Ayotunde Ogunbiyi enters his second season as an assistant coach for the men's soccer team after being hired by head coach Jeff Cook in February 2018.
At Penn State, Ogunbiyi is responsible for coaching the goalkeepers along with aspects of recruiting.
Ogunbiyi led Josh Levine and Arie Ammann to six clean sheets in 2018, the most since the 2015 season. Levine was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 9, 2018.
Before arriving at Penn State, Ogunbiyi was an assistant coach at Drexel University while also serving as the goalkeeper coach for the Philadelphia Union Academy.
Prior to coaching in the Philadelphia area, Ogunbiyi was the assistant coach at UC Riverside, helping the Highlanders to a Big West Tournament berth and the team's first nine-win season in three years. Ogunbiyi was also the director of goalkeeping at Arsenal FC Academy for two seasons where he instructed keepers for the USSF Development Academy teams. In 2016, he also spent a season as the LA Premier Club coach.
As a professional athlete, Ogunbiyi played for four different teams in Denmark. At Aars FC, he started in 15 games and earned seven shutouts with a .760 goals against average in 2014. Ogunbiyi then played one season with Aarhus Fremad before earning a promotion to the Skive IK in Denmark's first division where he posted four shutouts in six games. He closed out his professional career at Næstved BK.
Ogunbiyi was also a member of the Nigerian Youth National Team and was in the Nigerian Olympic pool from 2007-08, playing in several qualifiers. He spent two years at the University of New Hampshire before transferring to Boston College where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.
At Penn State, Ogunbiyi is responsible for coaching the goalkeepers along with aspects of recruiting.
Ogunbiyi led Josh Levine and Arie Ammann to six clean sheets in 2018, the most since the 2015 season. Levine was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 9, 2018.
Before arriving at Penn State, Ogunbiyi was an assistant coach at Drexel University while also serving as the goalkeeper coach for the Philadelphia Union Academy.
Prior to coaching in the Philadelphia area, Ogunbiyi was the assistant coach at UC Riverside, helping the Highlanders to a Big West Tournament berth and the team's first nine-win season in three years. Ogunbiyi was also the director of goalkeeping at Arsenal FC Academy for two seasons where he instructed keepers for the USSF Development Academy teams. In 2016, he also spent a season as the LA Premier Club coach.
As a professional athlete, Ogunbiyi played for four different teams in Denmark. At Aars FC, he started in 15 games and earned seven shutouts with a .760 goals against average in 2014. Ogunbiyi then played one season with Aarhus Fremad before earning a promotion to the Skive IK in Denmark's first division where he posted four shutouts in six games. He closed out his professional career at Næstved BK.
Ogunbiyi was also a member of the Nigerian Youth National Team and was in the Nigerian Olympic pool from 2007-08, playing in several qualifiers. He spent two years at the University of New Hampshire before transferring to Boston College where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.