Coach Ramo Badohoun

Coach “Ramo” Badohoun left Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA after completing three seasons as Head coach of the men’s soccer program. Under his guidance, the men’s soccer team showed improvement on and off of the field.

After 7 years in So Cal Rush, Victorville, CA Ramo moved to Colorado to join Rush Pikes Peak. Coach Ramo has helped a lot of players in Southern California including bringing a Cal South State Cup Championship back to the Desert since 2009 with So Cal Rush G00 team that lost to the National Champions at the regionals. Since Coach Ramo discover Rush Organization in 2009, he joined them because they understand how soccer development should be and their model is similar to the European soccer system, where Ramo grew up, which exclusively focus on the progressive growth of an individuals player rather than focusing team development which is two different. Most organizations tend to focus on team development, which technology has its importance only when winning is a priority than development such as High School, College Soccer, or professional level.

In 2012, Badohoun guided the Lions back to the Commonwealth Coast Conference playoffs for the first time since 2002. Under Badohoun’s tutelage, a trio of players earned All-Commonwealth Coast Conference recognition for 2012.

In his first year leading the team, Badohoun was able to win more games than any other  ENC men’s soccer squad in the last decade. The Lions barely missed securing a CCC playoff berth in 2010.

Badohoun brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience. Through the years he has used soccer as a source of ministry to teach life lessons and human values. His coaching philosophy is based on four leadership characteristics: Optimism, Cheerfulness, Creativity, and Perseverance in the face of struggle. He strives to integrate those characteristics into his teaching and coaching everywhere he goes.

Born in Togo, West Africa,  he lived there with much of his childhood also spent in France. Ramo joined Entente Sportive of Wasquehal (E.S.W.) where he played with Jose Saez before signing for the rival club Lille Olympic Sporting Club Academy, a professional soccer club in northern France, where he received soccer training alongside professional and international players such Matthieu Delpierre, Mathieu Maton, Benoît Cheyrou, Matt Moussilou, Stéphane Dumont, and the most famous Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern Munich, Germany), etc…

Ramo almost followed the same pathway as his peers, when at the age of 17, he received an offer to join R.R.C. Tournaisien, a semi-professional team in the south of Belgium, upon graduation from high school, but due to injury was unable to continue with the team. Badohoun moved to the United States in 2003 to pursue soccer development as a player and coach. His coaching has taken him from Alaska to Nevada where his presence has assisted his players to reach the youth national level of competition and improve their chances of playing at the Division I level in college. In Nevada, Badohoun coached with the Nevada Wonders Academy (Carson City) and on numerous occasions, he assisted with the U.S. Olympic Development Program teams from Alaska to Nevada.

In April 2005, he was scouted by the former Togo National Head Stéphane Keshi who motivated him to join Togo’s National team. In December 2005, Badohoun was called into camp for the Togo National Team in preparation for the 2006 African Nations Cup and 2006 World Cup but fell short of making the final team. Following this, Badohoun received a full scholarship to play soccer at Hope International University in California where he majored in Business Management and minored in Psychology.

Following college, Badohoun was offered a contract to play with the Seattle Sounders after successful trials alongside his fellow Frenchman, Sébastien Le Toux (Philadelphia Union MLS), before he failed to sign due to a business disagreement with his agent, and opted to continue on the coaching path.

In August of 2007, Badohoun joined ENC as Assistant Coach on the women’s soccer team while utilizing his technical expertise in the Information Technology Services department as a Help Desk Specialist. His talent was soon recognized and he was quickly promoted through the ranks to Head Coach for the Men’s team.

Badohoun has been a coach and mentor to many players in the TCSR ACADEMY, his own soccer club, a program created in 2003 in Alaska. Through TCSR Academy, he has organized several trips to France, allowing his players to experience soccer competitions in Europe.

Badohoun is a licensed coach in both the USSF and NSCAA organizations.

Badohoun resides in Apple Valley, CA.