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Belmont University

Belmont University Athletics
 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, TN 37212
Division 1 Tennessee Southeast
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Kelsey Cameron

Kelsey Cameron was introduced as the seventh head women’s soccer coach in program history on December 22, 2022.


The Bruins took another step forward in Cameron’s second season. The Bruins finished the 2024 season with a 9-10-2 overall record and a 5-4-1 MVC record. Belmont’s nine wins and final RPI ranking were the best results since 2017. The 2024 season was only the second time since 2014 that the program broke into the top 200 RPI. Cameron and the Bruins were one of the major stories in the MVC, as the Bruins returned to the MVC Women’s Soccer Championship as the fourth seed and their best finish since joining the MVC in 2022, after being voted seventh in the preseason poll. The Bruins hosted the first and second rounds of the conference tournament for the first time in program history. In Belmont’s second-round match, the Bruins defeated No. 5 Indiana State 1-0 and advanced to the semifinals. The win marked the first conference tournament win since 2019.


Cameron’s leadership helped the Bruins earn five All-MVC Awards, six MVC Weekly Honors, and two MVC All-Tournament Team honorees. The priority of performing in the classroom was highlighted by the team’s 3.64 cumulative GPA in the Fall semester, along with the Bruins earning three MVC Scholar-Athlete Awards and six College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors.


Cameron’s fast-paced and relentless play style emerged in the 2024 season with an offensive explosion. Belmont’s 24 goals scored were the most since 2019, with ten different Bruins contributing to the revamped offense. Belmont continued their stellar defensive play with seven shutouts and held conference opponents to the second-fewest goals.


The Bruins saw tremendous growth and player development in Cameron’s first season.


Belmont’s second season in the Missouri Valley Conference included seven results in conference play and a trio to the 2023 MVC Championship. Under her leadership, three Bruins were named All-MVC honorees - Loren House, Sarah Doyle, and Maci Pekmezian – and Kate Virtel was named to the MVC All-Freshman Team.


Cameron also excelled on the academic front. The Bruins garnered three MVC Scholar-Athletes, four College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team selections, and an MVC Post-Graduate Scholarship recipient.


Cameron won her first game as Belmont’s head coach on August 17, 2023, in the season opener against North Alabama. Adding to her historic first win, she guided the Bruins to an impressive 2-0 road victory against the MVC Champion Valparaiso Beacons.


Cameron came to Belmont after spending the past six seasons as head coach at Trevecca Nazarene University. She led the Trojans to 50-37-18 record, including 43-23-12 in Great Midwest Athletic Conference play.


Cameron directed Trevecca Nazarene to its first two NCAA Division II regional rankings in program history, including a six-week stretch at No. 8 this past season.


The 2019 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year led the Trojans to a program-best 13-4-2 mark and 11-1-2 conference record. She posted a winning record in league play every season at Trevecca Nazarene.


Cameron coached 22 all-conference selections and five NCAA D2CCA Midwest All-Region players at Trevecca Nazarene.


From 2012-16, Cameron served as associate head coach at Lipscomb University. After winning a total of 20 matches in the five seasons prior to her arrival, Lipscomb won 42 matches in Cameron’s five seasons with the Bisons – including 32 over the final three seasons.


With Cameron recruiting student-athletes from 16 states and five countries, the Bisons reached three consecutive ASUN championship finals.


Cameron holds extensive club soccer experience as well, serving as head coach of the U16, U15 and U12 girls’ program for Tennessee Soccer Club. She also held stints with Charlotte United, the Winston-Salem (NC) Twins, and Jessamine (KY) Storm.


Cameron was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Kentucky from 2004-07. She earned All-SEC First Team honors in 2007 and captained the Wildcats to the 2006 SEC Championship and NCAA Tournament.


Cameron was named ESPN/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District in 2006.


The Westlake, Ohio native earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Kentucky in 2008.


Cameron and her husband, Andrew, reside in Nashville. The couple has one son, Fenix.

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Daniel Vieira

Hailing originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Vieira embarked on his journey to the United States to pursue his higher education and compete at Lipscomb University. Vieira was a four-year letter winner at Lipscomb where he earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. In 2015 Vieria was selected to the ASUN Academic All-American Team.


Before earning his master’s degree in teaching from Lipscomb, Vieria attended ministry school for a year in California.


Vieira worked under Head Coach Kelsey Fenix Cameron at Trevecca Nazarene University in 2022 earning a 9-6-4 record. Prior to his time with Trojans, Vieira was a volunteer assistant coach at Lipscomb University and helped coach the men’s program to their 2021 Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament championship in 2021.


The Belmont community is excited to welcome Vieira and his wife Layne. Vieira is also joined by his immediate family who moved to Nashville last year.

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Lindsey LaRoche

Belmont University women's soccer head coach Kelsey Cameron announced Tuesday, May 13 the hire of Lindsey LaRoche as an assistant coach within the Bruin program.


LaRoche spent the 2024 season as a graduate assistant and goalkeeper coach at Bellarmine.


A native of Longwood, Florida, LaRoche started in 42 of her 43 appearances in goal from 2000-22 at Troy and was a career captain.


She was a second-team All-Sun Belt Team selection in 2021 after ranking second in the conference in goals-against average (0.90) and third in save percentage (.824).


LaRoche was recognized as Troy's 2021 Troy Female Athlete of the Year and was a member of the Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.


Following her undergraduate studies, LaRoche was a graduate assistant at Troy in 2023 while completing her master's degree in management. She is completing a second master's degree in business administration.

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