Becky Burleigh

Playing career During her collegiate playing career at Methodist College, Burleigh was a four-year varsity letterman in soccer for the Lady Monarchs, including Methodist's first four seasons as a varsity program. During her four seasons of play, she helped Methodist to a 55–19–4 (.731) record, four Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (DIAC) championships, three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, and a trip to the 1988 Division III Final Four.

Coaching career Berry College In 1989, Burleigh was appointed head coach at Berry College, located in Mount Berry, Georgia.

In 1998, in the Gators soccer program's fourth year of existence, Burleigh coached the Gators to their first NCAA national title by defeating the defending national champion North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final. The 1998 Gators finished 26–1, their only regular season loss coming to the same North Carolina team that the Gators defeated in the NCAA championship final.

Burleigh's later seasons were less successful, and she had losing records in two of her last three seasons as a head coach – the only losing seasons in her career. She announced she would retire at the end of the team's 2020–21 season, which concluded with a 2–0 win over the Miami Hurricanes on April 3, 2021.

As a head coach, Burleigh compiled an overall career record of 513–160–46, with a winning percentage of 0.745.

Orlando Pride On July 25, 2021 Burleigh came out of retirement to become the interim head coach of professional NWSL team Orlando Pride for the remainder of the 2021 season following the midseason resignation of Marc Skinner. Her first game in charge was on July 31, a 1–1 tie with North Carolina Courage. She coached her first win the following week, a 2–0 victory on the road at Chicago Red Stars. Despite moving up to 4th place as Orlando picked up 12 points in Burleigh's first seven games, the team was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with one game remaining following a 3–1 defeat to Racing Louisville FC on October 16, part of a four-game losing streak. On October 27, it was announced Burleigh had withdrawn herself from consideration for the permanent head coach job and would end her interim tenure following the final game of the season on October 29. The game extended Orlando's losing streak to five to finish the season as Chicago Red Stars won 1–0, leaving Burleigh with a 3–6–3 record during her interim tenure.

Sporting JAX On June 23, 2023, it was announced that Burleigh had joined Sporting JAX, an expansion franchise of the United Soccer League, as women's team advisor.

Personal Burleigh grew up in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where she began to play youth soccer at the age of ten.

Coaching record

+ Head coaching record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Berry College 1989 1993 Florida Gators June 28, 1994 April 3, 2021 Orlando Pride (interim) July 25, 2021 October 30, 2021Career totals

Coaching honors Berry College NAIA Women's Soccer Championship (2): 1990, 1993

Florida Gators NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship (1): 1998 SEC regular season (14): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament (12): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016

Individual NSCAA National Coach of the Year (1): 1998 SEC Coach of the Year (4): 1996, 2006, 2008, 2010