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MVNU Hires Belleman as Next Men's Soccer
Coach
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (5-11-2011) - Mount
Vernon Nazarene University is pleased to
announced that Andrew Belleman has been
hired to become the eighth head coach of the
men's soccer team and a professor in the
Physical Education department.
"Andrew Belleman will become a tremendous
asset to both our athletic and academic
programs, said Dr. Lanette Sessink, MVNU's
vice president for Student Development. "It
was obvious in speaking with him that he has
a passion for the game of soccer. I truly
believe he will assist in taking our team to
the next level both on and off the field. He
has an energy that the team will love. He
also shared with me his excitement to assist
the men's soccer team in becoming a force
for Christ' on campus and in the community.
We look forward to him becoming a part of
Mount Vernon Nazarene University's family.
 Belleman
comes to MVNU after gaining coaching
experience at several different levels. This
past season, he led Dayton Christian High
School to a 12-3-3 record and a Top 10
ranking in the state of Ohio. He also served
as an assistant coach at Wilmington College
and at Centerville High School and as the
coach of the Cincinnati United Premier
Soccer Club. He has worked numerous camps
including starting and directing the First
Touch soccer camps as well as serving as the
summer camp director at Cedarville
University from 2006-2010 and also working
on summer camp staff at Messiah College in
2008-2009. Belleman and his wife, Tiffany,
have two sons Wesley and Eli.
Prior to starting his coaching career,
Belleman was a four-year member of the men's
soccer team at Cedarville. He served as a
team captain during his senior season as the
Yellow Jackets were ranked in the NAIA Top
25. He was also a part of two National
Christian College Athletic Association
Midwest Region championship teams in 2003
and 2004 with the 2003 team going on to
finish third at the NCCAA National
Tournament.
"I am very excited about the opportunity
take over a program rich in tradition, said
Belleman. "I will look to build off of the
success and strive to be a national power
year in and year out. I am equally excited
about working with and developing young men
on and off the field on a daily basis. There
are few professions where you are able to
impact people like coaching, and I want to
thank God for preparing me and allowing me
this opportunity.
"We are pleased to add Andrew Belleman to
our coaching and teaching staff, said Paul
Swanson, MVNU's athletic director. "He is a
high quality person who will make an
excellent coach and terrific professor.
Belleman will take over a program that has
posted a 244-153-32 record over the past 20
seasons for a .606 winning percentage. The
Cougars have been ranked in the NAIA Top 25
in each of the past three seasons including
as high as No. 4 in the 2009 preseason poll.
MVNU also made the program's first
appearance in the NAIA National Championship
in 2008 and advanced all the way to the
Final Four. | |
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