It was going to take a good job to get Tim Belmore to leave Grand Forks.

He found it at Jamestown College.

Belmore, who had been an assistant coach at UND for the past 12 years, was hired to take over the offense for the Jamestown College football team under new head coach Shawn Frank, who was hired last month to replace Bud Etzold, who resigned in December.

Belmore, who was the wide receivers coach, recruiting coordinator and camp coordinator at North Dakota, said becoming the Jimmies' offensive coordinator was an easy decision.

"There's no question leaving a place like UND is tough, but it just speaks to the incredible opportunity I have here at Jamestown College. Really, I couldn't be more excited to join coach Frank's staff and come to work at a place like Jamestown College," said Belmore, a native of Bloomington, Minn. "It's been a dream of mine to become a coordinator, to test my skills and most importantly grow as a coach and as a person. To get that opportunity at a place like Jamestown College, with the tradition and history it has, is very exciting."

Belmore, who played and coached at Gustavus Adolphus College, had no hesitation about coming to Jamestown. He got glowing recommendations from former JC head football coach Tom Dosch - who he coached and roomed with in Grand Forks when both were on staff there - JC alum Bubba Schweigert, another former UND assistant coach and current defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois, and current JC women's basketball coach Greg Ulland, who spent four seasons at UND as an assistant coach.

Jamestown College head football coach Shawn Frank announces 11 student-athletes in the initial 2012 signing class.

"These young men all exemplify what we seek in our players," Frank says. "They are good students who have a passion for being Jimmies. These young men hold our institution in high regard, and it is that characteristic that they identified when making their decisions to enroll at Jamestown College. We look forward to developing these young men into the best players we possibly can."

Frank says the group has a nice balance offensively and defensively.

"We feel, with these young men, that we have a great start to our recruiting class," he says. "We have players who have an opportunity to excel on the football field and in the classroom. They play with passion and enjoy the game.

"We will continue recruiting until we fill the voids that are left," he says. "The exciting thing about this process is we have a number of talented players, in addition to this group, who will be making decisions soon. Moving forward, we will continue to find quality players who fit our profile."