Nigel Burton

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Nigel Burton
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Portland State
Conference	Big Sky
Record	18–27
Biographical details
Born	(1976-07-30) July 30, 1976 Sacramento, California
Playing career
1995 1996–1998	Pacific Washington
Position(s)	Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000 2001–2002 2003–2007 2008–2009 2010–present	South Florida (GA) Portland State (DB) Oregon State (DB) Nevada (DC) Portland State
Head coaching record
Overall	18–27
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Nigel Burton (born July 30, 1976) is the current head coach for the Portland State Vikings college football team.

Playing career

Burton grew up in Sacramento where he attended Jesuit High School. He attended the University of the Pacific in 1995, but when the school eliminated its football program the following year, he transferred to the University of Washington, where he graduated in 1999 with a bachelors degree.^[1] He played safety for both schools' football teams.^[2] He earned all-academic honors from the Pacific-10 Conference three times at Washington and later earned a masters in business administration at the University of South Florida.^[1]

Coaching career

Burton's first coaching job was as a defensive assistant for South Florida in 2000. From 2001 to 2002, he coached defensive backs at Portland State, and then from 2003 to 2007, coached the secondary at Oregon State. In 2008, Burton was named defensive coordinator at Nevada.^[2]

In 2009, Burton was selected to replace Jerry Glanville as the head coach at Portland State.^[3] He became the second African American head football coach in school history after Ron Stratten, who coached in the early 1970s.^[1]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Portland State Vikings (Big Sky Conference) (2010–present)
2010	Portland State	2–9	1–7	8th
2011	Portland State	7–4	5–3	T–3rd
2012	Portland State	3–8	2–6	T–11th
2013	Portland State	6–6	3–5	9th
Portland State:		18–27	11–21
Total:		18–27
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

Personal

Burton is married and has two children.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beseda, Jim (December 8, 2009). "Portland State hires Nigel Burton as head football coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nigel Burton bio". Portland State University. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
↑ "Nevada's Burton named Portland St coach". SI.com. December 8, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.

v t e Portland State Vikings head football coaches

Joe Holland (1947–1954) Ralph Davis (1955–1956) Les Leggett (1957–1958) Hugh Smithwick (1959–1961) Tom DeSylvia (1962) Jerry Lyons (1963–1967) Don Read (1968–1971) Ron Stratten (1972–1974) Mouse Davis (1975–1980) Don Read (1981–1985) Pokey Allen (1986–1992) Tim Walsh (1993–2006) Jerry Glanville (2007–2009) Nigel Burton (2010– )

Current head football coaches of the Big Sky Conference

Tim Walsh (Cal Poly)
Beau Baldwin (Eastern Washington)
Mike Kramer (Idaho State)
Mick Delaney (Montana)
Rob Ash (Montana State)
Vacant (North Dakota)
Jerome Souers (Northern Arizona)
Earnest Collins, Jr. (Northern Colorado)
Nigel Burton (Portland State)
Marshall Sperbeck (Sacramento State)
Ed Lamb (Southern Utah)
Ron Gould (UC Davis)
Jay Hill (Weber State)

Persondata
Name	Burton, Nigel
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	July 30, 1976
Place of birth	Sacramento, California
Date of death
Place of death

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