Sam Burroughs

Biography

Xavier Vice President for Administration and Director of Athletics Greg Christopher announced the hiring of Sam Burroughs as the Musketeers new Head Coach for Cross Country and Track and Field on Jan. 4, 2021. During his time at Xavier, he has coached student-athletes to 93 top-10 finishes in the Xavier cross country and track and field record books - including nine school-record performances. He has also coached three runners who participated in the NCAA Track and Field East Regionals. Burroughs has over 24 years of collegiate experience. He has coached 96 individual conference champions and 48 individual NCAA qualifiers, while leading 18 teams to conference championship titles. Burroughs joined the Musketeers after previously working as associate head coach at Cincinnati from 2013-20. He guided the men’s cross country team to six top-five finishes at the AAC Cross Country Championships, including two runner-up finishes. Burroughs also assisted in helping the women’s cross country team place fifth at the conference championships in 2019 – the team’s highest finish since joining the conference in 2013. Burroughs helped the Bearcats set seven school records and coached four NCAA individual qualifiers. Academically, the men’s and women’s cross country programs combined to post perfect APR scores five times. Prior to Cincinnati, Burroughs was the head cross country coach at North Texas (2010-13). He coached three conference ‘athletes of the year’ and helped two student-athletes