UNC Greensboro

Eric Burns joined UNC Greensboro in 2017 as the Associate Athletic Director of Business Operations and was promoted in the fall of 2020 into his current role of Senior Associate AD for Business Operations.
 
Overall, Burns brings 17 years of higher education experience in athletics and student affairs. 

He serves as the CFO for UNCG Athletics and is a member of the Athletic Director’s Senior Leadership Team. In addition, Burns supervises the assistant athletics director for business/IT, director of business services, and athletic equipment manager.  
 Burns also oversees the NCAA financial audit and EADA reporting.  Among his accomplishments during his time with UNCG athletics he developed a long-range forecast planning model that allowed for scenario planning.  
 
Prior to joining athletics, Burns served as UNCG’s Division of Student Affairs Business Officer from 2009 to 2017. He also served as an Interim Deputy Title IV investigator in 2014-15.  
 
While he worked in student affairs Burns completed capital projects that included the newly constructed $92 million-dollar recreation and wellness center (Kaplan wellness center) and six residence halls.  In addition, Burns also has experience from his time at Fayetteville State University.
 
Burns graduated from North Carolina State University in December of 1998 with a B.S. in Business Management (Finance) and earned a master’s in public administration from Strayer University in 2012.
 
Burns is a member of College Athletics Business Management Association (CABMA) and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA).
 
He is married to India Burns and they are pound parents of a daughter, Lauryn and two sons Eric and Evan.