Mark Burke

Biography

Burke has served as associate head coach for both the Cornell men's and women's squash teams since May 2025, having previously been assistant coach since 2019. He has helped develop some of the programs' best talent in recent memory, including Veer Chotrani '24 and Sivasangari Subramaniam '23, both Four-Time First Team All-Americans. Prior to Cornell, Burke joined the Big Red with experience coaching national teams in Japan and Luxembourg while serving as head coach at Burkesquash Academy and Recrean Sportcentrum in Belgium for 15 years. He enjoyed a celebrated professional playing career, ranking No. 1 in Belgium as recently as 2009 and achieving a highest Professional Squash Association world ranking of 97th in 2002. Burke won multiple PSA Challenger events and professional events in Belgium, including consecutive Wilson National Series titles in 2008 and 2009, and was a three-time representative for Belgium at the European Team Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.