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'''Val Belmonte''' (born 1951 in Chicago, Illinois]) is an [[United States|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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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|26}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = [[University of Illinois at Chicago]]
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1973–1975
| coach_team1 = [[Oak Park and River Forest High School|Oak Park/River Forest HS]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1975–1976
| coach_team2 = [[North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey|North Dakota]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1976–1979
| coach_team3 = [[UIC Flames men's ice hockey|Illinois–Chicago]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1979–1982
| coach_team4 = [[Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey|Harvard]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1982–1990
| coach_team5 = [[UIC Flames men's ice hockey|Illinois–Chicago]]
| coach_years6 = 1991–2000
| coach_team6 = [[USA Hockey]] (Dir. Coaching)
| coach_years7 = 2000–2004
| coach_team7 = [[Union Dutchmen|Union]] ([[Athletic Director|AD]])
| coach_years8 = 2004–2005
| coach_team8 = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] ([[Executive director|Exec. Dir.]])
| coach_years9 = 2006–2009
| coach_team9 = [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] ([[Vice president|VP]])
| coach_years10 = 2009–2012
| coach_team10 = Game 7 Seven ([[Partnership|Principle partner]])
| coach_years11 = 2012–2013
| coach_team11 = [[United States Fencing Association|USA Fencing]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| coach_years12 = 2013–Present
| coach_team12 = Winston Knolls Education Group (CEO)
| coach_years13= 2014–Present
| coach_team13= [[USA Ultimate]] ([[Board of directors|BoD]])
| overall_record = 114–183–12 ({{winpct|114|183|12}})
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987]] [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] [[List of CCHA Coach of the Year|Coach of the Year]]<br />2007 Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame
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'''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 [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|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.


==Career==
==Career==
After graduating from the now defunct [[Holy Cross High School (River Grove)|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")).
After graduating from the now defunct [[Holy Cross High School (River Grove)|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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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 (hockey)|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.
Belmonte coached college hockey from 1975 to 1990 with the [[University of North Dakota]], [[Harvard University]] and the University of Illinois-Chicago.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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 (hockey)|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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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 [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]], and was involving in the breaking away of the ECAC to form a subsidiary, the [[ECACHL]].
From 1991 until 2000, Belmonte was Director of Coaching at USA Hockey, Inc. in Colorado Springs.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> 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 [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> In 2009, Belmonte left Quinnipiac to become executive vice-president in the Chicago office of [[DHR International]].<ref>{{cite web
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.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/> In 2009, Belmonte left Quinnipiac to become executive vice-president in the Chicago office of [[DHR International]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Quinnipiac University |title=Val Belmonte Accepts Position As Executive Vice President With Top-Five Executive Search Firm, DHR International |url=http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=3701374 |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscho.com/2004/09/01/belmonte-resigns-as-union-ad/|title = Belmonte Resigns as Union AD|date = 2 September 2004}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-05-03-0505030249-story.html|title = Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment|website = [[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxscorenews.com/usa-fencing-ceo-val-belmonte-steps-down-p60226-68.htm|title = USA Fencing CEO Val Belmonte Steps Down}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://winstonknolls-hecampus.org/val-belmonte/|title = Val Belmonte – the Winston Knolls School: Hoffman Estates Campus}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usaultimate.org/news/val-belmonte-janet-judge-appointed-to-board-of-directors/ |title=News Val Belmonte, Janet Judge Appointed to Board of Directors |website=www.usaultimate.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005031005/https://www.usaultimate.org/news/val-belmonte-janet-judge-appointed-to-board-of-directors/ |archive-date=2018-10-05}} </ref>
|publisher=Quinnipiac University

|title=Val Belmonte Accepts Position As Executive Vice President With Top-Five Executive Search Firm, DHR International. From 2012-2013, Belmonte was the {CEO} of {USA Fencing}. In 2013, Belmonte took the President/CEO job of a Chicago non for-profit in the field of education.
==Head coaching record<ref>{{cite web|publisher=USCHO.com |title=Val Belmonte Year-by-Year Coaching Record|url=https://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,980/val-belmonte/ |access-date=October 4, 2016}}</ref>==
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1982–83 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1982–83]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 6–28–2
| conference = 6–24–2
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1983–84]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 5–29–1
| conference = 5–22–1
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1984–85]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 17–23–0
| conference = 15–17–0
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = [[1985 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|CCHA Quarterfinals]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1985–86]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 14–25–1
| conference = 12–20–0
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = [[1986 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|CCHA Quarterfinals]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 21–17–1
| conference = 18–13–1
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = [[1987 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|CCHA Quarterfinals]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1987–88]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 18–20–1
| conference = 14–17–1
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = [[1988 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|CCHA Quarterfinals]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1988–89]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 23–14–5
| conference = 18–10–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = [[1989 CCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|CCHA Consolation Game (Loss)]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = [[1989–90 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1989–90]]
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 10–27–1
| conference = 7–24–1
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Illinois–Chicago
| overall = 114–183–12
| confrecord = 95–147–10
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 114–183–12
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==Awards==
==Awards==
* 1987 - [[CCHA]] Coach of the Year Award<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/>
* 1987 – [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] Coach of the Year Award<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce"/>
* 2007 - Belmonte was inducted into the [[Illinois]] Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce">{{cite web |title=Quinnipiac University’s Val Belmonte Elected To Illinois Hockey Hall Of Fame |url=http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=1372711 |publisher=Quinnipiac University |accessdate=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
* 2007 – Belmonte was inducted into the [[Illinois]] Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref name="quinnipiac-hof-annce">{{cite web |title=Quinnipiac University's Val Belmonte Elected To Illinois Hockey Hall Of Fame |url=http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=1372711 |publisher=Quinnipiac University |access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 02:17, 30 August 2024

Val Belmonte
Biographical details
Born (1951-05-26) May 26, 1951 (age 73)
Chicago, IL, USA
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1973–1975Oak Park/River Forest HS (assistant)
1975–1976North Dakota (assistant)
1976–1979Illinois–Chicago (assistant)
1979–1982Harvard (assistant)
1982–1990Illinois–Chicago
1991–2000USA Hockey (Dir. Coaching)
2000–2004Union (AD)
2004–2005U.S. Figure Skating (Exec. Dir.)
2006–2009Quinnipiac (VP)
2009–2012Game 7 Seven (Principle partner)
2012–2013USA Fencing (CEO)
2013–PresentWinston Knolls Education Group (CEO)
2014–PresentUSA 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.

Career

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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]

Head coaching record[8]

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Illinois–Chicago Flames (CCHA) (1982–1990)
1982–83 Illinois–Chicago 6–28–2 6–24–2 12th
1983–84 Illinois–Chicago 5–29–1 5–22–1 12th
1984–85 Illinois–Chicago 17–23–0 15–17–0 5th CCHA Quarterfinals
1985–86 Illinois–Chicago 14–25–1 12–20–0 7th CCHA Quarterfinals
1986–87 Illinois–Chicago 21–17–1 18–13–1 4th CCHA Quarterfinals
1987–88 Illinois–Chicago 18–20–1 14–17–1 6th CCHA Quarterfinals
1988–89 Illinois–Chicago 23–14–5 18–10–4 3rd CCHA Consolation Game (Loss)
1989–90 Illinois–Chicago 10–27–1 7–24–1 9th
Illinois–Chicago: 114–183–12 95–147–10
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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  • 1987 – CCHA Coach of the Year Award[1]
  • 2007 – Belmonte was inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ "USA Fencing CEO Val Belmonte Steps Down".
  6. ^ "Val Belmonte – the Winston Knolls School: Hoffman Estates Campus".
  7. ^ "News Val Belmonte, Janet Judge Appointed to Board of Directors". www.usaultimate.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-05.
  8. ^ "Val Belmonte Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Coach of the Year
1986–87 		Succeeded by
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