E-mail coach Burton at dburton9@umd.edu Dan Burton joined the University of Maryland coaching staff in July 2009 after one year as a volunteer assistant at Austin Peay and a standout playing career at Louisville, where he was a key member of the Cardinals' 2007 College World Series team.At Maryland, Burton will head the Terps' recruiting efforts as the recruiting coordinator. Early on in his coaching career, Burton has established himself as one of the nation's top recruiters. Burton handled the outfielders and served as assistant hitting instructor at Austin Peay. He also created and ran the Govs' strength and conditioning programs. Burton's coaching career began as a student assistant at Louisville in 2008. He helped guide the Cardinals to a second straight NCAA Regional berth and a 41-21 record. Burton was a first baseman and outfielder during his four-year playing career at Louisville. During his senior season he was an integral part of the team that advanced to the 2007 College World Series. In Omaha, Burton went 4-for-13, including a three-run home run in their only College World Series win against Mississippi State. The 2007 Cardinal squad set many school records: most wins (47), first NCAA Tournament win, first regional championship, first super regional championship and first College World Series appearance. During his senior campaign, Burton batted third for the Cardinals and posted career bests in batting average (.309), home runs (8), RBIs (57) and stolen bases (21). All told, he finished his career with a .287 batting average, posting 231 hits and 141 RBIs. Additionally, he was ranked fourth in games played (225), fifth in career at-bats (806), seventh in doubles (48), and was hit by a pitch 37 times, good for third in Louisville history. In 2006, Burton was named Big East Player of the Week. During his freshman year, he was named to the Conference USA all-freshman team. Burton was named to Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects list in the Clark Griffith Baseball League in the summer prior to joining the Cardinals. Burton also was successful in the classroom, receiving second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District recognition as a senior. He received his degree in computer information systems from Louisville in 2008. After completing his college career, Burton played a season and a half of professional baseball with the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League. In 120 games, he had 114 hits, 20 doubles, 11 home runs, 45 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. |
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