DeWayne Burroughs is in his fourth season as the head women’s basketball coach at Coppin State University in the 2019-20 season.
 
In his first season, Burroughs and his 2016-17 women’s basketball team earned the No. 6 seed in the MEAC Basketball Tournament with an 8-8 conference record. Freshman center Chance Graham led the Eagles in rebounds with 244 ranking fifth in the MEAC. Graham was named the 2016-17 MEAC Rookie of the Year and was named to the All-MEAC Third Team and All-MEAC Rookie Team honors. Red-shirt junior guard Genesis Lucas earned All-MEAC First Team honors after ranking in the MEAC’s top-10 in eight statistical categories.
 
Under his tutelage, Graham became one of the top players in CSU history earning Second Team All-MEAC accolades in both her sophomore and junior year while also being named the MEAC Defensive Player of the Year following the 2018-19-season. Also, both Lucas and Brooke Fields, who earned First Team All-MEAC honors in her lone season at Coppin, signed professional contracts overseas. 
 
This past season, Burroughs also earned his first MEAC Tournament victory with a buzzer-beater over crosstown rival Morgan State.
 
Burroughs, a Coppin State alum, previously was at the University of the District of Columbia where he served as the head women’s basketball coach last season and previously as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at UDC from 2011-16. Burroughs guided his 2015-16 UDC Firebirds to a 21-9 overall record. The squad earned their fourth 20-plus win season and made their fourth appearance in the ECC semifinals both in the last five years. They were ranked ninth in the NCAA Division II East Region poll entering the tournament.
 
During his four-year tenure as an assistant coach, Burroughs helped the Firebirds reach three NCAA Tournaments (2012, 2014 and 2015), win the program’s first East Coast Conference Tournament Championship (2014) and its first ECC Regular Season Championship (2015), as well as set school single-season records for wins (25) and consecutive wins (14). In 2014-15, the Firebirds were ranked as high as No. 18 and finished No. 22 in the final USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll.
 
As recruiting coordinator, Burroughs brought in three All-ECC performers: Denikka Brent, Telisha Turner and Tajruba Baldwin-Kollore. Brent was an ECC All-Rookie Team selection in 2012, a two-time First Team All-ECC performer in 2013-14 and 2014-15, the 2014-15 ECC Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team Daktronics All-East Region selection. Turner was a First Team All-ECC performer in 2013-14 and a Second Team All-ECC selection in 2014-15. She was also the ECC Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2014. Baldwin-Kollore (Criminal Justice – Newport News, VA/Denbigh HS), who is one of nine returning student-athletes from last year’s record-setting squad, was an All-ECC Honorable Mention selection last season.
 
Burroughs’ previous college coaching stops were Chesapeake College and Bowie State University. While at Bowie State, Burroughs served as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator. He helped guide BSU to two 9th-place Atlantic Region rankings, two Eastern Division titles and two CIAA Finals appearances. Burroughs also recruited two CIAA defensive players of the year, three CIAA All-Rookie team selections and several players that went on to earn CIAA All-Conference honors.
 
Before advancing to the college level, Burroughs served as head coach at Woodlawn High School, St. Paul School for Girls, and Northwestern High School. He compiled a high school coaching record of 143-40. While at Woodlawn High School, Burroughs won four Baltimore County Championships and three Regional Championships, and earned one State Semi-final appearance and two State Final appearances.
 
Burroughs played baseball at his alma mater Coppin State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a minor in Sports Management. He was recently inducted into the Coppin State University Hall of Fame Class of 2015.