Becky Burleigh

Becky Burleigh
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Lund Burleigh[1]
Date of birth (1967-10-13) October 13, 1967 (age 57)[1]
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.

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