Jesse Burbage

Jesse Burbage

File:Jesse Burbage, The Birmingham News 1925-05-30 page 12.jpg Burbage circa 1925
Biographical details
Born	(1894-02-22)February 22, 1894 Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1914–1918	Auburn
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1922–1924	Trinity (NC)
1927–1929	Florida Southern
Football
1927–1929	Florida Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	53–25 (basketball) 5–2–1 (football)

Jesse Samuel Burbage (February 22, 1894 – December 5, 1957) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a four-year starter at the guard position for the Auburn Tigers from 1914 to 1918. Burbage served as the head coach of the Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) from 1922 to 1924.

Burbage later served as an Army colonel. Circa 1951, he became administrator of the City-County Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he would serve for six years until his death. He died on December 5, 1957, at Huntsville Hospital.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Trinity Blue and White (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922–23	Trinity	15–7
1923–24	Trinity	19–6
Trinity:		34–13
Florida Southern Moccasins (Independent) (1927–1929)
1927–28	Florida Southern	8–8
1928–29	Florida Southern	11–4
Florida Southern:		19–12
Total:		53–25

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Florida Southern Moccasins (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928)
1928	Florida Southern	5–2–1	4–1	4th
Florida Southern:		5–2–1	4–1
Total:		5–2–1
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

External links

• J.S. Burbage at Sports-Reference.com