Tim Burke (gridiron football)

This article is about the football coach. For other persons of same name, see Tim Burke (disambiguation).

Tim Burke

Career information
Position(s)	Running back
US college	Luther College (Iowa) (1974–1977)
Career history
As coach
1977–1979	Minnesota Assistant coach
1980	Gardner–Webb Assistant coach
1981	Appalachian State Assistant coach
1982–1985	South Dakota Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
1986–1988	North Dakota Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
1989–1991	Ball State Defensive backs coach
1992–1994	Ball State Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
1995–1996	Wyoming Defensive backs coach
1997–1999	Purdue Defensive backs coach
2000	Kansas Defensive backs coach
2001	Kansas Defensive line coach
2003	Tennessee–Chattanooga Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
2004	Indiana State Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
2005–2007	Calgary Stampeders Defensive backs coach
2007	Calgary Stampeders Defensive coordinator (interim)
2008–2010	Montreal Alouettes Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
2011–2013	Winnipeg Blue Bombers Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach
2014	Toronto Argonauts Defensive coordinator
As player
1974–1977	Luther College (Iowa)

Tim Burke is an American born Canadian football coach who was the defensive coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Burke was previously the head coach of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Career

Burke played running back for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from 1974 to 1977. After graduating in 1977, Burke started his coaching career with the University of Minnesota. He later coached at University of South Dakota, University of North Dakota, Ball State University, University of Wyoming, Indiana State University, and University of Kansas. His most notable NCAA coaching job was as the defensive backs coach for Purdue University from 1997 to 1999, where he was a part of two Alamo Bowl championship teams (1997, 1998)

Burke made the move to the CFL as the defensive backs coach with Calgary Stampeders from 2005 to 2007. He later joined the Montreal Alouettes as defensive coordinator under head coach Marc Trestman from 2008 to 2010, where he won two Grey Cups. In 2011, he took over as defensive coordinator for the Blue Bombers. The next year, Burke interviewed for the vacant Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coaching position, but did not get the job. He returned to the Blue Bombers for the 2012 season and was promoted to interim head coach on August 25 following the dismissal of Paul LaPolice. At the end of the season, the interim tag was removed and the Blue Bombers officially named Burke the 29th head coach in team history.

Burke was fired by the Blue Bombers only a year later, after the team finished last in the league with only three wins. Shortly after, the Toronto Argonauts hired Burke as their new defensive coordinator. Burke left the Argonauts after one year for personal reasons.

Personal

Burke is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He and his wife Rita live in Lawrence, Kansas during the off-season.

Burke has two sons from a previous marriage: Kelly is a sergeant in the United States Air Force and Evan is a former member of the gymnastics team at Temple University.

CFL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
WPG	2012	4	6	0	.400	3rd in East Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
WPG	2013	3	15	0	.166	4th in East Division	-	-	Missed Playoffs
Total		7	21	0	.250	0 Division Championships	0	0	0 Grey Cups

External links

• Purdue Boilermakers bio
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio