| Steve Belles | |
| Number: | 7 |
| Birth Date: | 21 November 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 210 |
| High School: | Phoenix (AZ) St. Mary's |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| Pastteams: | |
| Aflstatlabel1: | Comp. / Att. |
| Aflstatvalue1: | 24 / 60 |
| Aflstatlabel2: | Passing yards |
| Aflstatvalue2: | 212 |
| Aflstatlabel3: | TD–INT |
| Aflstatvalue3: | 6–5 |
| Aflstatlabel4: | Passer rating |
| Aflstatvalue4: | 40.42 |
| Aflstatlabel5: | Rushing TDs |
| Aflstatvalue5: | 3 |
| Afl: | 109 |
Steve Belles (born November 21, 1966) is a former American football quarterback with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He subsequently became a high school football coach in Arizona, amassing five state championships at Hamilton High School in Chandler.
Belles attended St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, where in 1984 he won a state championship and was named Arizona High School Player of the Year. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.[1]
After college he played one season with the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.[2] He was also offensive coordinator of the Rattlers in 1993 and played in Europe for the in 1991.[1]
Belles has been a head coach at three Arizona high schools: Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, and most recently Hamilton High School in Chandler. He was at Desert Mountain from 1995 to 2000 with a 26-25 record.[3] [4] At Mountain Ridge, where he was head coach from 2000 to 2006 with a 47-13 record, his team advanced to the state finals in 2004 against his future team, Hamilton High School, losing 37–7.[5]
Belles became the head football coach at Hamilton in 2006 after John Wrenn left to become Arizona State University's running backs coach.[6] [7] He was instantly successful there with a 13–1 record, Fiesta Region Title, and an Arizona State Championship in his first season. Belles amassed a 131–18 record as coach, including five State Championships at Hamilton, and Arizona's big school state record 53-game win streak.[8] During his tenure, Hamilton was ranked as high as fourth in the nation by the USA Today Super 25. As a head coach, Belles has a 204–56 record.
As a result of a hazing scandal at Hamilton becoming public in 2017, Chandler Unified School District suspended Belles as coach before the start of the football season.[9] [10] He remained at the school as a teacher[11] [12] until September, when he was reassigned to the district offices,[13] and in December the head coach position was advertised with the Arizona Interscholastic Association.[14]
On June 25, 2018, Belles announced he would become an assistant coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah responsible for the quarterbacks and defensive back positions.[15]