As Jodie Burton begins her 32nd season at the helm of the Athenas basketball program she will be seeking to extend the remarkable run of her teams over the last 24 years. During that time the Athenas have won all six of their SCIAC crowns, finished second 11 times and have gone 199-87 (.696) in SCIAC play. Nine of those teams have won 20 or more games and four have advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs.  Burton is 16th on the Division III career wins list with 492 and has more SCIAC victories (232) than all, but one, other programs.

More gratifying to Burton than the wins she had piled up has been keeping in touch with her athletes and seeing them grow as people over the years. Burton also actively supports the movement toward gender equity in the NCAA. Burton lives in Claremont and has three sons: John, Todd, and Michael.