Daniel Galvis
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Phone:
- 402-557-7011
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- Email:
- daniel.galvis@bellevue.edu
Daniel Galvis will begin his sixth season on the Bruin
coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2011 after a standout
career as a goalkeeper for the Bruins. Galvis handles
administrative duties, recruiting and his coaching specialty,
goalkeeping.
In his first five seasons as the team’s goalkeeper coach,
Galvis coached two-time all-conference and all-Region goalkeeper
Romain Couture, who was also a 2007 NAIA All-American, recording a
1.18 goals against average, while collecting five shutouts.
He also mentored all-league goalkeeper Sebastian Narvaez, who
ended his Bruin career with school records for career wins (44),
saves (263), shutouts (19), and second in goals against average
(1.17).
Galvis spent two years as the Bruins’ goalkeeper from
2004-05. He helped the 2005 Bruins to an 18-3 record, the MCAC
Tournament championship, a school record for wins (18) and shutouts
(10), and a No. 17 final national ranking.
He began his collegiate career in 2001 at Union County College in
Cranford, N.J. where he helped his team to a 32-5 record in two
years. Galvis then came to Nebraska and played his final two
seasons at Bellevue University.
Born in Mexico City, Galvis was raised in Cali, Colombia. His
early soccer development was supervised by Jose Luis Cruz (El
Tucumano) at the Tucuman Academy, where he learned the essence of
the game as a part of a talented group, many of which were signed
to the Ajax of Amsterdam.
Galvis’ goalkeeping education was acquired in El Deportivo
Cali by the late Carlos Portela, one the best goalkeeper coaches in
Colombia at the time.
Galvis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information
systems from Bellevue University in 2006.
He and his wife, Tara, were married in 2006.
