Eric Burrow enters his first year as associate head coach under head coach Ronny
Fisher after three years as an assistant.
Burrow has
helped the team increase its overall and Big South Conference win totals over
each of his three years of service, including a sixth-place finish in league
play last season.
He works with the post players primarily and helped
Mariah Pietrowski win the Big South Freshman of the Year award. Two current PC players, Dria David and Karlee Taylor, have
also earned spots on the Big South Conference All-Freshman Team during Burrow’s
tenure as an assistant.
He comes from Grayson H.S., in Grayson, Ga. where he served
as the head girls' basketball coach for two seasons. Burrow's team doubled its
win total from four in 2006-07 to eight during the 2007-08 campaign.
Prior to Grayson, Burrow acted as the head boys' coach at
Monroe Area H.S. in Monroe, Ga. He led his team to the state playoffs three
times from 2003-05. In his first year with the Hurricanes, Burrow's squad was
crowned the Region 8 Class 3-A Champions.
Burrow began his coaching career as the assistant boys'
varsity and head junior varsity coach at Lexington High School in Lexington,
S.C. The Wildcats reached the state playoffs every season during his three-year
tenure. The squad was back-to-back Region 4 4A Champions (2000, 2001) and won
the state championship in 2000.
The Presbyterian alum was a four-year letterwinner under
current men's head coach Gregg Nibert from 1995-1999. The Blue Hose won 75
contests and Burrow became the 12th player to reach the 1,000-point plateau
under Nibert's watch, finishing his career with 1,076 points. He also led the
team with a school record of 64 blocks over his four years at PC.
The Blue Hose made consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II
tournament in his freshman and sophomore seasons. PC won the South Atlantic
Conference tournament in 1996 with an 82-77 victory over Mars Hill to earn a
bid to the national tournament. The squad lost a 76-67 decision to High Point
but returned to the national stage a year later after claiming the program's
second SAC regular season title. The Blue Hose finished the 1996-97 season
ranked 15th in the country.
Burrow was recognized numerous times for his contributions
to the PC team. He was selected to the All-SAC First Team in 1997 and 1999 and
the second team in 1998. The 6-10 forward was also named to the NABC
all-district Team his senior year.
The Bowersville, Ga., native earned a B.S. in social studies
from PC in 1999. He currently resides in Clinton with his wife, Becky, and
their son, Jeb.
