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After
a 3-year hiatus from the program, former head coach
Jaime Burns has made her way back on campus for a second stint
and will lead the
Majors
during
the 2008 season. She will begin her fourth season coaching overall
and first since 2006.
Burns
spent one season away from volleyball in 2007, moving from Missouri
back to Mississippi where she worked for the Department
of Education.
Prior
to working with the DOE, Burns spent two seasons as an assistant
coach at Southeast Missouri State where her main responsibilities
included serving
as the recruiting coordinator, working with the teams outside
hitters and team defense. The Redhawks finished fourth in league
play in 2005 and lost in the conference semi's before finishing
second in league play in 2006 and advancing to the conference
finals.
In
her first season with Millsaps in 2004, Burns helped turn around
a program
that posted an 11-20 record in 2003 into a team
that went 20-11 and finished tied for fifth in the highly-competitive
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). She was the runner-up
for
SCAC Coach of the Year honors. As an athlete, Burns was a four-year starter at outside hitter
for Ole Miss from 1999-2003. Burns led the Rebels in kills
and digs in her last two seasons. She was voted as team captain
as a senior by her teammates. Burns was also a Southeastern
Conference (SEC) All-Academic Team honoree in seven of her
eight semesters at Ole Miss.
She
received her undergraduate degree in elementary education
with a concentration in English and math in 2002 and her masters
in higher education and student personnel at Ole Miss
in
2004. Burns served as a volunteer
assistant coach
for one season after graduation.
A
native of Denver, Colo., Burns is the daughter of Fred
and Lynne Burns. She has an older
sister, Michelle and younger brother, Jack and currently
resides in Jackson.
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