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Burton Burns
Coaching Experience: High School: Assistant coach at St. Augustine in New Orleans, LA (1977-79)...assistant coach at Booker T. Washington (1980)...assistant head coach/offensive coordinator at St. Augustine in New Orleans, LA (1986-94)...College: assistant coach at Southern University (1981-85)...assistant coach at Tulane (1994-98)...running backs coach at Clemson (1999-present)
Education: Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Nebraska in 1976.
Personal Data: Born on October 27, 1952.  Married to the former Connie Winder...the couple has four children Amber (26), Christy (23), Damon (18), and Erin (16).
Bowl Participation: As a player: 1973 Orange Bowl...1974 Cotton Bowl...1975 Sugar Bowl...As a coach: 1998 Liberty Bowl...1999 Peach Bowl...2001 Gator Bowl.
Other Highlights: Spent the last two seasons at Tulane directing the Green Wave running attack...during the 1998 season, the Tulane running attack improved to 202.4 yards per game to rank 23rd nationally...helped his high school alma mater (St. Augustine) win district titles in 1987, 1992, and 1993...also assistant coach at the school from 1977-79 when the Purple Knights won three district titles and back-to-back Class AAAA state championships in 1978 and 1979...while at Booker T. Washington in 1980, the school won the district championship...during his stint at Southern University, the Jaguars finished in the top two of the Southwestern Athletic Conference on three occasions...the play of the Clemson running backs in 1999 was a major reason the Tigers made a six-place jump in the ACC standings...Travis Zachary scored 16 touchdowns a year ago which is the second highest total in school history...his touchdown total ranked ninth in the nation.
Playing Experience: Played fullback three seasons at the University of Nebraska (1973-75).