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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Devin Burke
Pitching Coach Recruiting Coordinator
Devin Burke embarks on his second season as an assistant coach . Burke serves as the pitching coach and also the recruiting coordinator .
Burke arrived on Staten Island after spending the 2021 season at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst , serving as the volunteer assistant coach . Before joining the Minutemen , Burke spent two seasons as the pitching coach at Middlebury College . Over his two seasons at Middlebury College , the 2019 Panthers led the New England Small College Athletic Conference ( NE- SCAC ) in team earned run average , hits per nine innings ( 7.71 ), strikeouts to walk ratio ( 2.12 ), and WHIP ( 1.27 ). The Panthers also ranked No . 2 in the league with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings . Nationally , the squad boasted the No . 9 ranking in hits per nine innings and No . 20 in ERA . Burke mentored Colby Morris , who finished his career with the most wins in the history of the program ( 16 ), helping him earn All-NESCAC honors in 2019 .
Before embarking on a coaching career , Burke spent five seasons in the Colorado Rockies organization , splitting time between the starting rotation and the bullpen . In all , he posted 18 wins over 92 games , tossing 344.2 innings . The right-hander struck out 279 batters in his career while allowing just 91 walks , a 3.07 to 1 strikeout-to-walk ratio . In 2013 , he was named a Pioneer League Postseason All-Star after posting a 5-2 record with Grand Junction , fanning 54 hitters in 56.0 innings while yielding only 12 walks . He was promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque in 2015 and 2016 . Burke later pitched for the Atlantic League ’ s New Britain Bees in 2018 and 2019 , where he was named 2019 Atlantic League Mid-Season All-Star . Burke pitched at Virginia Tech and was part of the Hokies ’ team that reached the 2013 NCAA Regionals . He posted an 11-4 career record in his two seasons in Blacksburg , highlighted by a stellar 2013 campaign , where he went 11-3 in 16 appearances . He was named to Blacksburg Regional All-Tournament Team . He was also a 2013 semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Comeback Player of the Year Award .
In prior off-seasons , Burke has spent time as the pitching coach for both the Bobby Valentine ’ s Baseball Academy ( 2014-17 ) and the Connecticut Blue Jays ( 2014-18 ). He also spent two summers playing in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League for the Wareham Gatemen and the Harwich Mariners . In 2011 , he helped lead the Mariners to the league championship . The Darien , CT native earned his Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages – Spanish from Virginia Tech in 2014 .
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