Men's Track & Field

David Burnett begins his first season as Iowa Western's Head Coach for Track & Field in 2022-23.

Burnett comes to Iowa Western with 16 years of coaching experience. He spent two years in the private sector coaching a range of athletes from youth to professionals. He has been the speed and strength coach for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympian Kellie Delka who competes in the skeleton for Puerto Rico.

Burnett also is the speed and conditioning coach for wide receiver and former Washburn University All-American JJ Brania-Hopp who spent time in the Tennessee Titans minicamp.

Burnett has coached 24 NCAA All-Americans and 2020 Tokyo Olympian Jordan Andrade who ran the 400m hurdles for Cape Verde and is the country record holder and was the flag bearer. Andrade was also a competitor at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in 2022. He has also coached Teddy Williams who ran 9.90 (7.8) in the 100m and spent nine years in the NFL. Williams went on to be a captain of the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.

Prior to Iowa Western, Coach Burnett spent the 2020-21 season at Southern Methodist University, coaching sprints, hurdles, and relays.  The Mustangs broke four school records and five athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning All-American status.

Prior to SMU, Burnett spent four years at The University of North Texas, four years at Western Washington University, and five seasons at his alma mater, The University of Texas at San Antonio.  All told, his athletes have broken 67 school records, won 57 conference titles, and 13 team conference championships.

A former student-athlete at UTSA, Burnett earned the inaugural Southland Conference Steve McCarty Citizenship Award as a senior as the top overall student-athlete in the conference. As a senior, he helped the Roadrunners to its 1st SLC Indoor Conference Championship in school history.

A team captain, he was a 10-time all-conference performer, winning the 400m at the SLC Conference Indoor meet in 2005. Burnett was a two-time NCAA Midwest Regional qualifier, a four-time member of the SLC Commissioners Honor Roll, an NCAA Inspiration Award nominee, and a semifinalist for the John Wooden Golden Cup Inspiration Award. He served as the president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and SAAC and was selected to represent the Southland Conference at the SAAC National Conference.

Burnett holds a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from UTSA and is a Certified Sports Nutritionist, Personal Trainer, and Corrective Exercise Specialist through the International Sports Science Association.  Burnett has also earned a USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Certification, a USA Track & Field Level 1 certification, and a USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification.

A Corpus Christi, TX native, Burnett is married to the former Jessica Gertz, and together they have two children, Ezekiel and Zaria, and are expecting their third in September.