Dan Balaguero Biography
Scorpion Men's Soccer Coach
Posted March 6, 2007

Dan Balaguero was named the first coach for the new men's soccer program at The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College on March 6, 2007.

Balaguero directed the Scorpions to the RRAC championship with a perfect 7-0 record. The Scorpions also won two matches to win the RRAC Tournament championship, and received a #3 ranking in the NAIA Region VI Tournament. The Scorpions defeated conference rival Texas Wesleyan University in the regional quarterfinals, but lost to Oklahoma City University in the regional semifinals. The Scorpions finished the season with a 14-5-1 record.

For his efforts in 2007, Balaguero was named Red River Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

Balaguero has a successful head coaching record in the NAIA. In three seasons at Virginia Intermont College, 2003-2006, he led the Cobras to a 52-14-2 record. His teams captured the NAIA Region XII Championships in 2003 and 2005. His teams also won two Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament championships and one Appalachian Athletic Conference championship.

In 2003, his team reached the NAIA National Championship’s Final Eight before falling 2-1 to eventual national champion, the University of Rio Grande. In the 2005 NAIA National Championship, his 19th-ranked team exited in the first round, losing to Lee College by a 1-0 score.  Balaguero was named the 2005 NAIA Region XII Coach of the Year.

During the 2006-07 season, Balaguero was an assistant coach at the University of Maine, a NCAA Division I school.

He began his coaching career as head coach at Champlain College (Vt.), posting a 27-14-4 record from 2000 to 2003. The team advanced to three consecutive NJCAA regional playoffs.

Counting the successful first season with the Scorpions, Balaguero has an overall head coaching record of 93-32-7 (.731 winning percentage).

Balaguero received his undergraduate degree in from West Virginia University in Morgantown,  in June 1999.  He went on to receive his graduate degree in from American Intercontinental University in Chicago, in June 2005.

As a player, Balaguero was a two-time NJCAA All-American and the National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Year at Champlain College in 1996. Balaguero then played at West Virginia University, where he was named to the All-Big East Team and also a First Team Regional All-American.