Brian Burns will enter his sixth season as part of the baseball coaching staff. Burns served as the teams pitching coach for one season after playing for the Cardinals from 2010-2013 and has been the assistant coach since 2015.Â
During his days on the mound, Burns worked his way through 135.1 innings while racking up a 10-5 record. Through the course of his final season in red and white, Burns compiled a record of 6-3 and sported a SUNYAC-best ERA of 2.03.Â
In 2013, Burns fired five complete games and his opponent batting average of .220 was bettered by only two other SUNYAC hurlers. Due to his prowess on the mound, he earned All-SUNYAC Second Team and ABCA/Rawlings All-New York Region Third Team accolades.
After the Cardinals put the wraps on their 2014 campaign, Burns traveled to Alpine, Texas, to play for the Alpine Cowboys of the Pecos League - an independant baseball league comprised of 10 teams from different cities in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.Â
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