Val Belmonte

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Val Belmonte
Biographical details
Born (1951-05-26) May 26, 1951 (age 72)
Chicago, IL, USA
Alma mater University of Illinois at Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1973–1975 Oak Park/River Forest HS (assistant)
1975–1976 North Dakota (assistant)
1976–1979 Illinois–Chicago (assistant)
1979–1982 Harvard (assistant)
1982–1990 Illinois–Chicago
1991–2000 USA Hockey (Dir. Coaching)
2000–2004 Union (AD)
2004–2005 U.S. Figure Skating (Exec. Dir.)
2006–2009 Quinnipiac (VP)
2009–2012Game 7 Seven (Principle partner)
2012–2013 USA Fencing (CEO)
2013–PresentWinston Knolls Education Group (CEO)
2014–Present USA Ultimate (BoD)
Head coaching record
Overall114–183–12 (.388)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
1987 CCHA Coach of the Year
2007 Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame

Val Belmonte (born 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former ice hockey coach, player and executive. He has also served as a sports official and university athletics director. He played for the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), followed by an 18-year college coaching career. His longest coaching stint was from 1982–1990 as the Head Coach of the UIC Flames, during which he won the 1987 CCHA Coach of the Year Award. Belmonte has written several books on the sport of hockey, including several manuals published by USA Hockey which serves as the National Governing body for the sport in the United States.

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Career

After graduating from the now defunct Holy Cross High School in River Grove, Illinois, in 1969, Belmonte attended UIC, where he was member of the varsity team. Belmonte had a severe eye injury that ended his playing career He had eye reattachment surgery after he was checked into the boards of a new rink, that had a nail sticking out of the boards. After his graduation from UIC, Belmonte took up coaching. He was the head coach of Oak Park River Forest High School in 1974–75 which won the 1975 Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois State Varsity Championships (now known as "Blackhawk Cup").

Belmonte coached college hockey from 1975 to 1990 with the University of North Dakota, Harvard University and the University of Illinois-Chicago. [1] He led the UIC Flames to six Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoff appearances as the head coach and was named CCHA Coach of the Year in 1986–87. [1] Belmonte coached several players who played in the NHL, including Shawn Cronin, Ray Stazek, and long time minor league star Colin Chin. Belmonte also coached Jeff Nelson, who went on to represent the United States in the World Cup of Inline hockey. As an assistant at Harvard University, he coached Hobey Baker Award winners Mark and Scott Fusco.

From 1991 until 2000, Belmonte was Director of Coaching at USA Hockey, Inc. in Colorado Springs. [1] From 2000–2004, Belmonte took over as Athletic Director of Union College. In his tenure, Union rebuilt many of their athletic facilities including a state of the art football field and field house. During his years at Union College, Belmonte served on the executive comm. for the ECAC, and was involving in the breaking away of the ECAC to form a subsidiary, the ECACHL.

After Union College, Belmonte was executive director of the United States Figure Skating Association for a year, before being named Vice President of Athletic Marketing and External Affairs Quinnipiac University in 2006. [1] In 2009, Belmonte left Quinnipiac to become executive vice-president in the Chicago office of DHR International. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Head coaching record [9]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Illinois–Chicago Flames (CCHA)(1982–1990)
1982–83 Illinois–Chicago 6–28–26–24–212th
1983–84 Illinois–Chicago 5–29–15–22–112th
1984–85 Illinois–Chicago 17–23–015–17–05th CCHA Quarterfinals
1985–86 Illinois–Chicago 14–25–112–20–07th CCHA Quarterfinals
1986–87 Illinois–Chicago 21–17–118–13–14th CCHA Quarterfinals
1987–88 Illinois–Chicago 18–20–114–17–16th CCHA Quarterfinals
1988–89 Illinois–Chicago 23–14–518–10–43rd CCHA Consolation Game (Loss)
1989–90 Illinois–Chicago 10–27–17–24–19th
Illinois–Chicago:114–183–1295–147–10
Total:114–183–12

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Quinnipiac University's Val Belmonte Elected To Illinois Hockey Hall Of Fame". Quinnipiac University. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Val Belmonte Accepts Position As Executive Vice President With Top-Five Executive Search Firm, DHR International". Quinnipiac University. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Belmonte Resigns as Union AD". 2 September 2004.
  4. ↑ "Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment". Chicago Tribune .
  5. ↑ [ bare URL ]
  6. ↑ "USA Fencing CEO Val Belmonte Steps Down".
  7. ↑ "Val Belmonte – the Winston Knolls School: Hoffman Estates Campus".
  8. ↑ "News Val Belmonte, Janet Judge Appointed to Board of Directors". www.usaultimate.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05.
  9. ↑ "Val Belmonte Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Coach of the Year
1986–87 		Succeeded by
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