Burns Wasn't THAT Bad

[TulsaAM]

I mean, he won the 1998 Broyles Award for best Assistant Coach. Then he came to Tulsa and... oh

Head coaching record​

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College​

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Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Western Athletic Conference) (2000–2002)
2000	Tulsa	5–7	4–4	5th
2001	Tulsa	1–10	0–8	10th
2002	Tulsa	1–11	1–7	T–9th
Tulsa:	7–28	5–19
Total:	7–28

 

[TulsaAM]

And I misspelled his name... ruins the joke

 

[TUGrad06]

2002 was my first year. I remember tearing down the goal posts on that 1 win. The frat boys took it frat row.

 

[TULSARISING]

Had no idea his real name was Melvin

 

[I.I.]

Who was AD who gave him the third year?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Who was AD who gave him the third year?

Connor I mean Judy.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

And I misspelled his name... ruins the joke

You could have edited the title.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

It looks like he’s 16-15 so far at that Fort Worth high school. Maybe he’s finally found his calling.

 

[TulsaAM]

You could have edited the title.

I did not know that... now I do 😁

 

[Larry Lewis]

I was covering TU for the Oklahoman when Burns was here. He actually had a relatively good first season, all things considered. His 5-7 record in 2000 was the best record by TU since 1991.

It was interesting that after 9-11 in 2001, he won 1 game in two years. When he gave Blankenship the quick hook somewhat early in the year in favor of another Union grad, Tyler Gooch, everything fell apart. One noteworthy assistant under Burns later told me me about the toxic work environment under Burns for the assistant coaches.

 

[drboobay]

Leadership matters.

 

[Lumpuckeroo]

Leadership matters.

TU has a history of hiring some good coaches but also some bonehead hires starting with Vince Carrilot,
then Keith Burns.

 

[TU1NNJ]

TU has a history of hiring some good coaches but also some bonehead hires starting with Vince Carrilot,
then Keith Burns.

Don’t forget Hoot! 1972 was the year of the slogan - Shuck Chuck (Fairbanks), Boot Hoot and Shed Fred (Sen Harris) in Oklahoma.