Burke Scott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBurke Scott
American basketball player and coach
Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1933
Place of Birth: Tell City, Indiana, United States
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Burke Scott
- Burke Scott (born January 12, 1933) was an American basketball player and coach.
- He was starting shooting guard on Indiana University's 1953 championship team and coached at the high school level in his home state of Indiana. Scott, a 6'0" guard from Tell City High School in Tell City, Indiana, played for coach Branch McCracken at Indiana from 1952 to 1955.
- Scott started each of his three varsity seasons at Indiana, and played a key role as a sophomore ball-handler and defensive specialist on the Hoosiers' 1953 national championship team.
- Scott led the Hoosiers to a second straight Big Ten Conference title the following season.Following his college career, Scott spent approximately two years in the U.S.
- Army; he coached the Camp Carson team to a record of 27-4; losing 3 games to a Ft Leonard Wood-based team which was led by future NBA-great K.C.
- Jones.
- Each loss came during the AAU national basketball tournament in Denver.
- After his Army commitment, Scott returned to Indiana and began his high school teaching & coaching career; he coached the Needmore Hilltoppers, Plainville Midgets, Cascade Comets, Loogootee St.
- John's Eagles and the Heritage Hills Patriots.
- His record over his 13-year (High School) Head Coach career: 154-121 (.560); a PAC title and the Wabash Valley Basketball TourneyBurke Scott was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
- alongside his two high school coaches; Ivan Hollen & Andy Taff.
- His college coach, Branch McCracken is also a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
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