He served as the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa from 1994 to 1999.
On August 1, 2011 Betz began his tenure as the 20th President of the University of Central Oklahoma.
[2] Betz also worked for and with the United Nations on issues pertaining to the Middle East from 1982 through 2003.
[3] On June 22, 2018 Betz declared his intention to retire as president of the University of Central Oklahoma at the end of the 2018–19 academic year.
[4] # denotes interim president This Oklahoma university-related article is a stub.