Rose Burke was named head coach of the Virginia State University Trojan Volleyball Team on May 12, 2014. Burke comes to VSU with 13 years of volleyball experience, both as a coach and player.
The Gainesville, Florida native caught the coaching bug in college, working at camps for middle and high school students. Burke then honed her coaching philosophy and skills as a D-I assistant at Florida International University and Morgan State University.
During her one season at FIU, the Panthers were ranked in the Top 25 and won the 2009 Sun Belt Conference regular-season title. Burke developed her recruiting style while at Morgan State (July 2010-July 2012) as her first recruiting class took the MSU Bears from fifth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to second the following season.
Burke was a four-year starter at NCAA Division I California State University Sacramento on a full athletic scholarship. She was part of three Big Sky Conference championship teams while at Sacramento State, earning all-conference honors in 2007 and 2008 as a setter. Burke also competed in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament between 2005 and 2007.
She earned a degree in liberal studies with a focus in mathematics from CSUS in 2009.
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