Guillermo Ruiz Burguete

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is Burguete.
Guillermo Ruiz Burguete
Personal information
Born: (1976-01-24) 24 January 1976 (age 48)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:244 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College:ITESM Monterrey
Position:Head coach
Undrafted:2004
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
As an executive:
Career highlights and awards
  • 2003 IFAF World Championship All-Star Team
Guillermo Ruiz Burguete
Medal record
Men's American football
Representing  Mexico
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palermo Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Germany Team

José Guillermo Ruiz Burguete (born 24 January 1976) is a Mexican gridiron football coach. He previously played in the NFL Europe with the Frankfurt Galaxy.

Playing career

College career

Ruiz Burguete played college football for the Centinelas CGP in 1995 and 1996 and later for the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey from 1998 to 2000, receiving a scholarship to study at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, where he majored in Business Administration.[1][2]

During his college career, he won two National Championships in 1998 and 1999.

NFL Europe

In 2004, Ruiz Burguete was signed by the Frankfurt Galaxy of the NFL Europe.[1]

National team

Ruiz Burguete was part of the Mexico national American football team that competed in the 1999 and 2003 IFAF World Championship, where he was included in the All-Star Team of the tournament.[3]

Coaching career

In November 2016, Ruiz Burguete was appointed head coach of the Dinos de Saltillo of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) ahead of the 2017 LFA season.[4] Burguete led the Dinos to the Tazón México II, that they lost 18–24 to the Mayas CDMX.[5]

In September 2017, he left the Dinos and was appointed as Commissioner of the LFA, but he resigned in January 2018.[6][7]

In November 2021, Ruiz Burguete was appointed head coach of the Galgos de Tijuana.[8] Burguete left the Galgos ahead of the 2023 LFA season and was replaced by Héctor del Águila.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Receptor entrevista: Ruiz Burguete, LB salvaje". Receptor (in Spanish). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Guillermo 'Cobra' Burguete". Receptor (in Spanish). 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ "IFAF Senior World Championship of American football record book" (PDF). americanfootball.jp. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Guillermo Ruiz Burguete será el coach de Dinos en LFA". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Cinco coaches con historia en la LFA". LFA.mx (in Spanish). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  6. ^ "La LFA presentó a su Comisionado y al Presidente del Consejo Administrativo". LFA.mx (in Spanish). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ^ Ayala, José Luis (16 January 2018). "Renuncia comisionado LFA Guillermo Ruiz Burguete". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Nacen los Galgos de Tijuana en la LFA". Máximo Avance (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ Romero, Marcos (4 January 2023). "Galgos presentó su nuevo Head Coach". El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.