Dan Balaguero was named the first coach for the new men's soccer program at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College on March 2007.
In 2003, his team reached the NAIA National Championship's Final Eight before falling 2-1 to eventual national champion the University of Rio Grande. In the 2005 NAIA National Championship, his 19th-ranked team exited in the first round, losing to Lee College by a 1-0 score. Balaguero was named the 2005 NAIA Region XII Coach of the Year.
During the 2006-07 season, Balaguero was an assistant coach at the University of Maine, a NCAA Division I school.
He began his coaching career as head coach at Champlain College (Vt.), posting a 27-14-4 record from 2000 to 2003. The team advanced to three consecutive NJCAA regional playoffs.
Counting the successful twoseasons with the Scorpions, Balaguero has an overall head coaching record of 108-38-7 (.729 winning percentage).
As a player, Balaguero was a two-time NJCAA All-American and the National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Year at Champlain College in 1996. Balaguero then played at West Virginia University, where he was named to the All-Big East Team and also a First Team Regional All-American.
Prior to arriving at UTB, Ravanello worked for four years with the men's soccer program at Virginia Intermont College in the N.A.I.A Appalachian Athletic Conference. Ravanello helped guide the Cobras to two Conference Championships and Conference Tournament Championships, two Region XII Tournament Championships as well as two National Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2005.
In his four years at VIC he helped the Cobras to a 65 - 18 - 3 record.
In addition to coaching at Virginia Intermont College, Ravanello's other coaching experiences include being the Head Coach of the Kalamazoo Kingdom Professional Developmental Team (USLPDL) in 2005, Development Officer in Canberra, Australia for Futsal (FIFA five-a-side), Camp Counselor for the Connecticut Soccer School and Kalamazoo Kingdom summer camps, and as a Coerver Coaching Instructor.
Ravanello played professionally for thirteen years in Australia, France and the U.S.A. He also has been involved with soccer in more than ten countries throughout Europe, Asia and Oceania through various club teams, representative teams, and invitational trials.
Ravanello was a member of the Australian U20 (Schoolboys) Tour of South East Asia in 1991 as well as the Australian Men's Futsal Squad in preparation for the Futsal World Cup in Spain in 1997. He was also involved with the Australian U23 Olympic Team Camp in preparation for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Ravanello, a native of Canberra, Australia, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Virginia Intermont College with a B.A in International Business in 2007.
He is currently working towards his Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) accreditation through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA).
