Steve Belles (born November 21, 1966) is a former

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with the Arizona Rattlers of the

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. He subsequently became a high school football coach in Arizona, amassing five state championships at Hamilton High School in Chandler.

Playing career

Belles attended St. Mary's High School in

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, where in 1984 he won a state championship and was named Arizona High School Player of the Year. He played

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at the

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. After college he played one season with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League. He was also offensive coordinator of the Rattlers in 1993 and played in Europe for the in 1991.

Coaching career

Belles has been a head coach at three Arizona high schools:

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in Scottsdale, Mountain Ridge High School in

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, and most recently Hamilton High School in Chandler. He was at Desert Mountain from 1995 to 2000 with a 26-25 record. At Mountain Ridge, where he was head coach from 2000 to 2006 with a 47-13 record, his team advanced to the state finals in 2004 against his future team, Hamilton High School, losing 37–7. Belles became the head football coach at Hamilton in 2006 after John Wrenn left to become

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's running backs coach. He was instantly successful there with a 13–1 record, Fiesta Region Title, and an Arizona State Championship in his first season. Belles amassed a 131–18 record as coach, including five State Championships at Hamilton, and Arizona's big school state record 53-game win streak. During his tenure, Hamilton was ranked as high as fourth in the nation by the ''

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'' Super 25. As a head coach, Belles has a 204–56 record. As a result of a hazing scandal at Hamilton becoming public in 2017,

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. On June 25, 2018, Belles announced he would become an assistant coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in

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responsible for the quarterbacks and defensive back positions.

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