2007 marks J.B. Belzer's 12th season as the head coach of the
Regis University women's soccer team. Hired prior to the 1996
campaign, Belzer is just the second head coach in program history.
During his first eleven years with the Rangers, Belzer has amassed
an 160-63-12 (.681) overall record.
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 each of his eleven years at the helm.
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 (2) and Sean (born June 27, 2005).
