Notre Dame College Athletics

Bud Burkle came to Notre Dame as an assistant coach in 2009.

The move back to the dugout came after a long career in the Federal Reserve System -- Burkle worked for the Federal Reserve Bank for 38 years and retired as the senior vice president of the Bank’s Supervision & Regulation Division.

The Cleveland native was a fine amateur pitcher prior to his career at the Fed. Burkle pitched collegiately at Bowling Green State University from 1964-66. He compiled a 1.89 ERA while striking out 108 batters in 114 career innings. In 1965, Burkle registered a 1.40 ERA, which still stands as the second-lowest single-season ERA in BGSU history. He tossed six complete games in his career, including a shutout win over eventual NCAA national champion Ohio State in 1966. In his senior year with the Falcon program, Burkle served as player/pitching coach for the team.

Burkle was a four-time all-star in the Ohio Class-A League in the mid-60s and, while in the U.S. Army, pitched two seasons for Fort Sill (Okla.), a team mostly comprised of professional players including several Major Leaguers.

In 1966, Burkle served as a batting practice pitcher for the Cleveland Indians.

Since NDC joined the Mountain East Conference in 2014, 15 All-MEC honors have gone to NDC pitchers. Todd Marshall was awarded First Team All-Atlantic Region honors in 2019 and Matt Kastelic earned Second Team All-Atlantic Region in 2014.

In 2014, his pitching staff produced an incredible, 3.62 team ERA, the best in the history of the program, and produced two First Team All-MEC pitchers in Jake Welch and Matt Kastelic. 

In 2015, Coach Burkle's pitching staff posted a 3.72 ERA, which ranked 34th in the country, and produced a Second Team All MEC performer in Zach Gresch, and a pair of All MEC Honorable Mention honorees, in Phil Ramos and Josh Armbruster. 

Burkle and his wife Edna reside in Russell Township, Ohio.  They have three sons and two grandchildren.