Oral Roberts University

WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Coach Risenhoover has made an immediate impact in his three seasons with ORU. Risenhoover has led the Golden Eagles to two Summit League Championship matches (2022 & 2024). ORU has made the Summit League tournament every year under Risenhoover. 

In his first year at the helm, ORU won 10 games and advanced all the way to the Summit League Championship match for the first time since 2016 before falling in PKs.

After instant success in year one, the Golden Eagles returned with high epectations for year two of the Risenhoover era. ORU made noise early in the season defeating Tulsa, 2-1, for the first time in 16 years. Two weeks later, the Golden Eagles made another statement beating Kansas State, 2-1, for Risenhoover’s first Power 5 win as a head coach and ORU’s first since 2012. The Golden Eagles won eight games on the year and advanced all the way to the Summit League semifinals. 

After failing to reach the Summit League Championship match in 2023, the Golden Eagles returned with one goal in mind for the 2024 season. ORU opened the year with a grueling non-conference schedule, starting the season 2-5-1. However, the Golden Eagles righted the ship and went 6-1-1 over its next eight macthes. ORU went into the Summit League tournament as a red hot five seed and once again made some noise. The Golden Eagles defeated #4 Omaha in the quartfinals before knocking off #1 North Dakota State in penalty kicks in the second round. ORU advanced to its second championship match is three years, but ultimately fell to the defending champions, South Dakota State. In just three seasons, Risenhoover has had 1 First Team, 4 Second Team, 5 Honorable Mention, 5 All-Newcomer, 6 Players of the Week, 3 Academic All-League, 7 All-Tournament, and 1 Scholar of the Championship.

BEFORE ORU
Prior to ORU, Risenhoover served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal for the past five seasons. Risenhoover consistently put together some of the top recruiting classes in the nation in his role.

Despite the struggles of recruiting in a global pandemic, Risenhoover assembled the No. 1 ranked class in the country in 2021 according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Previously, he had notched a top-10 recruiting class in 2019, establishing himself as one of the nation's best recruiters. Overall, he has had recruiting classes ranked No. 1, 3 and 8 nationally.

Under his tutelage, the Golden Bears produced 16 All-Pac-12 honorees, 10 All-Region honorees, three All-Americans and seven Pac-12 All-Freshman selections.
 
During his time in Berkeley, the Bears made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2019, Cal won their first eight matches of the season and registered a pair of top-10 wins over No. 4 USC and No. 7 UCLA, sweeping their Los Angeles rivals for the first time since 1996.
 
Before making the move to Cal, Risenhoover coached at both the University of California, Santa Barbara and Cal State Monterey Bay. He served as an assistant at Cal State Monterey Bay for two seasons before heading to Santa Barbara.

Beginning as an assistant at UCSB, Risenhoover was elevated to associate head coach for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, leading the Gauchos to back-to-back seasons with double-digit wins.
 
He started his coaching career at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, serving as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams. While with the Drovers, Risenhoover helped lead the women’s program to their first NAIA Top 25 ranking in school history.
 
Risenhoover also has an extensive coaching background at both the club and high school levels, highlighted by a 6A state championship at Edmond North High School in 2010.

Risenhoover played collegiately at Bacone College, where he was a two-time All-Red River Conference selection.
 
A native of Owasso, Oklahoma, Risenhoover earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health sciences from Bacone College.
 
Risenhoover and his wife, Jill, have a daughter, Gracyn, and two sons, Landon and Hudson.