Florida Gators

Shawn Burke enters his second season as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Florida baseball program and his fifth year overall at the University of Florida in 2022-23.

In his first season with the program in 2022, the Gators hit 121 home runs as a team – the second-highest total in program history. For the first time ever, two Gators hit 20-plus home runs in the same season: outfielders Wyatt Langford (26) and Jud Fabian (24). Langford’s 26 home runs tied Matt LaPorta’s team record set in 2005.

Over the past five years, Burke has worked with various Florida athletic programs including baseball, softball and men’s tennis. Under his watch, Florida softball reached the 2019 College World Series and later claimed the 2021 SEC Championship. Burke also helped power men’s tennis to a National Championship and SEC title in 2021, while Sam Riffice claimed the 2021 Singles National Championship. One year later in 2022, Burke produced another NCAA Singles National Champion in Ben Shelton, who was subsequently named the ITA National Player of the Year. Shortly thereafter, Shelton made the decision to turn pro and has been turning heads in the professional ranks in the months since.

Prior to his time at UF, Burke was employed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2016-18, working with baseball, softball, men’s gymnastics, women’s gymnastics, women’s soccer and cheer.

Throughout his career, Burke has trained over 30 active Minor League Baseball players. Additionally, he trained nine All-SEC selections and six All-America honorees in softball from 2019-21.

Burke also holds numerous certifications in his field. He holds status as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is also certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. 

Burke played collegiate football at the University of Rochester in New York, where he graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to earn a Master’s degree in Exercise Science with a Strength and Conditioning Concentration from Concordia University-Chicago in 2018.

BASEBALL ACCOLADES
Wyatt Langford - 2022 First Team All-American
Brandon Sproat - 2022 Second Team All-South Region
Blake Purnell - 2022 Freshman All-American
Brandon Neely - 2022 SEC All-Freshman Team
Two All-SEC Selections in 2022

SOFTBALL ACCOLADES
Three All-America Selections in 2021
Five All-SEC Selections in 2021
2021 SEC Regular Season Champion
Women’s College World Series Appearance (2019)
Three All-America Selections in 2019
Four All-SEC Selections in 2019
2019 SEC Tournament Champion

MEN’S TENNIS ACCOLADES
Ben Shelton - 2022 Singles NCAA Champion, 2022 ITA National Player of the Year
2022 SEC Tournament Champions
Four All-SEC Selections in 2022
2021 National Champions
Sam Riffice - 2021 Singles NCAA Champion
2021 SEC Regular Season Champion
Five All-SEC Selections in 2021
Two ITA All-American Selections

CERTIFICATIONS
Driveline Pitching and Hitting Certification
National Strength and Conditioning Association, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA-CSCS)
Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association-Strength and Conditioning Coaches Certified (CSCCa-SCCC)
USA Weightlifting Certified (USAW)
ALTIS Certified
OnBaseU Hitting Certified
RacquetFit Certified
Adult CPR/AED Certified