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July 21, 2008
JACKSON
– Dr.
Brit Katz, vice president of student life at Millsaps College,
announced today the hiring of former head volleyball coach
Jaime Burns.
The
Denver, Colo., native will begin her second stint as the Majors
head coach after a 3-year hiatus from the program.
She will officially
begin her tenure on August 1, 2008. Millsaps went
17-25 overall and 6-9 (t-seventh) in the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference a year ago under the departed Matt Linebarger who
resigned to take an assistant head coach position at Savannah
College of Art & Design in Savannah,
Ga.
Burns
spent one season away from volleyball in 2007, moving from
Missouri back to Mississippi where she worked for the Department of Education.
Prior
to working with the DOE, Burns spent two seasons as an assistant
coach at Southeast Missouri State where her main responsibilities
included serving as the recruiting coordinator, working with
the teams outside hitters and team defense. The Redhawks finished
fourth in league play in 2005 and lost in the conference semi's
before finishing second in league play in 2006 and advancing
to the conference finals.
In
her first season with Millsaps in 2004, Burns helped turn around
a program that posted an 11-20 record in 2003 into a team that
went 20-11 and finished tied for fifth in the highly-competitive
SCAC. She was the runner-up
for SCAC Coach of the Year honors.
As
an athlete, Burns was a four-year starter at outside hitter for
Ole Miss from 1999-2003. Burns led the Rebels in kills and digs
in her last two seasons. She was voted as team captain as a senior
by her teammates. Burns was also a Southeastern Conference (SEC)
All-Academic Team honoree in seven of her eight semesters at
Ole Miss.
She
received her undergraduate degree in elementary education with
a concentration in English and math in 2002 and her masters in
higher education and student personnel at Ole Miss in 2004. Burns
served as a volunteer assistant coach for one season after graduation.
A
native of Denver, Colo., Burns is the daughter of Fred and Lynne
Burns. She has an older sister, Michelle and younger brother,
Jack and currently resides in Jackson.
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