THE BURDETTE FILE

Personal Information

Name: Jenna Burdette
Birthday: Sept. 30, 1995
Hometown: Coolville, Ohio
High School: Reedsville Eastern High School, 2007
Education: B.S. (Exercise Science), Dayton, 2018

Coaching Experience

OVERALL

Years as an assistant (2018-20, 2021-present): 6 (4 in NCAA DI / 2 in NCAA DII)
Overall record: 138-52 (82-44 in NCAA DI / 56-8 in DII)
Four postseason appearances: (2 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII)
Three Conference Championships: (1 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII)
Three Conference Tournament Championships: (1 NCAA DI / 2 NCAA DII)

TENNESSEE

Assistant coach (2024-present)
One-year record: 24-10
One postseason appearance (1 NCAA - Sweet 16)
Helped land No. 1 or No. 2 high school signing class in 2025
Helped sign No. 1 transfer portal class in 2025

MARSHALL

Assistant coach (2021-24)
Three-year record: 58-34
One postseason appearance (2024 NCAA 1st Rd.)
Won 2023-24 Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles
Marshall’s first NCAA berth since 1997 and only the second ever
Tallied most wins in program history
Program’s first 20-win regular season since 1990-91
Squad averaged 85.3 points per game and forced 24.2 turnovers per contest

NORTHERN KENTUCKY

Director of basketball operations (2020-21)

GLENVILLE STATE

Assistant coach (2018-20)
Two-year record: 56-8
Two postseason appearances (NCAA DII)
Won back-to-back Mountain East Conference titles
Won back-to-back Mountain East Conference Tournament titles

COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE

Dayton (2014-18)
Led UD to four postseason appearances (3 NCAA/1 WNIT)
Led Dayton to two A-10 regular season titles (2017, 2018)
Two-time All-A-10 selection (1st, 2018 & 2nd, 2017)
2017 A-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2014-15 A-10 All-Rookie Team
25th Flyer to score 1,000 career points

Updated: August 2025

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Jenna Burdette joined Tennessee Athletics on April 16, 2024, as Kim Caldwell named her an assistant on her first staff as head coach of the Lady Vols. This marks the third time they have worked together.

Burdette, who is in her seventh season in coaching and her eighth year overall in college basketball, has fashioned a 138-34 career record at three schools over six seasons. The teams she has helped coach have carded four NCAA Tournament appearances, three conference championships and a trio of conference tournament crowns as well.

With her assistance, UT carded a 24-10 overall record and an 8-8 mark in SEC play in 2024-25, notching notable wins over Florida State, Iowa, Ohio State and eventual NCAA champ UConn, the first by UT over the Huskies since 2007 in the interrupted series. The Big Orange advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 and finished the season ranked 15th and 16th, respectively, in the AP and USA TODAY/WBCA Coaches Polls, with Burdette serving as interim coach during the game at Texas while Caldwell was absent after the birth of her son.

Tennessee set school and SEC records in 2024-25 for points (139), three-pointers made (30) and threes attempted (63) vs. N.C. Central on Dec. 14. The treys made also eclipsed NCAA (M/W), NBA and WNBA bests, while the point total ranked fifth in NCAA women’s history. Additionally, UT tallied the most treys made (343) and attempted (1,054) in a season at UT, also setting SEC bests in those areas. UT’s 86.6 points per game stood fourth in school annals and eighth in the SEC record book.

On the recruiting front, Burdette contributed to early success for the staff. The first portal class featured Zee Spearman and Ruby Whitehorn playing key roles for the 2024-25 squad. UT then signed a 2025 high school class ranked No. 1 or 2 (Mia Pauldo, Deniya Prawl, Jaida Civil, Lauren Hurst, Mya Pauldo) and added the top portal class of 2025 (Janiah Barker, Nya Robertson, Jersey Wolfenbarger), according to ESPN.

She joined Caldwell and fellow assistant coach Angel Rizor in making the transition from Marshall to UT. The former Thundering Herd staff member served as associate head coach during the 2023-24 campaign in Caldwell’s first year at the Huntington, W. Va., school. She had been an assistant on the MU staff for two previous seasons since being hired in May of 2021, helping the program to a 58-34 overall record during that span.

Included in that was the 2023-24 triumphant season at Marshall, where the Herd went 26-7 overall and 17-1 in Sun Belt Conference play en route to regular season and tournament championships and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The 26 wins marked a program best, and MU made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997 and only its second ever.

The Thundering Herd averaged 85.3 points per game to rank fourth among NCAA Division I schools and were first in three-pointers attempted per game (31.9), second in turnovers forced per game (24.2), third in three-pointers made per game (10.6), third in steals per game (13.2), third in turnover margin (7.94) and fifth in offensive rebounds per game (16.4).

The duo first worked together at NCAA Division II Glenville State, where Burdette served as an assistant to Caldwell from 2018-20. They helped lead the Pioneers to a 56-8 overall mark, which included a 40-4 mark in conference play and a pair of Mountain East Conference championships. GSU also won MEC Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of those seasons.

Glenville State ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II in scoring per game in 2018-19 (102.3) and 2019-20 (106.8). The Pioneers also finished first in three-pointers made, three-pointers attempted and three-pointers attempted per game both seasons and wound up third in steals per game in 2018-19 and fourth in 2019-20.

Between her stints at Glenville State and Marshall, Burdette served as the director of basketball operations at Northern Kentucky University in 2020-21 before joining Marshall's staff for the 2021-22 season.

A native of Coolville, Ohio, Burdette was a standout player at the University of Dayton from 2014-18, earning a degree in exercise science. During her career she played in 120 games and averaged 11.2 points per contest, becoming the 25th Flyer to reach the 1,000-point mark.

Burdette garnered All-A-10 honors twice, earning second-team acclaim as a junior in 2016-17 and first-team accolades as a senior in 2017-18, when she put up 16.2 points and 3.9 assists per game and hit 44.5 percent of her three-point attempts to rank second in the A-10 and eighth nationally. Additionally, she was named A-10 Tournament Most Outstanding Performer as a junior and was a member of the A-10 All-Rookie Team in 2014-15.

Dayton and Tennessee met during Burdette’s junior campaign, squaring off in the NCAA First Round in Louisville, Ky., on March 18, 2017. The Lady Vols overcame a 29-all tie at the intermission to secure a 66-57 victory over a determined Flyers squad. Burdette contributed seven points, three rebounds and three assists to her team’s cause over 28 minutes.

As a high school player at Reedsville Eastern, Burdette was a three-time First Team Ohio selection and was Eastern’s all-time leading scorer. She was also the Associated Press Division IV Southeastern District Player of the Year for three years and was ranked No. 18 at her position by ESPN HoopGurlz.