burke received a bachelor of science degree in physical education from Canisius College in 1998 and a master of science degree in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Ala in 2010.
She was a member of the Canisius College women’s basketball team from 1995-98 and was selected to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Academic Team from 1996-98.
A standout athlete at Prattsburgh, she held the national high school record for batting average in softball from 1993 to 2000, and holds various New York State basketball records.
Jim Burke
Assistant Softball Coach
Jim Burke, father of head coach Jamie Burke, enters his sixth year as an assistant coach in the Keuka softball program. Burke is no stranger to the ball diamond, as he headed up the Prattsburgh Softball team from 1992-1994 and the Prattsburgh Baseball team from 1976-2002, where he led his teams to 5 sectional titles and 10 Section V final appearances.
He has coached softball/baseball at all levels, including Cinderella Softball, Babe Ruth Baseball, High School softball and baseball, ASA Softball 16-Under and 18-Under, Northeastern Collegiate Baseball League and Southern Tier Semi-Pro Baseball League.
Besides coaching softball and baseball, Burke has spent 28 out of the past 30 years at the helm of the Prattsburgh Boy’s Basketball program, where he has led his teams to 6 sectional titles and 1 state title. Coach Burke was recently inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Hall of Fame in March of 2005 as well as the Section V Basketball Hall of Fame in November with his daughter.
