COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Tuesday, University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's soccer head coach J. B. Belzer announced the hiring of Alex Schultz as the Mountain Lions' Associate Women's Soccer Coach.

"Alex Schultz is the brightest, young coach I have had the pleasure of mentoring in my 30+ years of coaching," said Belzer. "His organization, attention to detail, ability to teach, and effective communication strategies with student-athletes all combine to separate him from his peers who are early in their college coaching careers.  We understand and complement each other, know each other's strengths, and together are incredibly excited to lead Mountain Lion Women's Soccer to great success on the field, in the classroom, and in the community over the next few years.  The sky is the limit for this talented, associate head coach!"

Schultz joins the Mountain Lions after spending four seasons with Belzer at Regis University as a graduate assistant and assistant coach for the Rangers.

"I am extremely excited for this opportunity and eager to join the Mountain Lion family," stated Schultz. "I want to thank Executive Director of Athletics Nathan Gibson for the chance to help take this program to new heights. I have worked for Head Coach J.B. Belzer for the past four years and believe we have a great dynamic to effectively lead this group. I was born and raised in the Springs and am excited to be returning home!" 

In four seasons with the Regis Rangers, Schultz helped mentor and coach student-athletes both on the field and in the classroom as a graduate assistant from 2016-17. As assistant coach, Schultz facilitated and implemented all training sessions while serving as the Director of Performance through scouting opponents, providing tactical breakdown of sessions and games, and also administering video recruiting of regional, national, and international prospective student-athletes from 2017-19. In his time at Regis, the Rangers received the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Brechler Award in 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the highest team GPA in the conference and were RMAC Regular Season Champions in 2017.

Prior to his time at Regis, Schultz worked as a Soccer Development Intern with Sporting Kansas City in 2016 where he assisted the general manager of the Swope Park Rangers in day-to-day operations, assisted in communications, PR, and marketing while also performing game day operations during home games. Before his Sporting Kansas City internship, Schultz broadened his coaching experience into Division I by working as a women's soccer student assistant for Colorado State University from 2014-15.

Schultz has also coached at the youth level as head coach of the Liberty Commons High School women's junior varsity soccer team (2013-15) where he served the role of strength and conditioning coach for the team as well. In addition, Schultz helped coach youth programs such as Arsenal Colorado (2013-15), Colorado Storm Fort Collins (2015-16), Real Colorado (2016-18), and Colorado ODP (2016-19).

A native of Colorado Springs, Colo., Schultz earned a master of arts in sport coaching and athletic administration from Regis University. He graduated from CSU with a bachelor of science in health and exercise science with a concentration in health promotion. Schultz also serves as a Presenting Clinician for the United Soccer Coaches Coaching Convention and CHSAA Coaches Association and holds United States Soccer Federation D & E Licenses. Within the United Soccer Coaches organization, Schultz has earned a National Diploma (2017), Advanced National Diploma (2018), and Premier Diploma (2019).