Colorado University Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- ron.burgin@colorado.edu
- Phone:
- 303-492-6086
A former standout prep coach in both Colorado and Texas, Ron Burgin is in his first season as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado, beginning his stint under Ceal Barry on May 15, 2003.
Burgin, 40, came to Colorado from ThunderRidge High School, where he coached from 2001-03. He led the TRHS girls to the 2003 Colorado 5A State Championship with a record of 23-1 and a No. 21 ranking in the final USA Today girls high school poll. The same team also won their division at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix last year, earning the Grizzlies their first-ever national ranking. Since his arrival in the state in 2001, Burgin also worked with the Mile Hi Magic Basketball Club.
He was named the Rocky Mountain News All-Colorado Coach of the Year and 5A Coach of the Year, the Denver Post 5A Coach of the Year and the Continental League Coach of the Year. Burgin also taught psychology, health and physical education at TRHS. In his first season at ThunderRidge, the team went 21-3 and made the state semifinals. Burgin coached current Colorado freshman Emily Waner during her junior and senior seasons at ThunderRidge.
Prior to his stint at ThunderRidge, Burgin was the head coach at Aubrey High School in Aubrey, Texas. He turned around the program at AHS from 2-26 in his first season in 1997-98, to a record of 23-9 during his final year there in 2000-01.
Burgin graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1985 and also earned his masters of science in kinesiology from Midwestern State University in 1995. He is married to the former Kelley Paine, and they are the parents of two children, Maya (4) and Miranda (3).
