Cowley Tigers Baseball Staff

Head Coach Dave Burroughs

Dave Burroughs begins his 23rd season as head coach of the Tigers. He has led the Tigers to 13 Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division titles in the past 15 seasons, and six trips to the Junior College World Series in the past 13 seasons. He has been named the Jayhawk East Coach of the Year each of the last three seasons.

The Ketchum, Okla., native has guided the Tigers to some impressive seasons of late as Cowley has won three straight Jayhawk East titles and has won at least 34 games in each of the last 17 seasons.

And yet another amazing statistic: Since 1992, Burroughs has led the Tigers to the Eastern Sub-Regional championship Saturday every year but one. He has amassed 868 wins as coach of the Tigers.

Burroughs’ philosophy is simple: Recruit good players, teach them what you want them to know, help them reach their potential, and stay out of the way of progress.

Burroughs himself was an outstanding athlete. Upon graduating from Ketchum High School in 1975, he signed to play baseball at the University of Oklahoma as a catcher. But that same year he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals organization and decided to forfeit his amateur playing status. He played for the Royals’ Rookie League team in Sarasota, Fla., with the likes of U.L. Washington, Clint Hurdle, Steve Busby and other future Major League stars.

He left baseball two years later and enrolled at Northeastern Oklahoma College at Tahlequah, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1982.

From the fall of 1982 to the spring of 1984, Burroughs served as assistant coach at Bacone College in Oklahoma. And from 1985-86, he was an assistant at Northeastern State at Tahlequah. He left baseball for a year prior to coming to Cowley in 1988.

Dave and his wife Vickie are the parents of Derek, Erin 20, Blake 18, Dylan 16, and Rachael 14.

Coach Burroughs can be reached at (620) 441-5225 or by e-mail: burroughsdav@cowley.edu.

Assistant Coach Darren Burroughs

Darren Burroughs begins his 21st season as an assistant to his brother Dave. He has helped coach the Tigers to 13 Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division titles in the past 15 seasons, and six trips to the NJCAA World Series in the past 13 seasons. He has been a part of 824 wins as assistant coach of the Tigers.

He graduated from Vinita High School in Vinita, Okla., in 1978. There he was an all-stater and played for the Oklahoma All-Star Team in what is now called the Sun Belt Classic.

Darren was a fifth-round draft choice out of high school and went on to play 10 years of professional baseball, including six years at the Triple A level. He participated in three major league spring trainings.

Darren and his wife Carolyn are the parents of two children: Brent, age 17, and Brylee, 12.

Coach Burroughs can be reached at (620) 441-5225 or by e-mail: burroughsdar@cowley.edu.

Assistant Coach Scott Camien

Scott Camien begins his third year as an assistant coach at Cowley. He has helped the Tigers capture the Jayhawk East title in each of his three seasons as assistant coach.

Camien played baseball in high school at Topeka-Seaman. He then played two years of baseball at Allen County. He passed up a minor league contract with the New York Mets to play at Arkansas State University. After a season at ASU, he played his final year at Emporia State University.

He earned all-conference honors at Allen County and Emporia State. Following his playing days he spent two years teaching and serving as the head baseball coach at Leavenworth High School.

He then was offered an opportunity to be the associate head coach at his alma mater, Allen County, where he spent three and a half years.

At Cowley, he not only serves as an assistant baseball coach, he also serves as the Robert Storbeck Dormitory manager and works in the Ben Cleveland Wellness Center.

On the diamond, he coaches the infielders and serves as one of the base coaches. He also helps in recruiting.

He and his wife, Lacey, have a daughter, Bailey 6.

Coach Camien can be reached at (620) 441-5369 or by e-mail: camiens@cowley.edu.

Assistant Coach Ryan McMillan

Former Tiger baseball player Ryan McMillan returns to the team as an assistant coach. McMillan played for the Tigers during the 2006 and 2007 seasons before transferring to play baseball at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

McMillan played third base for the Tigers as a freshman. As a sophomore, he made a position change to catcher and was named Second-Team All-Conference. McMillan led Cowley in batting (.400), doubles (20), and finished with seven home runs and 71 runs batted in as the Tigers captured the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division title and Region VI title en route to a trip to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, CO.

In his first season at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, McMillan batted .298 with seven home runs and 46 RBI’s as he was a Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection. The Warhawks finished the season as Sun Belt Conference champions.

McMillan batted .267 with five home runs and 35 RBI’s while playing the catcher position as a senior. His 13 doubles tied for the third most on the team.

At Cowley, McMillan will primarily work with the team’s catchers. He will also assist with the daily activities of the program.