Former Campbell University assistant coach joined the staff at NCCU in the summer of 2013 after spending four years down the road in Buies Creek, N.C. During his tenure at CU the Camels won the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship in 2010, defeated Auburn (Nov. 2010) and Iowa (Nov. 2011) along with beat in-state foe East Carolina three out of four times. Burg was credited with signing Big South All-Conference performers Darren White (NBDL, Erie Bayhawks), Eric Griffin (NBA Summer League - LA Lakers - Miami Heat) and assisted in signing the 2012 Big South freshman of the year, Trey Freeman. Campbell’s 2010 recruiting class was ranked in the top 64 nationally.
In the 2013-2014 season, Burg was ranked as one of the Top 5 assistants in the MEAC, according to nextuprecruits.com.
During 2011-12, the Camels knocked off a BCS conference member school (Iowa) for the second-straight year, swept the two-game series from defending league regular season champ Coastal Carolina, and finished 11th in the nation in field goal percentage (.484), 15th in blocks (5.2) and 20th in assists (15.5). In addition, the team set a school record for most wins before Christmas (8) and logged the program’s 3rd-most conference (11) and regular season (17) victories of the Division I era. Eric Griffin was invited to the Portsmouth Invitational for the top seniors in college basketball and later was selected by the Miami Heat to participate in the NBA summer league.
Picked 9th in the 2011 Big South Conference pre-season poll, the Camels finished in 3rd place in the standings and produced double-digit wins for the 7th-straight year, a feat never before accomplished in Campbell’s Division I tenure. Trey Freeman was voted Big South freshman of the year, the second time in four seasons that one of CU’s players has been named the league’s top newcomer.
In 2010-11, Campbell won the Global Sports Hoops Showcase, knocking off Middle Tennessee and host Auburn in the process. Campbell also set school records for most victories before Christmas as well as for most blocked shots in a season.
The team won the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship in 2009-10. Not only did the Fighting Camels set a school Division I era (since 1977-78) record for regular season (19-11) and conference wins (14-6), but the Camels also ranked 2nd in the country in steals per game and 8th nationally in turnover margin.Â
A native of Houston, Texas, the 34-year-old Burg joined the Fighting Camel program after spending two seasons as Director of Basketball Operations at Middle Tennessee State University. In addition to organizing the Campbell recruiting effort, he assists in all other phases of the Fighting Camel program, including on-court coaching, summer camps and daily operations.
At Middle Tennessee Burg was primarily responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Blue Raider players, video editing and MTSU basketball’s extensive community service opportunities, as well as the various tasks regarding the day-to-day operation of the basketball program.
Burg was instrumental in assisting with overall facility improvements. He also helped oversee academic progress and the Blue Raiders enjoyed their highest collective team grade-point-average in 20 years.
Prior Middle Tennessee, Burg served as an assistant coach the previous four seasons. He helped restart the program at Western Texas College (2006-07). Burg assisted in recruiting 16 players in his first season, and four of those were among the top 400-rated players in the nation, according to HoopScoop. 7 of those players continued their career at NCAA Division I institutions.
His duties at Western Texas College included on-the-floor coaching, recruiting coordinator, travel scheduling, equipment order, video breakdown, strength and conditioning, scouting, and video editing.
Burg served as an assistant coach at Garden City Community College in 2005-06, where he assisted in recruiting five of the top 250-rated players in the nation according to HoopScoop. Garden City was rated No. 5 in the preseason by Street & Smith. He coached a Jayhawk West MVP during his time at Garden City.
Prior to his stint at Garden City, Burg spent two seasons as assistant coach at Lake Erie College from 2003-05. At Lake Erie, Burg helped lead the team to the most wins in school history in 2004-05.
Before his time at Lake Erie College, Burg worked with the Benton Community High School Basketball program (2002-2003) in Van Horne, Iowa under the direction of Coach Larry Carlson and Howard Conrad.
Burg played two seasons at Cisco Junior College, serving as captain of the nationally-ranked Wranglers under Coach Ronnie Hearne. He also played two seasons for Coach Paul Gavin at Mount Mercy College, where the Mustangs earned a national ranking at the NAIA level.
He was selected as team captain at each level of play in basketball. Burg, who is single, earned his master’s degree in education from Lake Erie in 2005, after completing his bachelor’s at Mount Mercy in 2003, and his associate degree in 2000 at Cisco.
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