J.B. Belzer

J.B. Belzer

Title: Head Women's Soccer Coach
Phone: 303-458-4981
Email: jbelzer@regis.edu
College: Oklahoma State, 1991

Head Coach J.B. Belzer became just the 16th head coach all time in NCAA Division II women's soccer history to earn 200 career victories.  With the Rangers 1-0 victory over Mesa State in the first round of the RMAC Tournament in 2009, Belzer became the seventh fastest Division II coach to reach 200 victories.

For the third straight season, Belzer led the Rangers to the NCAA Tournament in 2010.  For the ninth time in 15 seasons, Belzer notched 15 wins with a 16-5-2 record.  Regis won the RMAC Tournament Championship for the first time since 2003 entering the tournament as the #2 seed.  The Rangers won their first round matchup with New Mexico Highlands 3-2 and then tied Winona State 1-1 but fell in a shootout 4-2.  The Rangers finished with a #22 final ranking in the NSCAA Division II Coaches' Poll.

He returned the Rangers to the promise land for the sixth time and second in a row in his 14 years at the helm of the Ranger Women's Soccer program in 2009.  He guided the Rangers to a 14-5-4 record before falling to Colorado Mines in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  In 2008 the Rangers registered a 17-7 record advancing to the third round of the NCAA Tournament and a #14 final national ranking.  The Rangers had a two-year hiatus from NCAA tournament play after earning back-to-back berths in 2004 and 2005. 

Hired prior to the 1996 campaign, Belzer is just the second head coach in program history. During his first 15 seasons on the bench with the Rangers, Belzer has amassed a 216-91-18 (.692) overall record heading into 2011.

In his initial season in 1996, Belzer led Regis to a 15-5-3 overall record and proceeded to guide the Rangers to their second appearance at the NCAA II Final Four. Belzer's teams have posted a .500-or-better record in 14 of his 15 years at the helm.  Belzer has guided the Rangers to three regular season RMAC Championships and four RMAC Tournament Championships.  Along the way he has amassed a 138-46-11 (.736) record in conference matches which is the most by any RMAC coach during that span.

Belzer's teams have been very successful at home as well as on the road.  Each season Belzer has scheduled home games with highly ranked opponents.  In 2007, Regis hosted perennial powers Barry (Fla.) University and Grand Valley State, which was ranked second at the time.  Despite the tough competition Belzer's teams are 114-35-8 (.752) at home and 89-50-9 (.632) on the road.

In 2001, Belzer guided the Rangers to one of the most successful seasons in club history. In addition to setting a new single-season record for victories (18-1-1 overall), the team finished the season ranked #10 (NCAA II) in the country. Winners of the RMAC Tournament during three of the past five seasons (2000-01, 2003), the Rangers also hosted the NCAA II Midwest Region Championship Match in 2001. Over the past four seasons, five Rangers have gone on to earn First Team NCAA II All-American honors. The Rangers' 2004 appearance in the Midwest Region Championship Match marked the fourth time in program history that Regis had advanced into NCAA II post-season competition.

A native of Edmond, Oklahoma, Belzer attended and played soccer at the University of Tulsa for one season before transferring to Oklahoma State University. While at OSU, Belzer served as the head coach of the boy's soccer team at Stillwater High School. Upon earning his Bachelor's Degree in Science Education from OSU in 1991, Belzer returned to Edmond Memorial High School, his alma mater, to teach science and coach boy's soccer. During his three years at EMHS, Belzer registered a 33-7-4 overall record and captured the 1994 State Championship.

Belzer, who also served an assistant men's soccer coach at Oklahoma Christian University in 1992, returned to the University of Tulsa in 1994 as a graduate assistant for both the men's and women's programs. In 1997, while coaching at Regis, Belzer completed his MBA (Tulsa).

In addition to having coached a number of girl's club squads, Belzer has also spent time with several boy's and girl's Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams. On top of his coaching duties at Regis, Belzer also serves on the NSCAA's NCAA II Women's Soccer Committee. From 1998 to 2001, Belzer served as the Chair on the NCAA II Midwest Regional Rankings Committee and was the National Chair in 2001. Even more, Belzer holds both an NSCAA Premier Diploma and a US Soccer National "A" License.

Belzer, who manages the Aurora office of Benchmark Mortgage, Inc., a mortgage lending firm, resides in Aurora with his wife, Trina, and their sons, Joshua (8) and Sean (6).


OVERALL RMAC
Year Wins Losses Ties Pct.
Wins Losses Ties Pct. Postseason
1996 15 5 3 .717
9 2 1 .792 NCAA Semifinals
1997 9 9 1 .500
7 4 1 .625
1998 9 9 0 .500
6 6 0 .500
1999 14 5 1 .725
9 3 0 .750
2000 16 6 0 .727
8 4 0 .667
2001 18 1 1 .925
11 0 1 .958 NCAA Second Round
2002 16 4 1 .786
12 1 1 .893
2003 16 6 0 .727
10 4 0 .714
2004 19 5 0 .792
12 2 0 .857 NCAA Second Round
2005 17 6 1 .729
10 4 0 .714 NCAA Second Round
2006 11 7 4 .591
8 2 2 .750
2007 9 11 0 .450
5 7 0 .417
2008 17 7 0 .708
11 2 0 .846 NCAA Third Round
2009 14 5 4 .696   10 2 4 .750 NCAA First Round
2010 16 5 2 .739   10 3 1 .750 RMAC Champions/NCAA Second Round
15 Years 216 91 18 .692
138 46 11 .736