Brent Ridenour

Biography

Coach Ridenour became the Head Coach of Franciscan starting with the 2021 season. Franciscan won their second PAC Championship in program history in 2024 when they beat #3 Grove City 2-1 at Trinity Health System Field. That earned them a spot in the NCAA Tournament where they fell 1-0 to #19 Ohio Northern. Eight Barons earned All-PAC honors this season. Ryan Miller was named PAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Coach Ridenour earned his first PAC Coach of the Year honors. For the third season in a row, the Barons won double-digit games and claimed the #2 seed in the PAC in 2023. They fell to Grove City in the PAC Semifinal, but they would earn a bid into the ECAC Championship. The 2022 season resulted in the program's first ever trip to the NCAA National Championship, as the Barons won their first conference championship. The 2021 season resulted in Franciscan's first PAC Championship appearance, as Coach Ridenour led the Barons to 11 wins in his first season at the helm. Coach Ridenour takes the reigns after leading Ohio Northern University for 21 seasons from 1998-2018. During his time at ONU, Ridenour racked up seven OAC conference championships. In 2012, after going 25-3 in the regular season and winning the conference title, Ridenour led the Polar Bears through the NCAA Tournament all the way to the NCAA Division III National Championship Game. During his coaching tenure, Ridenour tallied 306 wins and when the men's soccer team takes the field on September 1st against P