John Burson

SDSC Surf Coach since 2020

John has 18 years of coaching experience and played at Alliant International University in San Diego. He has coached at FC Heat, Del Mar Sharks, and SDSC, and was an assistant coach at Cal State San Marcos for 3 years and is the current varsity coach at San Pasqual High School. His philosophy is to teach players to become complete players and individuals. If you approach the game and life with passion, energy, commitment and discipline you will be successful. He frequently tells his players it is not the mistake, it is the response to the mistake that is important.

Favorite soccer moment: being recognized as captain of each team he played for. As a coach, winning multiple CIF championships and as a fan seeing Manchester United win the treble in 1999.