Men's Lacrosse 2010

Shawn Burke (Head Coach)

Coach Burke is entering his first season as Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at CCBC-Essex. As a high school attackman prepping at Calvert Hall College High School, Coach Burke was an All Baltimore City/County selection in 1991 under former coach Mike Thomas. He then moved on to play for current Lacrosse Hall of Fame coach Don Zimmerman at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. After graduating from UMBC in 1996, Burke returned to his high school alma mater, Calvert Hall, to work as an offensive assistant for the Cardinals from 1997-2002, before being named Head Men's Lacrosse Coach at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland in 2003.

As the Head Coach at Howard Community College, Burke was named the NJCAA Region XX Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007, while producing the program's first 10 NJCAA All Americans, as well as coaching 33 Dragons during that time frame that were named to the NJCAA All Region XX Team. Burke also helped guide the Dragons to their first ever Maryland JUCO title in 2006, as well as their first ever appearance in the NJCAA National Final Four, finishing with a #3 national ranking in Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse. During the 2007 season, the Dragon offense averaged a hefty 18.4 goals per game, produced three NJCAA All-Americans on the offensive end, as well as the NJCAA Region XX Offensive Player of the Year, for the second year in a row. Coach Burke currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife Susan and their daughters Emma and Brynn.