George Brenzovich is beginning his seventh season at the helm of the UTEP team after spending over 18 years running the rifle program at King's College in Pennsylvania.

Brenzovich has coached 11 All-Americans -- six at King's College and four at UTEP.

In 2003 he recruited three of the nation's top 10 junior shooters to UTEP. This year he has landed two Junior Olympic competitors, both with impressive firing records. He has had shooters go on to compete nationally and internationally, including Denise Loring who won the world championship in air rifle for Scandinavia in 1979.

Brenzovich led King's College to its first appearance as a team at nationals in 1979, marking the first time that a Division III program has reached the championships. In all, Brenzovich's teams have made three national championship appearances and won 18 conference titles.

Prior to coaching, Brenzovich shot as a collegian at King's College, earning four letters in rifle. He was the team champion for four straight years, while leading King's College to a pair of conference titles.

A native of Fredricktown, Pa., Brenzovich also teaches Kinesiology classes on basic rifle, pistol, shotgun, muzzle loader and marksmanship at UTEP, as well as a class on coaching principles and coaching certification under the American Sport Education Program. He is also an instructor for the concealed handgun license for the State of Texas Department of Public Safety.

He is a member of USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association. A life member, he served as the 2005 president of the collegiate Rifle coaches Association. Brenzovich is also the director of Civilian Marksmanship Program for the State of Texas. He is certified as a 4-H Shooting sports instructor, as well as a Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Instructor. He was just recently appointed an area chief for the training of instructors for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education Program.