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LIZ TURNER '98 COACHING CHAIR FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Head Coach Jean Marie Burr enters her 22nd year at the helm of
the Brown women's basketball program. The winningest coach in Brown
basketball history (men's and women's), Burr has compiled 15
winning Ivy League seasons, including three consecutive League
Titles from 1991-94.
In 1994, Brown made Ivy League history as it was the first team in
the conference to appear in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
She has also led Brown to eleven top-three finishes in the league.
Recording her 200th career victory during the 2002-03 season, Burr
enters the 2007-08 campaign with 266 wins to her credit.
Burr's mentality of strong teamwork, dedication and community
involvement have helped produce some of the most prominent Brown
alumnae. From U.S. attorneys to professional athletes, Burr has
coached a string of winners on and off the court. She coached 2004
Joslin Award winner Miranda Craigwell '04, who also received the
David Zucconi '55 Fellowship.
Burr has also strived for her players to be closely involved in
the local community, as her teams have participated in numerous
fundraisers and programs throughout the years, including a
twelve-year relationship with the Vartan Gregorian Elementary
School at Fox Point in Providence.
Entering the 2008-09 season, Burr, who will once again host the
Jean Marie Burr Show throughout the season, is looking to capture
her fifth Ivy League Title.
Burr helped put the Bears on the road to success in just her first
year at Brown. Despite inheriting a 6-20 team in 1988-89, she
quickly turned things around. The Bear's 16-10 record that
year was their best mark since winning back-to-back Ivy
Championships in 1983-84 and 1984-85. The turnaround established
Brown as one of the most improved teams in the country and Burr was
honored as the Converse District I Coach of the Year.
Over the next two years, Brown finished second in the Ivy League
standings, including a 19-7 mark in 1990-91, which broke the school
record for wins in a season at the time.
In 1991-92, Burr led the Bears to their first Ivy League Title
since the 1984-85 season with record-breaking 22-4 overall and 13-1
Ivy records. Brown had a total of five players selected to the
All-Ivy teams and for the fifth consecutive year, the Ivy Rookie of
the Year.
The Bears began the 1992-93 season as the preseason favorite for
the first time in Burr's tenure. There was constant pressure
to perform, as Brown became the team to beat in the Ancient
Eight. Burr, an excellent motivator, prepared her team for
this completely different mental challenge. As a result, the Bears
brought home their second straight Ivy title after defeating
Harvard in a hard-fought 87-81 overtime battle in Cambridge.
Burr was honored by the Rhode Island sports media for her
outstanding year by being selected as the 1993 Rhode Island Female
Sports Coach of the Year.
Her team continued to rise to higher levels in the 1993-94 season,
capturing its third consecutive Ivy championship, and winning a
playoff game against co-champion Dartmouth to earn the Ivy League's
first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Bears finished
the regular season with an 18-9 overall record and an 11-3 Ivy
mark. In Brown's first ever NCAA Tournament appearance,
Burr's squad quieted a sold-out crowd in Storrs, Connecticut, as
the Bears took a 35-35 tie into the locker room at the half and
held a second-half lead against the first-seeded UConn Huskies. The
final score, however, found eventual "Elite Eight" finisher UConn
on top of the feisty competitors from Brown, 79-60. For her
excellence in coaching, Burr was again voted the Rhode Island
Female Sports Coach of the Year.
After building a foundation of top-ranked players and further
developing their talents, Burr led her team to a third place finish
in the Ivy League in the 1994-95 season. The Bears finished 12-14
overall, including impressive wins over Ivy champion Dartmouth and
runner-up Harvard, making them the only team in the Ancient Eight
that defeated both teams.
During the 1995-96 campaign, Burr guided her young squad to a
10-16 overall record, and a 7-7 league mark, as the Bears tackled
one of their most competitive schedules in history. Five of
Brown's opponents qualified for the NCAA tournament and one saw
postseason action in the NIT.
In the 1996-97 season, Burr guided a young team with no seniors to
great heights as the underdog Bears took the Ivy League by surprise
and finished with a 15-11 overall mark, and a 10-4 showing in the
league, good for second place. Burr's recruiting abilities
were evident again, as she witnessed the emergence of a gifted
rookie class, including another Ivy Rookie of the Year, Burr's
fifth in her nine-year career.
For the 1997-98 season, Burr's squad sustained injuries to key
players, yet she was still able to put together a 7-7 mark in
league play and an 11-15 overall ledger. The team improved the
following year, finishing 12-14 overall and 7-7 in Ivy League
action.
The 1999-00 season marked the beginning of a difficult time for
the Bears as they struggled over the next three years with losing
records. Brown's 4-10 Ivy mark in 1999-00 was the team's first
losing season since 1987-88 and the first ever for Burr. In the
2000-2001 campaign, the Bears went 10-17, with a 5-7 Ivy League
record. Things didn't get any easier for the Bears as it finished
with a 5-22 overall and 2-12 Ivy record, the team's worst finish in
its 30 year history.
In one of the biggest turnarounds in Brown and Ivy League history,
the Bears jumped from last place to second place in the league,
tripling its victory output from the previous year. To the surprise
of many, Brown closed out the season with a 15-12 overall and 9-5
mark in the Ancient Eight. "That season showed what can happen when
people really pull together," says Burr.
The Bears continued to improve in 2003-04, matching its 9-5 Ivy
mark from the previous year and racked up a 16-11 overall record.
Brown recorded victories over all seven Ivy opponents for the first
time since the 1993-94 season.
In 2004-05, Burr led Brown to a record-breaking 18-9 season. The
team's 18 wins were the third most in the programs history and the
most since the 1993-94 season. The Bears placed two on the All-Ivy
First Team for just the fifth time in Brown basketball (men's and
women's) history. In addition, Burr was named the Rhode Island
Division I Coach of the Year. In 2005-06, Burr led her Bears to
another Ivy League title with a record of 19-10, 12-2.
Sarah Hayes '06 was named the Ivy's Player of the Year and Colleen
Kelly '06 was named to the All-Ivy Second Team. Though the Bears
have struggled over the last few years, Burr guided two players to
the Ivy League's All-Rookie team. Lindsay Walls '10 received
the honor in 2007, and Sadiea Williams '11 garnered the award in
2008.
Coach Burr has an extensive and varied coaching and athletic
background. Before coming to Brown, Burr was an assistant
coach at Fairfield University for three years.
A 1977 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Burr earned a
degree in business administration. After graduation, she
spent one year as an assistant coach at Davidson College and then
played professional basketball for the New Jersey Gems of the
Women's Basketball League, and was a member of the first draft in
women's professional basketball. She became an assistant
basketball coach and head volleyball coach for Amherst College as
well as a graduate assistant for softball at the University of
Massachusetts, where she earned a master's degree in sport
management in 1982. She later served as women's athletic director
and head basketball and volleyball coach at Bethany College in West
Virginia for three years before moving on to Fairfield.
In addition to her passion for coaching winning teams, Burr has
served on the Board of Directors for the Women's Basketball Coaches
Association (WBCA) and is a member of the National Association of
Basketball Coaches and the Women's Sports Foundation. A national
lecturer and a great motivator, she was recently honored with her
selection into the University of New Hampshire Athletic Hall of
Honor as well as the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
Burr resides in Coventry, Rhode Island with her husband, Peter,
and their four daughters; Judee Lena , Jessica Marie, Joanna
Christine , and Jenna Rose.
| Year | Overall | Ivy | Place |
| 1988-89 | 16-10 | 9-5 | Third |
| 1989-90 | 16-10 | 9-5 | Second |
| 1990-91 | 19-7 | 19-4 | Second |
| 1991-92 | 22-4 | 13-1 | First |
| 1992-93 | 19-7 | 13-1 | First |
| 1993-94* | 18-10 | 11-3 | First |
| 1994-95 | 12-14 | 8-6 | Third |
| 1995-96 | 10-16 | 7-7 | Fifth |
| 1996-97 | 15-11 | 10-4 | Second |
| 1997-98 | 11-15 | 7-7 | Sixth |
| 1998-99 | 12-14 | 7-7 | Fourth |
| 1999-00 | 9-19 | 4-10 | Seventh |
| 2000-01 | 10-17 | 5-9 | Sixth |
| 2001-02 | 5-22 | 2-12 | Eighth |
| 2002-03 | 15-12 | 9-5 | Second |
| 2003-04 | 16-11 | 9-5 | Second |
| 2004-05 | 18-9 | 10-4 | Third |
| 2005-06 | 18-10 | 12-2 | First |
| 2006-07 | 5-23 | 3-11 | Eighth |
| 2007-08 | 2-26 | 1-13 | Eighth |
| 2008-09 | 3-25 | 1-13 | Eighth |
| 271-292 (.481) | 160-132 (.453) |
*NCAA Tournament Appearance
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Kristen Buckley joined the Brown coaching staff in August 2008 after having spent four seasons as an assistant coach and five as a head coach at Colorado Chrstian.
In her time as the head women's coach, Buckley coached multiple All-Conference players, and one Freshman of the Year. She was voted the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference East Division Coach of the Year in 2007, and received the Institutional RMAC Sportsmanship award in both 2007 and 2008. She guided the Cougars to the most single season wins in CCU women's basketball history, and its first post-season appearance in seven years at both the RMAC tournament and NCCAA tournament.
During her last two seasons as a head coach, Buckley also served as an Assistant Athletic Director from 2006-2008. She was the Booster Club Director, served as the Accounting Director, and served on various committees, including the Hall of Fame committee, golf tournament committee and hiring committees. From 1999-2007, she was Colorado Christian's Accounting Manager, supervising all athletic accounts.
As an assistant coach, Buckley was in charge of recruiting, conditioning workouts, and worked closely with the post and wing players. She implemented camps and clinics in all capacities, and was in charge of video and tape exchange and game management.
Prior to Colorado Christian, Buckley also spent time as an
assistant coach at the Colorado School of Mines and Kansas Newman
University. She earned her B.S. in Sociology at Drake University,
graduating in 1998. Buckley resides in Barrington with her husband,
Stan, and daughter Faith.
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Former Brown women's basketball standout, Colleen Kelly '06, joined the Bears coaching staff in July of 2009 as an assistant coach. Kelly comes to Brown from Colgate, where she spent the last two years serving as an assistant coach.
"It's an honor to be back at Brown and working with Coach Burr," said Kelly. "Brown is a great place that has given me a lot of opportunities and I want to share my passion for Brown and its basketball program with everyone else."
During her four-year career at Brown, Kelly guided the Bears to four winning seasons and currently ranks 12th in scoring in Brown basketball history with 1,080 career points, and also holds the record for career three-pointers (170). She got off to a great start during her freshman campaign, scoring 290 points and tallying a career-high 60 steals to be named to the Ivy League's All-Rookie team while her squad placed second in the Ivy League. She then helped Brown to two more winning seasons taking second and third place finishes, and capped off her career with an Ivy League Championship compiling an overall record of 18-10 (12-2 Ivy). That season, Kelly poured in 371 points and received Second Team All-Ivy accolades giving the Bears its sixth Ivy League title.
While at Colgate for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Kelly was an assistant coach under the direction of former Brown basketball letter winner and assistant coach, Pam Bass '91. She assisted in all aspects of recruiting and was responsible for coaching the Red Raiders' guards. As the guard coach, she was responsible for overseeing the development of all guard play, including conducting individual workouts throughout the year. Kelly also coordinated all team travel arrangements, served as an academic coach and was responsible for organizing practice schedules.
Prior to Colgate, Kelly served as an assistant at Longwood University in Farmville, VA. Kelly is a graduate of the WBCA's Nike So You Want to Be a Coach Program. She has worked numerous summer basketball camps and clinics in both Rhode Island and New York and also earned many academic-related awards, including the United States Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete and U.S. Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete awards.
A native of Webster, N.Y., Kelly earned her Bachelor of Science
degree in business economics from Brown in 2006. Additionally, she
was a three-sport standout at Webster Schroeder High School in
Rochester, N.Y., where she is the all-time leading scorer in
Warrior basketball history.
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Jonathan Parsons joined the Brown women's basketball staff in July
of 2009. Parsons was previously at the University of New Haven,
where he spent a year as a volunteer assistant coach, while also
serving as the Graduate Assistant for NCAA Compliance and Student
Development.
In his time at UNH, Parsons helped guide the women's basketball
program to a record of 16-13 (10-12 NE-10) and its first ever
Northeast-10 play-off berth and quarterfinal appearance. Parsons
duties included, but were not limited to on-campus recruiting,
scouting opponents, evaluating prospective student-athletes,
directing basketball clinics, and coordinating the online film
exchange.
Prior to New Haven, Parsons spent four years at Sacred Heart
University with the Pioneers Men's Basketball Program. He was the
head student manager during that time under Head Coach Dave Bike.
He coordinated film exchange for three seasons, assisted in ticket
operations and team meals. He also served as an Assistant Director
of the Nike/SHU Men's Basketball Summer Camp for two years. He has
also worked women's basketball camps at both Sacred Heart and Saint
Francis University.
Additionally, Parsons has coaching experience with the Connecticut
Breeze (now the Connecticut Premier) AAU 16 and under girls
basketball program where he was an assistant for two summers. He
helped lead the program to two AAU National Championship
appearances (2007, 2008). He assisted in the development of
both guard and post players, helping place players in programs such
as the University of Hartford, Saint Joseph's University, and
Assumption College.
A native of Stoughton, MA, he earned his Bachelor's of Science
degree in Sport Management and Finance from Sacred Heart in 2008,
and his Master's of Science degree in Management of Sport
Industries from New Haven in 2009.


























