Duquesne University Athletics

Dan Burt, who is the all-time winningest coach in Duquesne history and has led the Dukes to the third most wins in Atlantic 10, enters his 13^th season at the helm and 19^th on staff in 2025-26.

Burt, the only coach in the history of Duquesne women’s basketball to lead the program to the NCAA tournament, was named head coach of the program on April 27, 2013. In his 11 seasons leading the Dukes, he has had unprecedented success in both the Atlantic 10 Conference as well as nationally. It took only 149 games for Burt to claim his 100th career victory, the 15th fastest to that feat in NCAA women's basketball history.

The Pennsylvania native became Duquesne’s all-time winningest women’s basketball coach on Dec. 10, 2022 with a 56-54 victory over Vermont, earning his 177th win as the leader of the program. In 2023-24, Burt captured his 100^th career A-10 victory on Jan. 24, 2024 in a 72-59 victory over Richmond. Just four days later, he became the first women’s basketball coach in DU history to eclipse 200 career victories. He conquered the honor on Jan. 28, 2024 with a 73-57 victory over Loyola Chicago.

In the 2024–25 season, Burt guided the Dukes to their second consecutive 20-win campaign—the program’s first back-to-back 20-win seasons since 2014–15 and 2015–16. The team’s 21 victories tied for the sixth-most in program history and marked the eighth 20-win season under Burt’s leadership. Duquesne advanced to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and continued its postseason run by reaching the Super 16 of the WNIT.

Burt coached one of the most decorated student-athletes in Duquesne history in Megan McConnell. During the 2024–25 season, McConnell became the program’s all-time leader in both assists and steals, while finishing second on the Dukes’ career scoring list. She was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year and was a top-five finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award. Following the season, McConnell earned a training camp invite with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.

During the 2023-24 season, Burt led the Dukes to 21 victories, the sixth most in school history while posting the seventh 20-win campaign under his leadership. Duquesne would earn a spot in the semifinals of the A-10 tournament before advancing to the Super 16 of the WNIT. Continuing to add to his success, Burt featured a rarity that only four other schools in the country featured and that’s six 1,000-point scorers in the same season.

In 2022-23, he led the team to the most home wins in program history with 14. The Dukes ended the regular season with a 14-3 record at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.

He led Duquesne to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016, where the ninth-seeded Dukes downed Seton Hall, 97-76, in the first round before falling to undefeated and eventual national champion UConn. Burt's time on the Bluff has continued to being unmatched success. The Dukes have earned seven postseason appearances and seven 20-win seasons in 11 years as the head skipper in the Steel City. Prior to joining the coaching staff in 2007-08, the Dukes had never earned a trip to the postseason or eclipsed 20 wins in a single season.

During his 18 seasons on the Bluff, including seven as the program's top assistant coach, Burt helped the Dukes to 353 victories and 13 postseason appearances. He has recruited and coached 16 players who earned all-conference honors a total of 35 times as well as 20 1,000-point scorers. He has also coached six players that received the Atlantic 10 Conference highest postseason awards – Player of the Year (April Robinson in 2016), Defensive Player of the Year (Kristi Little in 2008 & 2009, Jocelyn Floyd in 2011, & Megan McConnell in 2025), Rookie of the Year (Wumi Agunbiade in 2011) and Sixth Woman of the Year (Deva’Nyar Workman in 2016).

A key component in Burt's coaching philosophy is player and career development. In his time at Duquesne, 20 of Burt's players have gone on to play professionally overseas and 100% have earned their degrees.

In June 2013, Burt was selected as one of 30 head coaches across the nation to participate in the Center For Coaching Excellence by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The event introduces coaches to various aspects of leadership and provide a deeper understanding and appreciation of the importance of ethics and integrity in college women's basketball through a rigorous curriculum presented in a seminar-style environment. The exclusive invitation-only elite leadership program was held at Columbia University in New York City.

Burt has also facilitated roundtable discussions at the WBCA National Coaches Convention. He was one of 15 assistant coaches selected from around the country to lead the discussions in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011 and 2013. He also coordinated a roundtable meeting for the entire athletic department at UNC Wilmington during 2003-04 that focused on recruiting for all sports at the school.

In 2002, Burt worked with YES - Youth Education through Sports - Basketball Clinic as part of the Final Four Festivities in San Antonio, Texas. He reprised the role at the 2014 Final Four in Nashville, Tenn. YES is the NCAA's premier outreach to youth across the country, connecting young athletes with collegiate coaches and student-athletes to provide fundamental instruction in sports, conditioning and life skills at select collegiate championships.

Burt graduated from Trinity High School in Washington, Pa. prior to earning a bachelor's degree in physical education from West Liberty State College in 1993. While a Hilltopper, Burt was a scholar-athlete award winner as a member of the men's basketball team.

Following graduation, Burt worked as an admissions counselor at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, W.Va. for five years. He was an assistant coach with the men's team during the 1994-95 campaign and was also a college basketball referee in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. Burt got his coaching start at West Virginia (1998-01) and had stops at UNC Wilmington (2001-04) and Bucknell (2004-07) before arriving on the Bluff in April 2007.

Burt is married to Kata Katanich-Burt, who received her MBA from Duquesne's Donahue Graduate School of Business. The couple have two sons - Soma and Milan.

• Led the program to its sixth straight 20-win season
• Became the first 1^st year head coach since 2009 to win 10 Atlantic 10 Conference games
• One of five 1^st year head coaches to win 20 games
• Named a finalist for the 2014 Spalding Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award
• Won first game 84-69 over defending Big West champion Cal Poly
• Led Duquesne to Round 2 of the WNIT and the program’s six straight postseason appearance
• Coached Duquesne’s first-ever game outside the United States, a sold-out matchup against #5 Notre Dame
• Set a then single-season team record with seven straight conference victories from Jan. 8 to Feb. 1, 2014
• The winning steak culminated with Duquesne receiving three votes in the prestigious USA Today/Coaches Poll
• Two A-10 All-Conference selections in Wumi Agunbiade and Raegan Moore

• For the first time since 2006, the Dukes advanced to the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship
• Earned a #3 seed at the A-10 Championship
• Advanced to Round 3 of the WNIT
• 23 victories was the third-most for the program all-time
• Won the last 12 games at Palumbo Center
• Crowned champion of the Ball State Federal Credit Union Classic
• Defeated Pitt in The City Game
• Won a single-season program-best eight straight Atlantic 10 Conference games
• First time Duquesne was undefeated in conference play at the Palumbo Center
• April Robinson named All-Conference and a finalist for the 2015 Lieberman Award
• 52nd best in the country by The Collegiate Girls Basketball Report, owned by Dan Olsen who prepares the recruiting rankings for ESPNW
• Kenny Kallina of Florida Girl's Basketball along with John McGraw Scouting Service named Burt its Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year

• Program records 28 wins and 13 Atlantic 10 Conference wins
• Dukes won their first-ever share of 1st place in the A-10
• Advanced to their first appearance in the finals at the A-10 Championship
• First-ever NCAA Tournament appearance – a #9 seed in the Bridgeport Region
• Defeated Seton Hall 97-76 in the First Round
• Only team to hold a lead against eventual champion UConn
• First-ever national ranking (No. 25 in the USA Today/Coaches Top 25 Poll)
• UNM Thanksgiving Tournament champions
• Defeated Pitt in The City Game
• Began season 20-2
• Senior Class of April Robinson, Deva’Nyar Workman and Emilie Gronas finished with 95 wins
• Duquesne led all A-10 schools with eight postseason honors
• Robinson was named Co-Player of the Year, First-Team All-Conference and to the All-Academic Team
• Robinson was an WBCA All-America finalist, earning one of 15 spots on the Region 1 team
• Robinson was a finalist for the 2016 Nancy Lieberman Award
• Robinson was named ECAC All-Star and USA TODAY College Sports Madness All-High Major Second-Team
• Workman Sixth Woman of the Year, First-Team All-Conference and to the All-Defensive Team
• Kadri-Ann Lass set a program record with seven Rookie of the Week awards named to the All-Rookie Team
• Chassidy Omogrosso named to the All-Rookie Team

• Season began with a three game tour of Europe with games in Hungary and Serbia
• Defeated Pitt in The City Game
• Ninth straight postseason berth
• Second straight A-10 Championship finals appearance
• Amadea Szamosi named Third-Team All-Conference
• Szamosi joins 1,000 point club
• Senior class of Szamosi, Erin Waskowiak and Brianna Thomas finished with 89 victories

• Wins 100^th career game on Dec. 31, 2017 against UMass
• Started the season 20-4
• Second most wins in program history
• Tied program record with 13 conference wins
• Highest ever seed (#2) in A-10 Championship
• Chassidy Omogrosso and Kadri-Ann Lass join 1,000 point club
• Omogrosso named First-Team All-Conference
• Julijana Vojinovic named Second-Team All-Conference
• Lass sets single-season record with 97 blocks, which was ninth in the NCAA
• Lass sets program blocks record and named to All-Defensive Team
• Dukes earn first-ever victory at Saint Joseph’s on Jan. 24, 2018
• Best A-10 start in program history, winning first eight games

• Defeated Penn State, 64-58
• Julijana Vojinovich joins 1,000 point club
• Chassidy Omogrosso finishes her career ranked third all-time in program history in career points (1,703) and first all-time in 3-pointers made (279)  
• Omogrosso named Second-Team All-Conference
• Kadri-Ann Lass selected to A-10 Third team and All-Defensive Team
• Lass led A-10 and ranked 24th nationally with 71 blocks
• Won seven of its final eight games
• Earned third-seed in A-10 Championships, hosted by Duquesne
• Posted the second-most points in program history in 106-69 rout over Rhode Island in the first round of the A-10 Championships at the Palumbo Center
• Advanced to A-10 semifinals
• Senior class of Eniko Kuttor, Lass, Omogrosso, Conor Richardson and Vojinovic finish their careers with 90 victories.

• Posted 20 wins for the 10th time in 12 seasons, despite graduating 5,000-plus points the previous season and not playing a single game on-campus 
• 10-game winning streak from Nov. 10 to  Dec. 20, which tied for the second-longest in program history. 
• Earned victories at all four-different "home" venues including (La Roche [8-2], PPG Paints Arena [1-1], Robert Morris [1-0] and Oakland Catholic)
• Duquesne's 20 victories came at 13 different arenas. 
• Libby Bazelak named to A-10 Second Team, finishes season 11th nationally in 3-point FG efficiency and ranks in the top-10 of eight categories in the A-10
• Nina Aho selected to the A-10 All-Defensive Team
• Laia Solé records 38 points against Saint Francis - Dan Burt era single-game high
• Amanda Kalin records the fourth triple-double in program history (15 points/12 rebounds/10 assists) in 82-56 victory over La Salle
• Won the City Game over Pitt for the ninth time in 11 seasons, by the largest margin in program history (81-62)
• The victory over Pitt marked the sixth consecutive season that the Dukes knocked off a Power-5 conference team  
• Burt earns his 150th win and the program's first-ever win at PPG Paints Arena in come-from behind fashion over Rhode Island
• Took down VCU on the road, who was undefeated in the A-10 at time (7-0)
• The Dukes were projected to earn an at-large bid to the WNIT, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak canceling the postseason  

• Won three of the final five regular-season games to earn the No. 9 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship
• Defeated Rhode Island 71-63 in the program's first-ever game in the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on February 8
• Precious Johnson finished the season ranked second in the A-10 in field-goal percentage, shooting 53 percent (44-for-83) from the floor
• Tess Myers ranked fifth in the A-10 in three-point field-goal percentage, knocking down 39.7 percent (25-of-63) from long range

• Was the No. 10 seed in the A-10 championship
• Had an 8-7 record at home in Duquesne's first full season at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
• Guard Tess Myers led the conference with 90 three pointers made, which is the second-most in school history
• Laia Sole and Libby Bazelak both reached 1,000 career points. Bazelak (1,111) ranks 24th in Duqesne history while Sole (1,082) ranks 26th
• Precious Johnson ranked fifth in the A-10 with 32 blocks
• Megan McConnell led the A-10 in steals per game (2.6) and led the team with 6.4 rebounds per game. She also ranked third in the conference with a 2.1 turnover/assist ratio

• Won three of the final regular-season games to earn the No. 10 in the Atlantic 10 Championship
• Led the team to the most home wins in program history with 14. The Dukes ended the regular season with a 14-3 record at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
• Megan McConnell led the A-10 in assists per game (5.5), second in rebounds per game (9.8), three-point field goal percentage (.400), and assist/turnover ration (2.5)
• Tess Myers sat second in the conference in three-pointers per game (2.9) while Nae Bernard sat tied for seventh (1.9)
• Precious Johnson ranked fifth in the conference in blocks (45), blocks per game (1.5), and field goal percentage (.496)

• Posted seventh 20-win season, ending with 21 victories, sixth most in DU history
• Tied program record with 13 conference wins
• Earned the No. 5 seed in the A-10 Tournament, advancing to semifinals for the first time since 2018
• Captured his 100th Atlantic 10 victory over Richmond on Jan. 24, 2024 
• Secured his 200th career victory on Jan. 28, 2024 against Loyola Chicago
• Had six players surpass 1,000 career points in the same season (Amaya Hamilton, Tess Myers, Ayanna Townsend, Megan McConnell, Nae Bernard, Precious Johnson)
• Megan McConnell was named to the Atlantic 10 All Conference First Team, All-Defensive Team, and All-Academic Team
• Tess Myers broke the single game record for most three-pointers in a game with 11 on Dec. 14, 2023 against Longwood
• Megan McConnell Ranked first in the league in total rebounds (294), first in assist to turnover ratio (2.2), third in rebounds per game (8.6), and fourth in total steals (64)
• Precious Johnson shot .630 percent (58-for-92) from the floor in conference play, ranking first in the A-10
• Precious Johnson Led the team and sat 6th in the league in total blocks (37) while sitting 7th in blocks per game (1.1)
• Amaya Hamilton holds the record for most games played in Duquesne history with 141
• Nae Bernard made a team-leading 75 triples on the year which ranked fifth in the A-10

• Posted second straight and eighth 20-win season, ending with 21 wins, tied for sixth most in program history
• Seven game winning streak from Nov. 25 to Dec. 21, which is tied for the eighth longest in DU history
• Megan McConnell was a top five finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award
• Jerni Kiaku led the team and ranked 10^th in the conference in shooting percentage (.471)
• Megan McConnell became Duquesne's all-time leader in both assists (660) and steals (370), while sitting second on the all-time scoring list (1,975)
• Mackenzie Blackford hit the 10^th most three-pointers in a season in DU history (70)
• Duquesne scored the most points in a single season (2,446) while hitting the most three-pointers in a season (341)
• Advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament
• Megan McConnell earned training camp invite with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury
• Duquesne sat second in the country in three-point attempts per game (31.1) and fifth in triples per contest (10.0)
• The Dukes led the A-10 and sat 25^th in turnovers forced per game (20.1) and 36^th in steals per contest (10.3)

• Five post-season appearances
• Program’s first-ever postseason berth in 2009
• Programs first-ever postseason victory in 2011
• Planned Duquesne’s first-ever Tour of Canada in 2012
• Kristi Little named 2008 and 2009 A-10 Defensive Player of the Year and 2009 First-Team All-Conference
• Vanessa Abel named 2011 A-10 Third-Team All-Conference
• Jocelyn Floyd named 2013 A-10 Defensive Player of the Year
• Floyd led NCAA in steals in 2013
• Orsi Szecsi named 2011 A-10 All-Rookie Team
• Samantha Pollino named A-10 Second-Team All-conference in 2010 and 2011
• Pollino named Academic All-Conference in 2010 and 2011
• Alex Gensler named 2012 A-10 Second-Team All-Conference
• Recruited the 38^th best class by ESPN HoopGurlz and 47th by Blue Star Basketball in 2011
• Coached the 2011 A-10 Rookie of the Year Wumi Agunbiade

• Vanessa Abel - GiroLive Panthers (Germany), 08 Stockholm in the Damligan League (Sweden), Alba Iulia (Romania)
• Nina Aho - Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (Hungary)
• Wumi Agunbiade - CSU Alba Iulia, Cluj Napoca (Romania), Umbertide (Italy), TSV Wasserburg (Germany)
• Paige Cannon - CAB Madeira (Portugal)
• Jocelyn Floyd - New Basket Oberhausen 92 (Germany)
• Alex Gensler - ZTE NKK (Hungary)
• Emilie Gronas - Ulriken Eagles (Norway)
• Precious Johnson - TARR KSC Szekszárd (Hungary)
• Jose-Ann Johnson - Visby Ladies (Sweden), Panionios Athens (Greece)
• Eniko Kuttor - ZTE NKK (Hungary)
• Kadri-Ann Lass - Wisla Krakow (Poland)
• Kristi Little - PINKK-Pesci 424 (Hungary)
• Raegan Moore - Huima (Finland)
• Belma Nurkic - KFUM Östersund Basket (Sweden), Steel City Queens (USA)
• Orsi Szecsi - Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (Hungary)
• Helmi Tulonen - Saarlouis (Germany), Genergo (Spain) 
• Diana Voynova - Dunav Ruse 8806 (Bulgaria), Castellammare di Stabia (Italy), Northumbria (England), BC Pharmaserv Marburg Blue Dolphins (Germany)
• Lauren Wasylson - ZKK Spartak Subotica (Serbia)
• Deva'Nyar Workman - Telge Basket (Sweden)
• Julijana Vojinovic - Sant Adria (Spain)

• Vanessa Abel - Assistant, Saint Francis U - 2016-18, Western Michigan 2019, Duquesne 2020 - present
• Jaclyn Babe - Assistant, Indiana (Pa.) 2015
• Eddie Benton - Assistant, Cincinnati 2018, Assistant, Brown 2019 - present
• Jocelyn Floyd - Assistant Indiana (Pa.) 2016-present
• Alex Gensler - Assistant Baldwin High School 2016-18
• Stasia King - Assistant Harrisburg High School, 2018 - 2019, Duquesne 2020-present
• Cherie Lea - Assistant,  Wingate 2015-16, Duquesne 2017 - present
• Kristi Little - Head coach, Mount Aloysius 2011-18, Head Coach, Bishop Guilfoyle 2019 -present
• Belma Nurkic - Assistant, Keystone Oaks High School 2016
• April Robinson - Assistant coach, Oakland Catholic High School 2019 - present
• Matt Schmidt - Head Coach, Wheeling 2021 - present
• Jade Singleton - Assistant, Delaware 2016-18, New Hampshire 2018 - present

• Finished the 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon in just under seven hours
• Coached current assistants Cherie Lea at UNC Wilmington and Vanessa Abel at Duquesne
• Is an avid fan of Pittsburgh rock legends The Clarks
• Enjoys snowboarding
• Has appeared in several episodes of One Tree Hill while living in Wilmington, N.C.
• Coached his wife Kata at West Virginia and UNC Wilmington
• Recorded 100 wins faster than Geno Auriemma

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