Beverly Biancur enters her third season as head women’s soccer coach at North Carolina Wesleyan College. A product of Radford University, Biancur boasts over 14 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school, and club levels.

The 2007 season was Biancur’s first at the helm of the Bishop women’s soccer program. She led NCWC to a 5-12 overall record, including a 4-5 USA South Conference mark. She went on to lead Wesleyan to a 6-10-1 slate last fall with a 4-4-1 league record. The Bishops showed notable improvement throughout the season and will be looked to for big things in 2009 thanks to a strong recruiting class that boasts 12 newcomers.

“It is my personal belief that recruiting, player development, and student-athlete academic success are the groundwork to building a successful intercollegiate women’s soccer program,” says Biancur.

Biancur has developed a diverse and successful coaching background, having worked with three colleges, three high schools, and over twenty club teams -- six of which competed internationally. She joined Wesleyan in the summer of 2007 after a three-year stint as assistant coach at Roanoke College in Virginia, where she also served as head coach for the Roanoke Star U17/18 and U15 premier teams. Additionally, Biancur has been a member of southwest Virginia’s Olympic Development Program coaching staff since 2002.

After concluding her collegiate playing career at Radford, Biancur received her degree in Sports Medicine in 1987 and began focusing on a health and safety career while continuing her coaching aspirations. Educationally, she has instructed courses for the American Red Cross, National Parks and Recreation, and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Biancur received her National Athletic Trainer Certification in 2004, and her other certifications include an NSCAA National Diploma (1999), Advanced National Diploma (2000), and Premier Diploma (2003).

In addition to her coaching duties, Biancur coordinates the strength and conditioning efforts of all of Wesleyan’s female athletes. She considers it a honor to continue building on the strong tradition of Bishop soccer, as well as helping to improve the quality of women’s athletics as a whole.