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University of Massachusets Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Quarterbacks Coach
Season at Massachusetts: First
Drew Belcher joined the UMass football staff in January 2025 as an offensive analyst after spending four years on staff at the University of New Hampshire.
At New Hampshire, Belcher had several roles, most recently serving as the offensive pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach as of 2023. In the 2024 season, he saw an All-CAA Third Team and Fourth Team selection, while aiding the t19th-nationally ranked UNH team to a first-round appearance in the NCAA FCS Playoffs. Additionally, Belcher had two honorees on the 2024 New England Football Writer’s Association (NEFWA) Division I All-New England Team.
In the 2023 season, he helped the Wildcats rank fourth in scoring offense in the FCS at 36.5 points per game and fourth in passing offense in the FCS, while aiding the team to rank first in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) in both scoring and passing offense.
Belcher coached former Wildcat quarterback Max Brosmer, who was ranked first in the nation in passing yards (3,449), passing yards per game (313.55) and total offense (3,575 yards). Brosmer was also fourth in the nation in completions per game (26.64). Belcher saw Brosmer earn several awards, including being a top three 2023 Walter Payton Award Finalist, a 2023 Doris Robinson Award Finalist, a 2023 NEFWA Gold Helmet recipient, a 2023 CAA Chuck Boone Leadership award winner and a spot on the First-Team All-CAA quarterbacks list.
For the 2022 season, Belcher worked primarily as the quarterbacks coach, helping the team to a 2022 CAA championship and a NCAA FCS Playoff appearance. He coached Brosmer as part of an offense that was fourth in the CAA in scoring at 30 points per game, while ranking ninth in the country in both passing yards and passing touchdowns. Brosmer received the NEFWA College Division All-New England Team honors.
Belcher worked with the running backs during the 2021 campaign, mentoring a 2023 undrafted free agent player for the Atlanta Falcons in Carlos Washington and a 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl Invitee in Dylan Laube.
Prior to his promotion as the running backs coach in July 2021, Belcher arrived at New Hampshire in February of 2021 as the offensive quality control and assistant offensive line coach. He assisted the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach and was responsible for defensive scout and opponent defensive break down.
Belcher played one season in the National Football League in 2019 after signing an undrafted free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals to compete for a roster spot on the squad at tight end. There, he was a member of the organization’s 90-man roster, taking part in organized team activities, training camp and participating in four preseason games before he joined the Washington Football Team later in the year as a practice squad player. With Washington, Belcher aided the squad’s starting defense by playing tight end on their scout team.
Belcher was a four-year member of the Maine football team as a player, originally starting his career with the Black Bears as a quarterback before switching to the tight end position following fall camp in his redshirt junior season. He played a pivotal role in Maine’s historic 2018 season, which ended in the longest postseason run in program history. During that season, the team captain helped Maine capture the CAA Championship title, an appearance in the FCS National Semifinals and completed the year with a No. 4 FCS national ranking.
Individually, in 2018, Belcher earned All-CAA Second Team honors at tight end and received the Jack Cosgrove Leadership Award. Throughout his career, Belcher also received four Maine Scholar-Athlete awards and the 2016 Maine Football Strength and Conditioning accolade.
In his career, Belcher tallied 63 career receptions for 590 yards and three touchdowns at tight end. As a quarterback, he accumulated 1,529 yards passing with nine passing touchdowns, while rushing for 645 yards with four touchdowns on the ground.
Belcher, a native of Reading, Massachusetts, earned his bachelor’s in business administration in management from Maine in 2018.
