BLACKSBURG – Head coach Justin Fuente announced Friday that Zohn Burden will be joining his Virginia Tech coaching staff as running backs coach. Burden has spent the past season coaching wide receivers for the Hokies.
“I’m excited that Coach Burden will be part of our staff at Virginia Tech,” Fuente said. “Coach Burden owns an excellent reputation as a teacher and a recruiter. I appreciate the work he’s done at Tech, as well as his strong roots in the state of Virginia. I know he’s committed to continue helping the Hokies get better.”
A Virginia Beach native and Virginia Military Institute graduate, Burden is completing his first season with Tech after joining the Hokies from Old Dominion, where he served three years as passing game coordinator.
Burden has tutored sophomore wide receiver Isaiah Ford, who has evolved into Tech’s initial All-ACC First Team performer at that position. Under Burden’s guidance, Ford leads the ACC with 937 receiving yards and set a Tech single-season record with 10 touchdown receptions. His 63 catches are also a seasonal school record, while he is just 26 yards shy of surpassing Tech’s single-season receiving yardage mark.
Fuente has already announced six others who will be part of his staff moving forward, which includes Bud Foster, Torrian Gray and Charley Wiles, current Tech coaches, and James Shibest, Vance Vice and Holmon Wiggins, who worked with Fuente at Memphis. Other additions to Coach Fuente’s staff will be announced as they are finalized.
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Obviously a great recruiter, but how will he be as a RB coach? Interesting.
Glad we kept Coach Burden. Showed he knew what he was doing his first year here at Tech and I would hate to see him thrown to the Wolves after just a season, also, I know he has coached maily WR’s but I beleive he will be an upgrade at RBs coach, their ability to block and esp their ability to catch out of the backfield. He is also a very important figure in the 757 for us. And if he aspires, which Im sure he does to move on to bigger and better things, it looks good in his resume that he was retained here. I for one and extremley excited Coach Zohn Burden is staying on staff and I am sure he is too, he’s probably had a rough 2-4 weeks.
His salary helps control the coach’s budget.
So what’s left? OC and LBs?
Good move and Burton will fill that gap needed in the 757. He is a very good coach to keep.