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.
| # | Name | Cl. | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown | Prev. School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Ruben Chipuli | SO | GK | 5-10 | Tampico, Mexico | ITESM-Tampico | |
| RS | Evans Frimpong | FR | M | 5-9 | Accra, Ghana | ||
| 1 | Juan Gamboa | SO | GK | 5-9 | Brownsville, Texas | Pace HS | |
| 2 | Henry Glendinning | FR | M | 6-2 | Oxford, England | ||
| 3 | Jorge Ruelas | FR | D | 5-8 | Matamoros, Mexico | Brownsville Hanna HS | |
| 4 | Darren O'Connor | FR | D | 6-4 | Cork, Ireland | ||
| 5 | Dave Purser | SR | D | 6-2 | Boston, England | Virginia Intermont College | |
| 6 | Enrique Rivera | JR | F | 5-10 | Brownsville, Texas | Lopez HS | |
| 7 | Antonio Vernaschi | SO | M | 5-11 | Birmingham, England | ||
| 8 | James McCarron | SR | M | 5-10 | Skegness, England | Virginia Intermont College | |
| 9 | Brian Hardie | JR | D | 5-9 | Corby, England | Virginia Intermont College | |
| 10 | Filiberto Cortinas | JR | M | 5-9 | Brownsville, Texas | Porter HS | |
| 11 | Fernando Mendoza | SR | F | 6-1 | Granada, Spain | Virginia Intermont College | |
| 12 | O.J. Mendoza | FR | M | 5-9 | Portland, Oregon | ||
| 14 | Chris Scott | FR | D | 5-10 | Liverpool, England | ||
| 15 | Rogelio Perez | SO | M | 5-9 | Brownsville, Texas | Porter HS | |
| 19 | Juan Nava | SO | F | 6-1 | Hidalgo, Texas | Brescia Univ (Ky.)/Hidalgo HS | |
| 20 | Draion McNain | FR | F | 5-10 | Savannah del Mar, Jamaica | ||
| 21 | Steve Howard | FR | M | 6-0 | Coventry, England | ||
| 23 | Ricky Rodriguez | SO | M | 5-9 | San Benito, Texas | San Benito HS | |
| 24 | Mario Zamora | SR | D | 6-0 | Matamoros, Mexico | Lindenwood University (Mo.) | |
| 27 | Jose Galvan | FR | M | 5-11 | San Benito, Texas | San Benito HS |
