Current position | |
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Title | Co- Defensive coordinator |
Team | Troy Trojans |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Biographical details | |
Born | April 29, 1980 |
Alma mater | Georgia Tech |
Playing career | |
2001–2004 | Georgia Tech |
Position(s) | Safety |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
2005–2008 | Georgia Tech ( GA) |
2009 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
2010–2011 | UT Martin (LB/DB) |
2012–2013 | Shorter ( DC/DB) |
2014–2016 | West Alabama (DC/DB/LB) |
2017 | NC State (Defensive quality control) |
2018 | Temple (DB) |
2019–2021 | Georgia Tech (Co-DC/S) |
2022 | New Orleans Breakers (DB) |
2023 | Kennesaw State (DC) |
2024–present | Troy (Co-DC) |
Nathan Isaac Burton (born April 29, 1980) is an American football coach who is currently the co- defensive coordinator for the Troy Trojans. He previously was the defensive backs coach for the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL). He previously was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Kennesaw State Owls.
Burton was a walk-on at Georgia Tech and played safety for the Yellow Jackets from 2001 to 2004. [1]
After his playing career concluded, Burton stayed at Georgia Tech as a graduate assistant, a role he held for four seasons. He was also a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State for one season before moving on to UT Martin as their linebackers/defensive backs coach. [2] Burton also had stints as a defensive coordinator at both Shorter and West Alabama before spending 2017 at NC State as a quality control assistant. [3]
Burton was named the defensive backs coach at Temple in 2018, reuniting him with Owls head coach Geoff Collins, who was an assistant at Georgia Tech when Burton was a player. [4]
After Collins was named head coach at Georgia Tech in 2019, Burton was named the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the Yellow Jackets. [5] His contract was not renewed after the 2021 season. [6]
In 2022, he coached the secondary for the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL.
In 2023, Burton was named the Defensive Coordinator for Kennesaw State Owls. [7]