Greg Burnett announced his coaching retirement at Texas Lutheran University after 13 years as head baseball coach and 22 total years with TLU Baseball. Burnett retired from coaching in July of 2020.
Burnett moved into the campus recreation director role at TLU. He oversees the campus recreation program, the university's Dr. Burton E. Grossman Fitness Center, TLU's intramural program, and the Mabee Aquatics Center. Debbie Roberts retired as campus recreation director on Monday. Roberts served in the position for 18 years.
Burnett excelled as TLU's head baseball coach for 13 years after working as the lead assistant coach and then associate head coach for Miller for nine seasons. Burnett posted a career head coaching mark of 346-190, all with the Bulldogs.
Burnett's .646 winning percentage is the second-highest baseball winning percentage in school history. He is third all-time in TLU Baseball wins, trailing only TLU Athletics Hall of Famer Bill Miller and NAIA and TLU Hall of Famer Ray Katt.
Burnett led TLU to the 2018 NCAA Division III World Series in Appleton, Wis., where the Bulldogs finished as the national runner-up. He also led TLU to the 2018 Spokane, Wash. Regional Championship, to the 2018 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, to the 2016 and 2019 SCAC Regular Season Championships, to three American Southwest Conference West Division Championships, and to three total appearances in the NCAA Division III postseason. TLU hosted an NCAA DIII Regional Championship in Seguin, Texas in 2019.
Burnett was twice named Coach of the Year for the ASC West Division and twice named Coach of the Year in the SCAC.
Burnett and his wife Michelle have a daughter, Ashley, and a son, Drew. Ashley is a graduate of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and Drew is a current member of the Texas Lutheran Baseball team.
Burnett led the Bulldogs to postseason appearances (either conference tournaments and/or NCAA tournaments) in 11 of the 12 years postseason opportunities were available. He coached 10 playing All-Americans, six Academic All-Americans, and three ABCA Gold Glove winners.
The Bulldogs recently won the TLU Athletics Men's Team GPA Award for a second consecutive year, and the team in recent years has won the SCAC Team Sportsmanship Award for Baseball and ABCA Team Academic Excellence Awards.
A native of DeSoto, Texas, Burnett played two years of college baseball at Cedar Valley College in Lancaster, Texas. After his time at Cedar Valley, Burnett enrolled at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, where he played his final two years of collegiate baseball. At Howard Payne, Burnett was named the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Co-Most Valuable Player in his senior season.
Burnett came to TLU in the summer of 1998 after serving as the assistant to the athletic director at Texas A&M University at Commerce in Commerce, Texas. He has a master’s degree in health and physical education from Texas A&M-Commerce. Burnett completed his bachelor’s degree in 1995 at Howard Payne, where he majored in psychology and graduated with a 3.70 GPA.
