Briefly
• 2024 will be his second season as XULA assistant coach and his fourth as a college coach
• He trains the Gold Nuggets' goalkeepers
• He assists with recruiting, overall training, tactical analysis and day-to-day management
• Last name pronounced BEZZ-lee
Notable
• Assistant coach on 2023 XULA team that:
— Made a stunning varsity debut, winning the Red River Athletic Conference regular-season championship
and an automatic bid to NAIA nationals, then advancing to the second round of nationals
— Was the only Louisiana women's team to win a game at NAIA or NCAA nationals in 2023
— Won 4-3 at home Sept. 30 against then-10-0 Texas A&M-Texarkana,
the 2022 RRAC Tournament champion
— Finished 13-6 overall and 11-2 in conference
— NAIA stat rankings (196 teams): 2nd with a .220 shot percentage,
tied for 15th with 3.26 goals per game, 20th with 62 goals, 20th with 175 points
— Became the first non-NCAA DI to earn three of the four major All-Louisiana awards in one season
— Ashley Cordeiro was Coach of the Year, and junior midfielder Luci Schroeder was
Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year
• Coached two seasons as a men's soccer graduate
assistant at Friends University in Wichita, Kan., where the Falcons were 23-9-2 during his tenure
and reached the semifinals of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in the spring of 2021
• Boys soccer assistant coach for three seasons
at NSU University School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and helped the Sharks win three district championships
and one state championship
• Coached goalkeepers
in the youth developmental Elite Clubs National League and the men's professional United Soccer League
• Received bachelor's degree in 2017 from Florida Gulf Coast University
— he was a goalkeeper on the Eagles' 2015 team — and a master's of business administration from Friends in 2022
• Earned a U.S. Soccer Federation F coaching license
Favorites
Food: Oxtail
Candy: Skittles
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni, sausage, beef
Ice cream flavor: Cookies and cream
Cake: Vanilla
Flower: Rose
Color: Red
Vacation destination: Anywhere tropical
