Courtney Burhans

Coach

Email: Courtney.Burhans@avemaria.edu

Courtney Burhans is in her first season as the head coach of the Lady Gyrenes’ lacrosse program. Burhans was hired in October 2015 and joins the Gyrenes after serving as the head coach at Manhattanville College for the past three years.

Burhans took over the Manhattanville lacrosse program in August 2012 after serving as an assistant coach during the previous season. Under her direction, she helped mentor nine All-Freedom Conference selections including a program record five selections in 2014.

As an assistant coach for the Valiants, Burhans served as the defensive coordinator and goalie coach and also assisted in the team’s recruiting efforts, supervised student-athlete’s academic progress, and developed the team’s strength and conditioning program.

Prior to joining the Valiants staff, Burhans was an assistant coach at Stony Brook University, where she also served as defensive coordinator and goalie coach. Burhans has also been involved in club and youth level lacrosse with Legacy Lacrosse LLC, Scarsdale Youth Lacrosse, and Oak Neck Athletics.

Burhans is a 2010 graduate of Loyola University in Maryland where she was a four-year letterwinner for the Greyhounds. As a netminder for Loyola, Burhans was selected as a captain both her junior and senior seasons and was part of the Greyhounds’ Big East Tournament semifinalist team her senior year.

A native of Bayville, N.Y., Burhans earned her bachelor’s degree in communications and business at Loyola. She later went on to receive her master’s degree in Sports Business Management from Manhattanville College.