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.