Brian Burg - Staff Directory

Brian Burg

Title:
Assistant Coach/General Manager
Year at Ole Miss:
Fourth
Email:
Phone:
662-915-7534
Alma Mater:
Mount Mercy (2003)

Brian Burg serves as General Manager of the Ole Miss men's basketball program, playing a key leadership role in shaping the Rebels' roster and long-term success. In this position, Burg helps oversee roster construction, player personnel, recruiting strategy, transfer portal evaluations, and the management of NIL opportunities. Working closely with head coach Chris Beard and the basketball staff, he helps align talent acquisition, roster retention, and program resources. Burg joined Ole Miss in March 2023, marking his third stint alongside Beard after previously working with him at Little Rock and Texas Tech.

Burg helped guide Ole Miss to back-to-back 20-win seasons in Oxford, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2025 after accumulating 24 wins. In his inaugural season with the Rebels, he was a member of the staff that picked up a 20-win season in year one, highlighted by a record start at 13-0 in non-conference play. Burg most recently helped guide Ole Miss to a historic run at the 2026 SEC Tournament, winning three games in three days to reach the semifinal round.

Prior to joining the Rebels, Burg served three seasons as the head coach at Georgia Southern University, where he led the Eagles through the challenges of the COVID-19 era while establishing a strong defensive identity. Under his leadership, Georgia Southern became one of the Sun Belt Conference's top defensive programs, with Burg earning recognition as a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award, presented annually to the nation's top first-year head coach in Division I basketball.

Defense was the Eagles' calling card during Burg's tenure. Georgia Southern allowed 65.6 points per game in 2021-22, the eighth-best scoring defense in school history, and Eagle opponents shot 41 percent from the field, which ranked third in the Sun Belt and was the second-best field goal percentage defense in a season at Georgia Southern.

During Burg's first season, the Eagles ranked fourth in the Sun Belt in scoring defense, first in turnovers forced, and third in steals. Georgia Southern returned just five lettermen (two on scholarship) to the 2020-21 roster, which was tied for the fourth fewest in the country, while the Eagles' nine newcomers were tied for the fourth most nationally.

Prior to his time at Georgia Southern, Burg spent four successful seasons on Chris Beard's staff at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders went 94-44 with two deep runs in the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the 2019 national championship game. Burg served as an assistant coach during his final two seasons after serving as the program's Chief of Staff in 2016-17 and 2017-18, where he was involved in all facets of the program.

Recognized by his peers as one of the nation's top recruiters, Burg brings extensive experience as an assistant coach at the Division I level, with stops at Campbell, North Carolina Central, and Little Rock under Beard in 2015-16. During that stretch, Burg helped lead programs that compiled a 176-60 record, highlighted by four NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT berth. Those teams also posted an 88-36 conference record, including Texas Tech's first Big 12 regular-season title, two MEAC regular-season championships, and one Sun Belt regular-season championship.

In his first year as an assistant coach for Texas Tech, the Red Raiders recorded the winningest season in program history at the time, finishing 31-7 in 2018-19. Tech advanced to its first Final Four after earning victories over Northern Kentucky, Buffalo, Michigan, and Gonzaga before reaching the national championship game with a 61-51 semifinal victory over Michigan State in Minneapolis. Before the tournament run, the Red Raiders captured the program's first regular-season Big 12 title with a 14-4 conference record.

Burg also served as an assistant coach on Beard's Little Rock staff in 2015-16. The Trojans began their Sun Belt championship season with a program-best 10-0 record, completed a 30-5 campaign, and overcame a 14-point deficit in the final five minutes of their NCAA Tournament first-round contest en route to an 85-83 double-overtime victory against No. 12-ranked and fifth-seeded Purdue.

The Trojans' 15-game improvement in the win column tied for the NCAA's top spot, and Little Rock had three players earn All-Sun Belt honors in the same season for the first time in program history. Josh Hagins led the way with All-Sun Belt First Team and NABC All-District 24 First Team honors. Burg was named one of the nation's Top 5 Mid-Major Recruiters by CBSSports.com.

Before Little Rock, Burg spent two seasons at North Carolina Central as an assistant coach. The Eagles compiled an impressive 53-14 record, won 31 of their 32 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) games, and secured berths in the 2014 NCAA Tournament and 2015 NIT. NCCU's 28 victories in 2013-14 set a single-season MEAC record, and its .824 winning percentage was the highest by a MEAC school since the 1987-88 season.

Overall, Burg assisted in the recruitment and coaching of seven All-MEAC selections during his tenure. Jeremy Ingram earned 2014 All-MEAC First Team honors, the 2014 MEAC Player of the Year award, and recognition as the 2014 MEAC Tournament Most Outstanding Performer. That year, Burg was ranked the MEAC's top assistant coach by NextUpRecruits.com.

Burg's first opportunity as an assistant coach at the Division I level came at Campbell University, where he organized the program's recruiting efforts and assisted in all phases of the program. The Camels won the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season title and set program records for regular-season (19) and conference (14) wins. Campbell ranked second nationally in steals per game and eighth in turnover margin.

Burg served as lead recruiter for All-Big South performer Eric Griffin, who spent time with the Detroit Pistons during the 2015-16 NBA season and became Campbell's first-ever NBA player. Griffin also participated with the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Clippers summer league teams. Darren White became the first player to represent the Camels in the NBA Development League, while Trey Freeman earned 2012 Big South Freshman of the Year honors. In total, Burg has had 37 players go on to play professional basketball.

Burg joined the Campbell program after two seasons as the Director of Basketball Operations under Kermit Davis at Middle Tennessee State. He began his coaching career at Lake Erie College as a graduate assistant from 2003-05, followed by one-year assistant coaching stops at Garden City Community College (2005-06) and Western Texas College (2006-07).

A native of Houston, Texas, Burg earned his bachelor's degree from Mount Mercy in 2003 and a master's degree from Lake Erie in 2005. He is married to the former Resea Musgrove and has a stepson, Dane.