Bio

Coach “Ramo” Badohoun recently completed his third season as the head coach of the Eastern Nazarene College men's soccer program. Under his guidance, the men’s soccer team has shown improvement on and off of the field.

In 2012, the Badohoun guided the Lions back to the Commonwealth Coast Conference playoffs for the first time since 2002. Badohoun led Eastern Nazarene to a 7-9-2 overall record in 2012 with a 3-5-1 mark in the league en route to earning the No. 7 seed in the CCC Tournament.

Under Badohoun's tutelage, a trio of players earned All-Commonwealth Coast Conference recognition in 2012. Edgar Arceo was tabbed to the All-CCC second team after leading the league and ranking in the top-10 nationally with 10 assists. Josh Kaplan and Scott Hansen both received All-CCC honorable mention in 2012.

In his first year leading the team, Badohoun was able to win more games than any ENC men's soccer squad in the last decade. To the delight of ENC alumni, staff and students, one of Badohoun's wins came during Homecoming week; a feat that had not been accomplished in some time. Additionally, his team was awarded the coveted Sportsmanship Award, earning the respect of fellow CCC teams and coaches. The Lions barely missed securing a CCC playoff berth in 2010.

Hired in 2010, Badohoun brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience to the men’s soccer program. Through the years he has used soccer as a source of ministry to teach life lessons and Christian 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 in his teaching and coaching at ENC. 

Born in Togo, West Africa where he lived with his parents, four brothers and one sister, much of Badohoun’s childhood was spent in France. He received soccer training through Lille Olympic Sporting Club Academy, a professional soccer club in northern France, alongside international players such as Frank Ribery (FC Bayern Munich, Germany). At the age of 17, he received an offer to join Racing Club of Tournai, a semi-professional team in the south of Belgium upon graduating 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 has assisted with the U.S. Olympic Development Program teams from Alaska to Nevada.

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 and 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 but chose not to accept and instead 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.

Badohoun has been a coach and mentor to many players in TCSR ACADEMY, his own soccer club and program created in 2008 here in the Massachusetts. Through TCSR he organized several trips to France, allowing his players to experience soccer competition in Europe.

Badohoun is a licensed coach in both the USSF and NSCAA organizations. In addition to his duties as men’s soccer coach, he has remained with the college’s Information Technology department as the Help Desk Specialist. 

Badohoun resides in Quincy, Mass.