Bio

Jennie Belarmino was named Pensacola State College’s head volleyball coach in April 2018. The Pirates concluded the 2018 season with a record of 10-15. 

The 2019 season produced a record of 14-16 (.467) and included several accolades for her players. Beaudine Verweij was ranked number four in the nation for solo blocks with 66 and Reilly Landreneau ranked nationally with 487 digs and 4.55 digs per set. Five players were named to the Panhandle All-Conference team. In addition to athletic accomplishments, her team has achieved a team GPA above a 3.0 every semester.

Before coming to PSC, Belarmino was the head volleyball coach at Lake-Sumter State College in Leesburg, Florida for three seasons. At LSSC, she recruited and trained a 2015 Mid-Florida Conference All-Conference player, an NJCAA Academic All-American, had eight players named to the MFC All-Academic team and three players named All-State. Every year at LSSC, her teams had a GPA of 3.0 or above.  

Prior to her stint at LSSC, Belarmino was the head coach at West Virginia University Institute of Technology for two seasons. At WVU Tech, Belarmino led the team to the most wins in a single season in school history (2011). 

After graduating from Ball State University with her bachelor’s, Belarmino worked as a fundraiser for several nonprofits such as the American Heart Association and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In those positions, she was a top fundraiser, raising over $800,000. Belarmino got her college coaching career started as an assistant volleyball coach at Middle Tennessee State University. She then served as an assistant volleyball coach at the University of South Alabama in Mobile before taking her first head coaching job at WVU Tech. 

Belarmino (formerly Jennie Cook) began her playing career at the University of Illinois where she played right side hitter for the 1994 and 1995 seasons. At Illinois, Jennie played in the Sweet 16 National tournament and the Illini were ranked in the top 10 nationally. In 1996 and 1997, she played at Ball State University where she was named all Mid-American All-Conference both seasons. 

Belarmino moved to Pensacola in 2017 when her husband, Brian, accepted a position with Troy University. The Belarmino family resides in Pace, Florida with their three children, Alexis, Brady and Brooke.