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Phil Burnett, who has been a fixture in college football since the mid-1980s, is in his second season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Morehead State.

Burnett spent the 2012 season as the defensive line coach at Crown Point (Ind.) High School.  He spent the 2011 campaign as a defensive consultant for NCAA Division II member UNC Pembroke.

Burnett served as the defensive line coach at Ball State from 2003-10.  He helped the Cardinals to two Mid-American Conference West Division championships (2007, 2008), an International Bowl appearance (2008) and GMAC Bowl berth (2009).

Ball State was nationally-ranked 10 consecutive weeks during the 2008 campaign.  Its highest mark was No. 12 in both the Associated Press and Bowl Championship Series polls.

Burnett served as the defensive line and special teams coach at California University (Pa.) from 1997-2002.  He also coordinated all football operations for the Vulcans.

His first full-time assistant coaching stint came at Defiance College (Ohio) from 1994-96, where he served as an interim head coach, strength coach and intramurals director.

Burnett also spent time as an assistant recruiting coordinator and graduate assistant at Oregon State from 1991-93 and a graduate and faculty assistant at Northern Illinois from 1988-90.

A native of Hobart, Ind., Burnett was a center and long snapper at Northern Illinois from 1983-87.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in education from NIU in 1988 and master’s degree from OSU in 1992.