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
183 Career wins
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 Boltz MS 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, Assistant 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
2022-2025. Head Junior Varsity Coach, MVHS
2026 Assistant Varsity Coach, MVHS
2020 MV Grade…2018 Rookie of the Year…Member of 2019 playoff team…Pitched collegiately at Augustana College (Div III)
2025-Present Assistant JV Coach
Jason Coulter, Head JV Coach
Player Experience:
Loveland High School - State Champion
Concordia University - All Conference Honorable Mention
USA Baseball - Flanders Baseball Tournament (Antwerp Belgium)
Coaching Experience: 18 years
Omaha Benson High (NE): Varsity Head/Varsity Assistant Coach
Omaha Burke High (NE): Head Freshman/Assistant JV
Millard Sox (NE): Head Freshman/Assistant JV
Abraham Lincoln High (IA): Head JV Coach
2022 MV Grad…2022 Defensive Player of the Year…2022 All Conference Honorable Mention…Member of 2022 playoff team
2025--Present Assistant JV Coach
Greg Gilbert, Assistant JV Coach
2024 Assistant C Team Coach, MVHS
2025-Present Assistant JV Coach, MVHS
Justin Perez, Assistant JV Coach
Playing experience:
1999-2000 Loveland High Schoool
2001-2002 Mountain View High School
Coaching experience:
2026-Present Assistant JV Coach, MVHS
Coach Emeritus – Greg Brock
Coach Brock was the school’s 1st head coach, hired in the spring of 2000. He would go on to build one of the finest programs in the state, winning the state championship in 2002.
Coach Brock grew up in McMinnville, Oregon where he played for his dad Joe at Stayton High School. Together, they would win a state championship. Later, Coach Brock had his jersey retired by the school.
Following high school, Coach Brock played collegiately at the University of Wyoming. After a stellar career, Brock would also be inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2002. Drafted in the 13th round of the 1979 Major League Draft, Brock would break into the major leagues in 1982 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1987 Brock would sign a free agent contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and play with them until his retirement in 1991.
After his MLB playing days, Brock would coach high school baseball in the Milwaukee area but would return the mountain west, moving his family to Loveland in 1997. Hired as the school’s 1st baseball coach in 2000, Coach Brock would create an instant winner – conference titles in 2003 & 2004, and the 4A State Championship in 2002. Brock would also coach MVHS alumni, and his sons, Casey and Danny Brock who each had outstanding careers.
MV Baseball will forever be in Coach Brock’s debt for the outstanding job he did to launch the program & helm it through his departure after the 2009 season.