Scott Devine, the director of athletics and recreation at St. Mary's College of Maryland, is pleased to announce that Rose Burke has been as the next head coach of the Seahawk volleyball program. Burke becomes the 13th mentor in the 31-year history of St. Mary's volleyball.

Burke comes to St. Mary's with 13 years of volleyball experience, both as a player and coach. She was a four-year starter at NCAA Division I California State University, Sacramento on a full athletic scholarship. Burke was part of three Big Sky Conference championship teams while at Sacramento State, earning all-conference honors in 2007 and 2008 as a setter. She also enjoyed competing in the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament between 2005 and 2007.

The Gainesville, Florida native caught the coaching bug in college, working at camps for middle and high school students. Burke then honed her coaching philosophy and skills as a D-I assistant at Florida International University and Morgan State University.

During her one season at FIU, the Panthers were ranked in the Top 25 and won the 2009 Sun Belt Conference regular-season title. Burke developed her recruiting style while at Morgan State (July 2010-July 2012) as her first recruiting class took the MSU Bears from fifth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference to second the following season.

Burke inherits a volleyball program that went 21-9 (4-2 CAC) this past season under nine-year head coach Morris Davis, advancing to the Capital Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament semifinals. During Davis' tenure, the Seahawks put together a 173-113 record and finished as the CAC tournament runner-up in 2007 and 2008.