Rick Burby
December 10, 2011
Show 060
(Recorded October 25, 2011)
Former coach, FUMA camp counselor, and TPG superfan Rick Burby is the featured guest in this episode of The Passing Game with Fletcher Arritt. For the last 20 years Burby has been in business, coached youth and travel basketball teams, and helped at the high school and collegiate levels.
From 1988-1991, Burby served as athletic director and head basketball coach at Bryan College in Dayton, TN. In 1989, Coach Burby was named the NAIA District 24 (state of TN) Coach of Year after leading his team to a school-record 21 wins. A prestigious honor especially considering that there were 23 NAIA teams in TN at the time--competition included coaching legends Rick Byrd (Belmont) and Don Meyer (Lipscomb).
Burby started his coaching career in 1983 as head coach at Worthington Christian (OH), and then moved to the collegiate ranks by joining the staff at Samford University (AL) in 1985. From 1986-1988, Coach Burby served as an assistant at Liberty University (VA) prior to becoming head coach at Bryan. In 1992, Burby became athletic director and basketball coach at Tennessee Temple University, where he stayed for one season. He currently runs a successful insurance business in Ohio, and continues to stay involved with the game. We are honored to have him as our guest.
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