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Anthony Andre'
Head Coach
andrea@daytonastate.edu
Tel:- (386) 506-3105
Bld. 310 Rm. 232
Anthony Andre’ begins his third year as the Head Coach for the men’s program. Andre’ is from Albany, New York. He is a Graduate of Colonie Central High School, where he led his team to a District championship. Coach Andre’ received a scholarship to Wichita State University, but then transferred and graduated from Butler County Community College (BCCC). At BCCC he averaged 21 points and 11 rebounds while earning All-Conference honors. He finished his college career at the University of West Alabama, earning all-conference honors and a B.S in Business Administration and a Masters in Continuing Education with an emphasis in Physical Education. He went on to play professional basketball in South America and Europe for three years. During his professional career he has competed against some of the game’s best players, Sam Perkins (Los Angeles Lakers), John Sally (Detroit Pistons) and Dominique Wilkins (Atlanta Hawks)
Coach Andre’ has had a wide variety of coaching experience and administrative experiences and is a proven winner. He started as an assistant coach at the University of West Alabama, his alma mater. He then went on to coach at Greater Perimeter College in Decatur, Georgia, Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma, Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama, Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. Andre also was the Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Texas College in Tyler, TX
He has a sincere interest in the student part of the student-athlete. His first goal is to have his basketball player’s graduate and become productive citizens. Andre has a Graduation rate of 90 percent of those players under his tutelage. Daytona State Men’s Basketball program’s GPA has soared under his leadership. Last year’s team had an overall GPA of 2.91 the highest ever for a Daytona State Men’s basketball team. By doing the work in the classroom the student athletes were rewarded with having 4 members make the Academic all-conference team, and 3 made the all-state academic team.
Coach Andre’ has one son Ian who is playing his last year at Daytona State
Frank Burnell
Assistant Coach
Frank Burnell returns to the Daytona State College Men's basketball staff as an Assistant Coach with 22 years of college coaching experience. Coach Burnell has previous experience at the Division I and Junior College levels. His last coaching assignment was an assistant men's coach at the University of South Florida from 2003-2007. Previous to that he compiled a record of 213-101 at Daytona Beach Community College (before the institution changed its name to Daytona State College) over 10 seasons as head men's basketball coach. His clubs won four Mid-Florida Conference regular-season titles, a pair of Mid-Florida tournament titles and a Florida Community College Activities Association state championship. He was named Mid-Florida Conference Coach-of-the-Year in 1999, 2001 and 2002, as well as NJCAA District 8 Coach-of-the-Year in 1999. He was inducted into the FCCAA Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005.
Previous to his Daytona Beach Community College head coach assignment, Coach Burnell spent seven seasons (1986-1993) as an assistant at Stetson University.
A native of Jacksonville, Burnell is a graduate of Stetson University, earning his bachelor's of arts degree in business administration in 1985. He was a four-year letterman for the Hatters, captained the team his senior season (1982-1983) and was the team's "most valuable player" as a junior and a senior. Burnell scored 1,491 points (14.1 ppg) over his college career, which ranks No. 6 in Stetson's all-time scoring list. He scored 556 points as a senior (19.9 ppg), which ranks No. 7 at Stetson's all-time single season list. He retired No. 4 on both scoring lists.
Burnell played professionally two seasons (1983-1985) in the Continental Basketball Association with the Puerto Rico Coquis.
Coach Burnell and his wife, Teri, have two children, Kevin (18) and Jason (12).
