| Nigel Burton | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Portland State |
| Record | 12–21 (.364) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 30, 1976 Sacramento, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1995 1996–1998 | Pacific Washington |
| Position(s) | S |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000 2001–2002 2003–2007 2008–2009 2010–present | South Florida (defensive asst) Portland State (DB) Oregon State (DB) Nevada (DC) Portland State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–21 (.364) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Nigel Burton (born July 30, 1976) is the current head coach for the Portland State Vikings college football team.
Playing career[]
Burton grew up in Sacramento where he attended Jesuit High School. He attended the University of the Pacific in 1995, but when the school eliminated its football program the following year, he transferred to the University of Washington, where he graduated in 1999 with a bachelors degree.[1] He played safety for both schools' football teams.[2] He earned all-academic honors from the Pacific-10 Conference three times at Washington and later earned a masters in business administration at the University of South Florida.[1]
Coaching career[]
Burton's first coaching job was as a defensive assistant for South Florida in 2000. From 2001 to 2002, he coached defensive backs at Portland State, and then from 2003 to 2007, coached the secondary at Oregon State. In 2008, Burton was named defensive coordinator at Nevada.[2]
In 2009, Burton was selected to replace Jerry Glanville as the head coach at Portland State.[3] He became the second African American head football coach in school history after Ron Stratten, who coached in the early 1970s.[1]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State Vikings (Big Sky Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Portland State | 2–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2011 | Portland State | 7–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2012 | Portland State | 3–8 | 2–6 | T-11th | |||||
| Portland State: | 12–21 | 8–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 12–21 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
Personal[]
Burton is married and has two children.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beseda, Jim (December 8, 2009). "Portland State hires Nigel Burton as head football coach". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/vikings/index.ssf/2009/12/portland_state_hires_nigel_bur.html. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nigel Burton bio". Portland State University. http://www.goviks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92391&SPID=11189&DB_OEM_ID=19300&ATCLID=204846057. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ↑ "Nevada's Burton named Portland St coach". SI.com. December 8, 2009. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/wires/12/08/2060.ap.fbc.portland.st.burton.1st.ld.writethru.0340/. Retrieved December 9, 2009.[dead link]
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