After Burke had retired from playing inter-county football, Mayo manager James Horan invited him to be Mayo's senior goalkeeping coach, a role Burke held for eight years (between 2011 and 2018), coaching his former understudy David Clarke. Stephen Rochford then appointed Burke as a selector ahead of the 2017 season.[4]
A hurler at youth level, he is a nephew of former Mayo goalkeeper Eugene Lavin.[1] He is originally from the townland of Cloondace (near Knock), is married with children and has a roofing business.[3]