| Danny Burruss |
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Assistant Coach
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| Experience:
4th Season
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| Alma Mater:
Johns Hopkins '03
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Danny Burruss made his return to Johns Hopkins basketball in 2005-06, when he began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant on the staff of his collegiate head coach, Bill Nelson. Entering his fourth season on the bench, Burruss' primary responsibility is working with the team's perimeter players.
Last season, senior Doug Polster broke the school single-season records for three-point field goals made (74) and attempted (209). In 2006-07, the Blue Jays led the Centennial in three-point field goal percentage (.390).
The native of Glenn Dale, MD appeared in 61 career games for the Blue Jays from 1999-03. He notched a career-high 14 points twice during the 2001-02 season and made 80.9 percent of his free throw chances in four seasons.
Burruss played his high school basketball at DeMatha, a perennial national power coached by Hall of Famer Morgan Wootten.
A psychology major, Burruss received his undergraduate degree in 2003. He is currently a lab coordinator in the psychology department at Homewood. Burrus and his fiancée Meredith will be married in March, 2009. The couple welcomed their first child, Maxton, in January.
