Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rebecca Lund Burleigh[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | October 13, 1967||
Place of birth | Tarpon Springs, Florida | ||
Position(s) | Defender, goalkeeper | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Methodist College | ||
Managerial career | |||
1989–1993 | Berry College | ||
1995–2021 | Florida Gators | ||
2021 | Orlando Pride (interim) |
Rebecca Lund Burleigh (born October 13, 1967) is an American soccer coach.
Formerly also a college soccer player, she is best known for her 26-year tenure as the first head coach of the Florida Gators women's soccer team at the University of Florida, where she led the Gators soccer team to a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championship in 1998. In 2021, Burleigh had a three-month spell as interim head coach of professional National Women's Soccer League team Orlando Pride.