Becky Burleigh

Biography

Rebecca Lund 'Becky' Burleigh is an American soccer coach. She is currently a special advisor for Sporting Club Jacksonville, better known as Sporting JAX, of the United Soccer League. Formerly also a college soccer player, she is best known for her 26-year tenure as the first head coach of the Florida Gators women's soccer team at the University of Florida, where she led the Gators soccer team to a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championship in 1998. In 2021, Burleigh had a three-month spell as interim head coach of professional National Women's Soccer League team Orlando Pride. (from Wikipedia)