Beth Burns
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Associate head coach |
| Team | USC |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 7, 1957 Chatham, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1979 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979–1981 | Ohio State (grad. asst.) |
| 1981–1983 | East Carolina (asst.) |
| 1983–1988 | Colorado (asst.) |
| 1988–1989 | NC State (asst.) |
| 1989–1997 | San Diego State |
| 1997–2002 | Ohio State |
| 2004–2005 | Stanford (strength) |
| 2005–2013 | San Diego State |
| 2014–present | USC (assoc. HC) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Mary Elizabeth Burns (born October 7, 1957) is an American basketball coach who is currently women's basketball associate head coach at USC. Previously, Burns was the head coach at San Diego State for 1989 to 1997 and from 2005 to 2013 and at Ohio State from 1997 to 2002. With a 295-186 record at San Diego State, Burns has the most career wins in school history. She guided San Diego State to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and earned five Coach of the Year awards combined from the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference.
Burns played college basketball at Ohio Wesleyan from 1975 to 1979. From 1979 to 1981, while completing her master's degree in physical education, Burns served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State. Burns then was an assistant coach at East Carolina from 1981 to 1983, Colorado from 1983 to 1988, and NC State from 1988 to 1989.
Burns's first tenure as women's basketball head coach at San Diego State was from 1989 to 1997. During these eight seasons, San Diego State appeared in the 1994, 1995, and 1997 NCAA Tournaments, and Burns won Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in those years as well.
From 1997 to 2002, she served as the head women's basketball coach at Ohio State. Her teams went 81-65 during her tenure, and Ohio State won the 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament. After going 14–15 in the 2001–02 season, Burns was fired.
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