| Levern Belin |
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 | Hometown:
Marshville, N.C.
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| Last College:
Wake Forest
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| Position:
Defensive Line
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| Birthdate:
08/20/1969
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| Year at Maryland:
2nd
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Levern Belin, who helped tutor nose guard Delbert Cowsette to first team All-ACC honors in 1999, is in his second season as a defensive line coach with the Terrapins.
The Terrapins ranked 39th nationally in rushing defense in Belin's first year, allowing an average of 126.4 rushing yards per game, the best mark by a Maryland team since 1985.
Belin joined the Maryland staff in the spring of 1999 following a five-year stay in a similar position at Ball State University. Between his time at Ball State and Maryland he had a brief stay at the University of Connecticut, where he was named the Huskies' defensive line coach in December 1998.
At Ball State, Belin helped guide one of the top run defenses in the Mid-American Conference. Belin coached the outside linebackers his first year before handling the defensive ends for his final four seasons. Under Belin's guidance, the Cardinals' defensive ends helped the Cardinals' defense rank first in the MAC and 34th in the nation in fewest yards allowed in 1997.
In addition, Belin helped Ball State's defense rank second in the MAC in rushing defense and scoring defense in 1996, while ranking 18th nationally in scoring defense and 26th in rushing defense. The 1996 team also ranked 32nd in the nation in total defense. Ball State's 1996 defense ranked first in the MAC in passing defense and second in scoring defense and total defense. Nationally, the Cardinals were fourth in the country in passing and total defense and 15th in scoring defense in 1995.
Belin, 31, launched his college coaching career in 1991 as a graduate assistant coach at Boston College, where he coached the defensive backs. In 1992, he was named to a full-time position on the staff at Boston University as defensive line coach. He then spent one season as an assistant coach at East Tennessee State coaching the linebackers prior to joining the staff at Ball State.
A 1991 graduate of Wake Forest, Belin was a three-year letterwinner and three-year starter at inside linebacker for the Demon Deacons under Bill Dooley from 1988-90.
Belin and his wife, DeVida, were married in July 2000 in East Chicago, Ind.
Coaching History
Maryland
Defensive Line 1999
Ball State
Defensive Line 1995-98
Outside Linebackers 1994
East Tennessee State
Linebackers 1993
Boston University
Defensive Line 1992
Boston College
Defensive Backs 1991
Bowl History
1996 Las Vegas Bowl
