Brandon McGibeny came to Howard Payne in the spring of 2023 after four seasons as the women’s soccer coach at Cisco College in Cisco, Texas. There, Coach McGibeny built the Wrangler women’s team into a nationally ranked program.

In 2022, Coach McGibeny led the Wranglers to six shutout victories and ended the season ranked #18 overall nationally in the United Soccer Coaches poll.

McGibeny led a turnaround of a Cisco program from in 2019 a 0.69 goals scored per game and 4.13 goals against per game to 2.21 goals scored per game and 2.0 goals scored against per game in 2022.

Over his four seasons at Cisco, he has coached 16 All-Conference selections, and two Region V All-Tournament Team selections. In 2021, his team received the United Soccer Coaches Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award.

McGibeny spent two years as the assistant coach/goalkeeper coach for the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets where he trained two All-Conference Goalkeepers.  He would also coach Delany Castor, who would go on to be named the American Southwest Conference Goalkeeper of the Year.

Coach McGibeny holds a United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma, a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper Level 2 Diploma, and is currently working on the United States Soccer Federation C License.

McGibeny is a 2017 graduate of Howard Payne University, where he lettered in both soccer (as a goalkeeper and forward) and tennis. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Master of Education in Sport and Wellness Leadership in 2020.

Originally from Belton, Texas, McGibeny is married to Erin who is also an HPU graduate and current HPU Coordinator of University Events.