BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Brian Burg has been named assistant men's basketball coach at Campbell University, head coach Robbie Laing announced Monday.

"He has a great coaching background, coming from MTSU with Coach Kermit Davis and competing in the Sun Belt Conference. Brian is very competent in all phases of basketball operations. He will also give our recruiting base a national scope with his ties not only to the Southeast, but to the Southwest and Midwest."

A native of Houston, Texas, the 29-year-old Burg joins the Fighting Camel program after spending the past two seasons as Director of Basketball Operations at Middle Tennessee State University. He will assist in all phases of the Fighting Camel program, including on-court coaching, recruiting, summer camps and daily operations.

I'm extremely excited and fortunate to have the opportunity to work for such a highly-regarded coach in Coach Laing, said Burg. "It's great to be a part of the Buies Creek community and the Campbell program, and hopefully help them bring an Atlantic Sun Conference championship here."

At Middle Tennessee Burg was primarily responsible for overseeing the academic progress of Blue Raider players, video editing and MTSU basketball's extensive community service opportunities, as well as the various tasks regarding the day-to-day operation of the basketball program.

Burg was instrumental in assisting with overall facility improvements in the Lynn Davis Squad Room and the newly-renovated Blue Raider practice facility. He also helped oversee academic progress and the Blue Raiders enjoyed their highest collective team grade-point-average in 20 years.

Prior Middle Tennessee, Burg served as an assistant coach the previous three seasons. He helped restart the program at Western Texas College (2006-07). Burg assisted in recruiting 16 players in his first season, and four of those were among the top 400-rated players in the nation, according to HoopScoop.

His duties at Western Texas College included on-the-floor coaching, recruiting coordinator, travel scheduling, equipment order, video breakdown, strength and conditioning, scouting, and video editing.

Burg served as an assistant coach at Garden City Community College in 2005-06, where he assisted in recruiting five of the top 250-rated players in the nation according to HoopScoop. Garden City was rated No. 5 in the preseason by Street & Smith. He coached a Jayhawk West MVP during his time at Garden City.

Prior to his stint at Garden City, Burg spent two seasons as assistant coach at Lake Erie College from 2003-05. At Lake Erie, Burg helped lead the team to the most wins in school history in 2004-05.

Burg played two seasons at Cisco Junior College, serving as captain of the nationally-ranked Wranglers under Coach Ronnie Hearne. He also played two seasons for Coach Paul Gavin at Mount Mercy College, where the Mustangs earned a national ranking at the NAIA level.

He was selected as team captain at each level of play in basketball. Burg, who is single, earned his master's degree in education from Lake Erie in 2005, after completing his bachelor's at Mount Mercy in 2003, and his associate degree in 2000 at Cisco.

Burg and fellow first-year Fighting Camel assistant Marlon Sears will join second-year assistant Michael Slonaker on Coach Laing's staff.

Campbell is coming off a 2008-09 campaign in which the program was the most-improved in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Despite competing with the 10th least-experienced roster among 343 NCAA Division I programs, Campbell enjoyed its most successful men's basketball season in more than a dozen years in 2008-09.

The Fighting Camels (14-16, 11-9) tied a school record for most Atlantic Sun Conference regular season victories, matching the 11 wins collected by the 1996 club, and recorded the program's first winning record in league play since the 2000 squad finished 10-8.

Campbell returns 11 players from its 2008-09 roster, including three-time all-conference performer Jonathan Rodriguez and league freshman of the year Lorne Merthie.