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North Carolina Wesleyan University

Rocky Mount, NC 27804
North Carolina Southeast
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Beverly Biancur

Beverly Biancur enters her 12th season as head women’s soccer coach at North Carolina Wesleyan College. A product of Radford University, Biancur boasts over 25 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school, and club levels.


Since joining NCWU in 2007, Biancur has made notable improvements in the Bishops' recruiting efforts. The 2014 season, in fact, was her most successful at at the helm of the program, guiding Wesleyan to a 10-6-3 overall record and leading the team to its first USA South semifinal appearance in over a decade. Just two seasons later in 2016, Biancur matched the 2014 campaign with another 10 victories, which included a tenure-best nine USA South wins. Off the field, Biancur's NCWU career has seen her coordinate the team's 2010, 2015, and 2018 International soccer tours.


“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 came to Wesleyan 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.


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), for which she is also a current associate national staff member. 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."

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Vanessa Batchelor

Vanessa Batchelor is entering her second season as the Assistant Coach with the Women's Soccer program after being hired in the summer of 2021.


Batchelor, a goalkeeper, is a native of Nashville, NC and Nash Central HS. She will be the primary goalkeepers coach as well.


Batchelor graduated from NC Wesleyan in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science and was named to the President's Honor List all four years. She also completed her Master of Science in Health and Human Sciences in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Physiology in May of 2019 from UNC-Greensboro with a GPA of 3.5.


Before coming back to Wesleyan, Vanessa was working at the Athletic Lab Sports Performance Training Center in Cary, NC as a Sports Performance Coach and helped train the NC Courage professional team.


She was also a Sport Science Analyst for the NC Courage Girls Developmental Academy in Raleigh for five months while also serving as the NC Wesleyan Soccer Summer Camp Director from 2019-2021.


Batchelor served as NCWU's volunteer women's soccer assistant coach during the 2016-17 season as well working with goalkeepers.


Vanessa is a Certified High-Performance Level 2 Coach as of 2021 and has her USA Weightlifting Level 1 license in 2019. She is also certified in CPR, First Aid, and NSCA CSCS. She also has her USSF E License and NSCAA Goalkeeping Level 1 license.

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Brian Butler

Brian Butler is the recruiting coordinator for N.C. Wesleyan women's soccer. His experience and expertise in recruiting originated with his assistance in the creation of a college pathway program for Fauquier County girls club programs. His duties included player film analysis and editing of player highlight recruiting footage for colleges via email and social media platforms. He has hosted informational workshops for both players and parents of local soccer clubs to help educate participants on the current college recruiting process.


Presently in his position of Recruiting Coordinator he assists in the identification and communication between the university coaches, players, and parents


-Brian’s playing career included club, high school appearances and a collegiate recruit for several colleges including NCWU through 1995. He is currently a Federal Police Officer since 2006.

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Mark Bowman

Mark Bowman enters his second year as NC Wesleyan Men’s Soccer Head Coach. In his first year in charge of the Battling Bishops Men's Soccer Program, Bowman led the team to a 9-7-1 overall record, including 6-1 conference record on the way to winning the 2022 USA South Regular Season Championship and culminating Bowman being awarded the 2022 USA South Coach of the Year.


Bowman came to NC Wesleyan from Div. III Randolph College (Va.) where he was the Recruiting Coordinator and Goalkeepers Coach. Mark spent 3 seasons with Randolph College over two stints (2018-2019, Spring 2021). During that time he helped the Wildcats improve in win percentage, retention rates, and team average GPA.


Bowman also worked as the Men’s Assistant Coach at D-2 University of Mount Olive 2020, while also serving a short time as the Men’s Soccer Interim Head Coach. Prior to his time at Mount Olive, Mark was the head coach of Appomattox County High School from 2018 to 2020. During his time on staff at Appomattox, Bowman helped the program to a VA 2A State Semi-Final.


Bowman attended Liberty University from Spring 2013 until his graduation in 2015, where he also served as a student manager for their Men’s Soccer team, overseeing the development of the stats and analytics program. After graduating in 2015, he remained on Liberty’s staff as a volunteer assistant through the 2016 season.


Mark played soccer for the University of Valley Forge during the 2009 and 2010 seasons before joining the staff as the goalkeeper’s coach for the following two seasons.


He then spent the spring of 2012 in Guinea, West Africa as the head coach of the U-17 Boys team for F.C. Lion of Timbi Madina, while also coaching the Goalkeepers for the Men’s team.


Mark grew up in Morocco, where he developed his love for the sport of soccer for over 15 years. His multi-cultural background drives his passion for working with international students, and understanding how to relate to people of different cultures, languages, and backgrounds. Coach Bowman is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, and is working on Spanish and Italian.


Mark holds his USSF D-License, FA Wales C-Certificate, and United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper 2 Diploma.


Mark and his wife, Rachel, live in Rocky Mount with their daughters, Olivia and Abi.

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Cooper Hall

Cooper Hall is entering his second season as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the Battling Bishop men’s soccer program.


Prior to Wesleyan, (2019-2021) Cooper served as the Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach at NJCAA Louisburg College. During that time, he helped lead the team to 3 region titles, 2 district championships, and 2 national tournament appearances.


Hall played college soccer for Div. II Fort Lewis College (CO) in 2012 majoring in exercise science while he also played for nearby Louisburg College in NC, Daniel Webster College, and Southern New Hampshire University where he graduated with a degree in Sport Management in 2018.


Upon graduation he accepted a position at Rivier University as their Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach.


In addition to college soccer, Cooper also played for PDL team Carolina Dynamo (2014) and NPSL team Greater Lowel (2016-2017).


Coach Hall holds his USSF "D" level coaching license and enjoys biking and skiing.


Hall graduated from Heber City High School in 2012 and was a two-year starting goalkeeper for the Wasps leading his team to a Utah state championship in 2011. He was also a two-time Utah 3A All-state member and set Utah state record with 25 career shutouts while playing club soccer for the Heber Valley Storm.

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