Head Coach - Brian Smela
Playing Career:
1988-90 Loveland High School
1990-92 Cloud County Community College ('96 Colorado State University, BS; '08 University of Phoenix, M.E.d.)
Coaching:
1992-1999 Assistant Coach Loveland High School
2000 Assistant Coach Thompson Valley HS
2001-2009 Assistant Coach Mountain View HS
2010 - Present: Head Coach, Mountain View HS
2010 Northern Conference Coach of the Year
2010 Head Coach, Senior Top 50 Game, Coors Field
2010 4A All State Coach of the Year
2013 Head Coach, Colorado Rockies Futures Game, Coors Field
2013 4A All State Coach of the Year
2016 Northern Conference Coach of the Year
165 Wins, 117 Losses - .585 Winning Percentage
1990 Graduate of Loveland HS...All-Conference Outfielder, 1990...Earned two varsity letters at Cloud County Community College, Concordia, Kansas...Started coaching at Loveland HS as varsity assistant in 1993...Became head C team coach in 1996...Moved to Thompson Valley in 2000 and coached the Junior Varsity...Came to Mountain View when school opened in 2001 and coached the JV there until 2008...In 2009 joined varsity as assistant and helped team to a 2nd place 4A finish...Was named the second head coach in school history in 2009 & led the Lions to the 2010 4A State Championship...Along the way, team won the final Northern Conference title, he was named Conference Coach of the Year, 4A Coach of the Year and coached the Colorado Rockies "Purple" team of the Senior Top 50 Game to a 1-0 victory behind the winning RBI of 1B Nick Miller ('10) & winning pitcher, Derek Neeper ('10)...Led Lions to 2013 4A State Championship...Named 4A Colorado Coach of the Year...Coached Senior Futures Team at Coors Field...2016 Northern Conference Coach of the Year…Teaches Social Studies at MVHS ...Married to Fossil Ridge counselor Jen Smela...Kids Katie & Nick
Rich Benedict, Assistant Varsity Coach
2000 graduate of 5A State Champion Loveland HS Indians...Played for Coach Smela for parts of four years at LHS...Pitched collegiately at NCAA Divsion II Mesa State University (now Colorado Mesa)...Presently a teacher at Erwin Middle School
2013 - Assistant Varsity Coach, Mountain View HS
2013-2014 Summer Head C Team Coach
2014 - Assistant C Team Coach
2015 - Assistant JV Coach
2016-2021 - Head JV Coach
2022-Present Assistant Varsity Coach
Justin Clinton, Assistant Varsity Coach
2014 MVHS Grad…Member of 2013 State Championship team…Lead Northern Conference in home runs in 2014…Played in college at Midland Nebraska
2022-Present Assistant Varsity Coach
Randy Felton, Head Junior Varsity Coach
1985 Thompson Valley grad…Played collegiately at Trinity Junior College & Colorado State…Began coach career at Loveland HS…Part of inaugural MVHS staff in 2001…Became MV Head Softball Coach in 2010, won the 2017 Class 4A State Championship…Sons TJ(‘17) & Mikey(‘18) both played all four years in program…Married to Donna & also has son Danny.
1993-2000 Assistant Coach, Loveland HS
2001-2008 Assistant JV Coach, MVHS
2010 Head Junior Varsity Coach, MVHS
2011-2013 Assistant Varsity Coach, MVHS
2014 Head C Team Coach, MVHS
2022-Present. Head Junior Varsity Coach, MVHS
Travis Grace, Assistant Junior Varsity Coach
1989 graduate of Loveland HS...Twice named all-conference...Played 1B collegiately at Neosho Community College in Kansas & was team captain in 1991...Married to Michelle & has two children, Abbe & Kyl...Enjoys hunting & fishing when not on the field
2010-2015 - Assistant Coach, Fossil Ridge HS
2016-Present - Assistant JV Coach
Lorenzo Lujan, Assistant Junior Varsity Coach
2015 Mountain View grad… 2018 grad of UNC’s Criminology and Criminal Justice program…Is now a deputy sheriff for Larimer County
2023 Assistant JV Coach
Jeff Walls, Head C Team Coach
1988 Graduate of Hattiesburg HS (MS) & University of Southern Mississippi
2023 Head C Team Coach
Greg Gilbert, Assistant C Team Coach