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Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University Athletics
 7715 S. Joplin Avenue Tulsa, OK 74136
Division 1 Oklahoma South
Private Small National competitor
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Austin Risenhoover

Austin Risenhoover enters his first season at the helm of the Oral Roberts women’s soccer program.


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.

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Wes Branstetter

After more than a decade of successful coaching for West Side Alliance Soccer Club, Wes Branstetter was named the assistant coach for the ORU women’s soccer team in 2015 and promoted to the role of associate head coach in January 2020.


Branstetter made an immediate impact helping lead the Golden Eagles to a 21-17-4 record in his first two seasons, including a Summit League Championship finals appearance in 2016. Overall, Branstetters has amassed a 43-48-9 record as an assistant at Oral Roberts and has appeared in the Summit League Tournament in 2015, '16, '17 and '19.


As an assistant coach under Roger Bush, Branstetter is tasked with a wide range of responsibilities, including scouting reports, recruiting, coordination of practice schedules and community service activities, as well as field maintenance of the Case Soccer Complex.


Branstetter grew up in Sapulpa, Oklahoma where he was a three year soccer and cross country athlete for Sapulpa High School. While there, he earned all-conference honors as well as being part of the Oklahoma Olympic Development program. He went on to play soccer collegiately for Anderson College.


He attended the University of Tulsa where he earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2006 and a master’s in business administration in 2008. He had a successful seven year career in the petroleum industry.


Branstetter began his coaching career in 2003 as the assistant coach of the WSA 92 Boys. Since that time he has been the head coach of multiple teams including the WSA 99 Girls, WSA 96 Boys, WSA 97 Boys Red, WSA 00 Boys Red and WSA 00 Boys Blue. He is currently the head coach of WSA 97 Boys Red, a team he has coached since 2006. They have had great success including being a State Cup Finalist and having 12 players commit to playing college soccer in fall 2015. Wes also currently coaches both WSA 00 Boys Red and Blue teams.


In addition to coaching, Branstetter is the Assistant Director of Coaching in charge of development for West Side Alliance Soccer Club. He also manages Westbank Soccer Complex, a 40 acre facility in west Tulsa.


Branstetter lives in Jenks, Okla., with his wife, Jenny, and twins, Mia and Declan.

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