Cole Ouren joined the Baylor soccer staff in January of 2022 and will serve as assistant coach. In addition to recruiting, Ouren will help oversee match and video analysis in addition to individual player development. He comes to Baylor from Central Christian where he served as the head women’s soccer coach in 2021 and 2022. 

In his first year with the Bears, Ouren developed the players with a new style of play while also focusing on recruiting. He led the Bears to four wins with a challenging schedule that included 21-time national champion North Carolina. 

Ouren had two stints at Central Christian College. He was the men’s head coach from 2010-2012, followed by the women’s head coach from 2020-2022. While overseeing the men, he compiled a 24-13-2 record and garnered consecutive trips to the regional semi-finals. In his second stint at Central, he led the women to consecutive trips to the NCCAA National Tournament, making the final-four in 2021 and crowned as Regional champions in 2020. Ouren was also named as Regional coach of the year in consecutive seasons. 

Between his time at Central, Ouren was the Director of Coaching at Pride Soccer Club. During his time at Pride he oversaw the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) program and served as a College Advisor. During this time, he was also a head coach for United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Development Academy (DA), Pride U23 Women’s team and on staff for several Colorado Soccer Association (CSA) championship teams and Region IV teams. Beyond his duties at Pride, Ouren also served as an assistant coach for the Colorado Olympic Development (ODP) teams, Region IV ODP staff coach and volunteer assistant at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. During his time at UCCS he was a part of a program that made consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament, a number one National Ranking, crowned RMAC regular-season champions and coached several NCAA All-Americans. 

Ouren earned a Masters of Education, Sports Management and Leadership from Northcentral University in 2011 and his bachelor’s degree from Central Christian College of Kansas in 2007, majoring in Social Science with a minor in Youth Ministry. He holds his United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “B” License and United Soccer Coaches (USC) Advanced National Diploma.

He is married to Sarah Ouren and they have three children, Wyatt (7), Annie (6) and Hattie (5).