Mike Burns joins the CCS family this year after spending the last three seasons as the head coach at Eastern Washington University.  Burns is no stranger to the NWAACC having started his coaching career working for John Dunn at Highline Community College in 1992.  Burns, who is a South Seattle native, has spent 14 of the previous 15 seasons coaching in the state of Washington.  He has coached at virtually every level of basketball in his native state including, high school, junior college, NAIA, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division I (Big Sky), and NCAA Division I (Pac-10).

Burns spent three seasons at Highline Community College (1992-95) working for his former Tyee High School teammate John Dunn.  He then moved on to his alma mater, working at Tyee during the 1995-96 season.  Burns then made the trek east of the Cascades to work for Greg Sparling at Central Washington University.  During his three seasons (1996-99) with Sparling, the Wildcats won three consecutive conference regular and post season championships.  The Cats also advanced to the Elite 8 of the NAIA National Tournament in 1997 and 1998 and hosted the NCAA Division II West Regional in 1999.  The 1999-00 campaign was the only year that Burns spent outside the state of Washington, joining Derek Allister’s staff at Division I and Southland Conference member Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.  The 2000-01 season brought Burns back home to the state of Washington when he joined Ray Giacoletti’s staff at Eastern Washington University.  After three successful seasons with the Eagles and Giacoletti, Burns headed down the road to Washington State University to work for Dick Bennett during the 2003-04 season, the legendary coaches’ first at the helm of the Cougars.  The spring of 2004 brought Burns back to EWU as the head coach after Ray Giacoletti departed for the head job at the University of Utah. 

Burns is a graduate of Tyee High School in Seattle and Central Washington University.

Burns and his wife of ten years, Mary, are the proud parents of twins Bode and Kylie who turned one this September.