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Ronnie Bouemboue (pronounced BWIM-bway) joined the IUPUI men's soccer coaching staff in August 2016 as top assistant under Head Coach Brian Barnett. The two coached together at Bradley University and Bouemboue comes to IUPUI from NC State where he was part of the Wolfpack staff as assistant coach and camp coordinator.

He focuses largely on the development of the Jaguars' attacking and flank players. 

Bouemboue was selected to participate in the United Soccer Coaches '30 Under 30 Program' in 2017, highlighting 15 up-and-coming men and 15 up-and-coming women in the coaching ranks. Bouemboue was chosen among over 300 applicants for the academy, which was initiated in 2013. He and Barnett are the only Division I head coach-assistant coach duo in the country to have been selected to participate in the program. As part of his participation, Bouemboue has been mentored by George Perry, who is commissioner of the Indiana Soccer League and past president of the NSCAA. 

Through recruiting, Bouemboue and Barnett have continued to turn the culture and advance the rebuild with a promising 2018 campaign. The Jaguars finished fourth in the Horizon League standings with a 4-3-1 regular season mark and later won the program's first conference tournament game since a semifinals win in 2007. Three of the Jaguars' wins came via golden goal, including the thrilling 3-2 overtime win at Green Bay to open Horizon League Tournament play.

In three seasons, Bouemboue has coached four Academic All-League and one Academic All-Region 5 selection. 

In changing the culture, the men's soccer team has been increasingly involved in community and campus initiatives. His team has established deep partnerships with the Indianapolis Public School (IPS) system, participating in the "Real Men Read" program as his student-athletes visited local schools and provided mentorship for elementary aged students. Additionally, the Jaguars added Fishers-native Tyler Harris through a partnership with Team IMPACT. Harris, who'll entered sixth grade in Fall 2018, has cystic fibrosis (CF), an illness that causes a thick, sticky buildup of mucus in the lungs, pancreas, and other organs.

Bouemboue coached with Barnett at Bradley University from 2013-14, helping the Braves to the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference crown before heading back to Raleigh for a second stint at NC State.

As a player at NC State (2005-09), Bouemboue battled back from a knee injury that forced him to miss the 2007 season to earn second-team All-ACC honors in 2008 and 2009. He led the ACC in goals per game (0.74) in 2008 and led the Wolfpack in scoring with 32 points and 14 goals. As a senior, he led NC State to the 2009 NCAA Tournament. He also was a member of the ACC's All-Rookie Team in 2005, when he also helped the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament. He was a three-time ACC All-Tournament Team selection.

The Brooklyn, N.Y.-native was a finalist for the 2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and was a four-year member of NC State's student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC), serving as the organization's president from 2007-09. He also represented student-athletes on the Counsel for Athletics Committee for three years.

He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration (marketing) from NC State in 2008 and later competed his Master's degree in liberal arts from NC State in 2013.  

Bouemboue's coaching experience began as an assistant coach for the North Carolina Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2011 while he also coached Triangle Futbol Club from 2011-12 and the North Carolina Alliance after that.

In February 2017, he helped launch the Square Mile Soccer Academy, geared towards helping players enhance their development in the game.