Bourjos attended Northern Illinois University, where he played baseball for the Huskies in 1975 and 1976.

[2] After his retirement as an active player, Bourjos served as a baseball scout with the Toronto Blue Jays from 1984 to 2002.

He had a major role in the ballclub's selection of Roy Halladay with the 17th overall pick in the 1995 MLB Draft.

[4] He scouted for the Baltimore Orioles in 2010 and 2011,[5] joining the San Diego Padres in 2012.

[6] He is a nephew of former Cleveland Indians catcher Otto Denning[7] and the father of Peter Bourjos, former MLB outfielder.