HEAD COACH Tim Bellew

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SEASONS

• 2011-12 - Head Coach
• 2010-11 - Head Coach
• 2009-10 - Head Coach
• 2008-09 - Head Coach
• 2007-08 - Head Coach
• 2006-07 - Head Coach
• 2005-06 - Head Coach

Tim Bellew is in his seventh season as head coach of the Bemidji State baseball team were he has garnered a 86-203-1 overall record and a 50-118 mark in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Bellew took over as BSU head baseball coach in the fall of 2005.

Last season the Beavers posted a 16-37 overall and 7-25 NSIC record and marked the third season in a row the team has posted 16 or more wins. Two players earned three NSIC weekly honors, the most under Bellew. 

In 2008 Bellew led his Beaver squad to the best season in six years. The Beavers finished the season with a 16-25-1 record overall and a 13-13 mark in the NSIC. BSU’s 16 wins and 13 conference victories were the most since the 2002 season when the Beavers were 19-11 overall and 13-3 in conference play. The skipper of the Beavers also propeled them into the NSIC tournament for the first time since the 2002 where they picked up just their fourth win ever in the tournament. The inaugral NSIC Tournament was at the conclusion of the 1996 season.

He joined the Bemidji State coaching staff after orchestrating the most-successful baseball era in the history of Kansas Wesleyan University. He took the reigns in 1995 after two years as an assistant coach, and his hire began to pay dividends almost immediately. He earned Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996, and in 1997 he led KWU to a National Small-College Athletics Association National Championship and was named NSCAA National Coach of the Year.

KWU repeated as NSCAA National Champions in 1999, and Bellew was again named NSCAA National Coach of the Year. He qualified KWU for a berth in the NAIA Region IV tournament, and in 2001 he directed KWU to its first KCAC championship in 27 years. In 10 seasons at KWU, Bellew coached 38 First-Team All-KCAC honorees, seven NAIA All-Americans and 11 NSCAA All-Americans. He also had one player drafted and two signed as free agent acquisitions. KWU recorded 20 or more wins seven times during Bellew’s stint.

Bellew, an Arizona native, began his collegiate playing career at Central Arizona Junior College in 1980. He played second base and shortstop for the Vaqueros until 1982. He transferred to Kansas Wesleyan in 1985, where he earned the President’s Leadership Award in 1986. In 1987, Bellew was named Second-Team All KCAC as middle infielder and helped lead KWU to an NAIA playoff berth.

During his time at Bemidji State Bellew has become an active member of the Bemidji Youth Baseball organization in the summer. He has also put on baseball camps and clinics for the youth. The director of facility maintenance at the BSU Baseball Field Bellew played a large role in the renovation process of the BSU Baseball Field in the fall of 2007.

Bellew graduated from Kansas Wesleyan with a bachelor of arts degree in health in 1987, and received a master of business administration degree from KWU in June of 2002.

Along with his duties as head baseball coach, Bellew is head of games management at BSU.

Bellew currently resides in Bemidji with his wife Pam, his son Mason and his daughter Claudia.

Some information courtesy of:
Kansas Wesleyan University Sports Information
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Sports Information
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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