Ronnie Bouemboue, a former star player and coaching staff member at North Carolina State, begins his second year as an assistant coach for the Braves in 2014.
In his first year with the Braves, Bouemboue helped Bradley to a 14-7-2 overall record, a pair of road wins against top-three nationally-ranked teams, the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and a first-round win in the NCAA Tournament.
Bouemboue (pronounced BOO – em - bay) served as Director of Soccer Operations at NC State from 2010-12, coordinating video recording and analysis, camps, campus recruiting visits, social media outlets, alumni relations and community outreach programs.
As a forward for the Wolfpack from 2005-09, Bouemboue battled back from a knee injury that forced him to miss the 2007 season to earn second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2008 and 2009. After leading the ACC in goals per game (0.74) in 2008 when he led the Wolfpack in scoring with 32 points and 14 goals, Bouemboue led NC State to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. He also was a member of the ACC’s All-Rookie in 2005, when he also helped the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament, and he was a three-time honoree on the ACC All-Tournament Team.
In addition to his play on the field, Bouemboue was a finalist for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in men’s soccer. He was a four-year member of NC State’s student-athlete advisory committee, serving as the organization’s president from 2007-09, and he represented student-athletes on the Counsel for Athletics Committee for three years.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration (marketing) from North Carolina State in 2008, Bouemboue pursued his master’s degree in liberal studies while working on the Wolfpack coaching staff, earning his postgraduate degree last month. Bouemboue also served as an assistant coach for the North Carolina Olympic Development Program since 2011, as well as the Triangle Futbol Club from 2011-12 and the North Carolina Alliance since 2012.