Russ Burroughs returns in 2024 for his fourth season as field manager for the Sharks. In 2023 the Sharks reached the Coastal Plain League playoffs for the first time since 2017 and won the CPL Eastern Division Championship. The pitching staff shined, finishing top 3 in multiple categories including ERA, runs allowed, earned runs, hits allowed, and BA against. He has led the Sharks to top six finishes in the 15-team CPL in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

The Sharks were just as strong on the mound in 2021 and 2022 with multiple top 3 finishes in the CPL. The 2022 season was no different for Burroughs’ pitching staff. Again, finishing in the top 3 in ERA, runs allowed, earned runs, WHIP, and BA against. During the 2021 campaign, Burroughs’s pitching staff finished top 3 in runs allowed, earned runs, hits allowed, and WHIP.

Prior to joining the Sharks, Burroughs spent three seasons with the former CPL member Edenton Steamers. He served as the pitching coach in 2017 and was elevated to Head Coach in 2018 and 2019.

In his five years of recruiting, 32 players under Burroughs have signed professional contracts, 4 players represented teams in the College World Series, 3 players represented in the World Baseball Classic, and 21 were named All-CPL first and second team honorees.

Burroughs played four seasons of professional baseball, three with Independent teams and a year in international competition. During his time in professional baseball, Burroughs was used as a spot starter, left-handed specialist, and an emergency DH. 

Burroughs spends the offseason in Nashville, TN as the Head Baseball Instructor with Nashville Baseball Academy. He is in his 16th year with the Academy. He also works with Sidearm Nation, traveling around the world as a specialty instructor. 

Burroughs graduated from Lipscomb University in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications. He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.