Steve Belles

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Steve Belles
No. 7
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1966-11-21) November 21, 1966 (age 57)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school: Phoenix (AZ) St. Mary's
College: Notre Dame
Career history
Career Arena statistics
Comp. / Att.:24 / 60
Passing yards:212
TD–INT:6–5
Passer rating:40.42
Rushing TDs:3
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Steve Belles (born November 21, 1966) is a former American football quarterback with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He subsequently became a high school football coach in Arizona, amassing five state championships at Hamilton High School in Chandler.

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Playing career

Belles attended St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, where in 1984 he won a state championship and was named Arizona High School Player of the Year. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame. [1]

After college he played one season with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League. [2] He was also offensive coordinator of the Rattlers in 1993 and played in Europe for the Ravenna Chiefs  [ it ] in 1991. [1]

Coaching career

Belles has been a head coach at three Arizona high schools: Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, and most recently Hamilton High School in Chandler. He was at Desert Mountain from 1995 to 2000 with a 26-25 record. [3] [4] At Mountain Ridge, where he was head coach from 2000 to 2006 with a 47-13 record, [4] his team advanced to the state finals in 2004 against his future team, Hamilton High School, losing 37–7. [5]

Belles became the head football coach at Hamilton in 2006 after John Wrenn left to become Arizona State University's running backs coach. [6] [7] He was instantly successful there with a 13–1 record, Fiesta Region Title, and an Arizona State Championship in his first season. [5] Belles amassed a 131–18 record as coach, including five State Championships at Hamilton, and Arizona's big school state record 53-game win streak. [8] During his tenure, Hamilton was ranked as high as fourth in the nation by the USA Today Super 25. [5] As a head coach, Belles has a 204–56 record.

As a result of a hazing scandal at Hamilton becoming public in 2017, Chandler Unified School District suspended Belles as coach before the start of the football season. [9] [10] He remained at the school as a teacher [11] [12] until September, when he was reassigned to the district offices, [13] and in December the head coach position was advertised with the Arizona Interscholastic Association. [14]

On June 25, 2018, Belles announced he would become an assistant coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah responsible for the quarterbacks and defensive back positions. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Steve Belles: Head Coach". mychandlerschools.org. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rattlers All-Time History" (PDF). Arizona Rattlers. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Belles, Steve / Overview". www.cusd80.com. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Steve Belles". AZ Elite Sports Camps. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Hamilton High School 04-05 Football Schedule". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Wrenn named assistant athletic director for football operations". ASU Now. May 10, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "ASU Hires Arizona High School Coaching Legend John Wrenn To Be Running Backs Coach: Former Hamilton High Head Coach to join Koetter's staff in 2006". CSTV. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ Ardaya, Fabian (November 4, 2016). "Hamilton Is Highest". The Battle For Arizona Avenue. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hamilton HS football coach 'reassigned to home' indefinitely, district says". KPNX. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Hamilton High School head football coach 'reassigned to home'". KSAZ. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Steve Belles will not coach Hamilton football next season". azcentral. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Hamilton High School names new football coach as hazing investigation continues". KTAR. May 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Hamilton High School administrators reassigned in wake of sex-assault investigation". The Arizona Republic. September 22, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Hamilton High School posts head varsity football coach job". KPNX. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Steve Belles lands football coaching, teaching job at Utah high school". azcentral. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
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