Belk began his coaching career in 2011 at Division II Valdosta State.
In 2012 and 2013 he coached the team’s secondary, and they went on to win a division 2 national championship.
In 2014 Belk took a pay cut[1] in order to join Nick Saban’s Alabama staff as a graduate assistant.
[2] He stayed there until the end of the 2016 season,[3] winning a national championship in 2015 and the SEC every year he was there.
[9] On January 19, 2021 in addition to his positions as safeties coach and associate head coach, Belk was given control of the defense, becoming the sole defensive coordinator for Houston.