At West Virginia University, Linda Burdette (1948/1949–June 6, 2023) served as the head gymnastics coach. From 1975 through 2011, she was the head coach at WVU, with a 644-263-4 record. She led her club to 35 winning seasons beginning in 1980. 33 times her teams made it to the NCAA regionals. Her teams qualified for the NCAA Nationals in 1995, 1999, and 2000. Six EAGL championships and four Atlantic 10 titles were won by her teams under her leadership.
She was a member of the NCAA’s Women’s Gymnastics Competition Committee and a five-time recipient of the EAGL Coach of the Year award. After 37 years as a coach and 644 victories, Burdette-Good announced his retirement after the 2011 campaign. In 1975, she took over the gymnastics program.
Who was Linda Burdette? Record-Setting Former Gymnastics Coach Dead at 74
Family relatives have reported that the legendary former West Virginia University gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good passed away unexpectedly this morning in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
In 1975, Burdette-Good took over a women’s gymnastics program that had been running for a year. Over the course of 37 seasons (1975–2011), she guided the Mountaineers to four berths in the national championships, ten conference titles, and an overall record of 644–263–4 (.709).