James Roberson will be entering his second season as the associate head coach of the men's soccer program and his seventh season overall for the 2025 campaign. During his tenure, Roberson has helped guide MACU to five of its most successful seasons in program history.
In 2024, Roberson once again led the Evangels to their fourth-straight Sooner Athletic Conference regular season title and fifth consecutive trip to the NAIA Tournament, wrapping up the campaign with a 14-3-4 overall record and a 7-0-2 mark in league play. MACU finished the season as the No. 17 ranked team in the NAIA.
During the 2023 season, MACU put together its first undefeated season in program history as the Evangels wrapped up the campaign with a 17-0-4 overall record and notched their fourth-straight SAC Championship with an 8-0-1 league record while also tallying their fifth consecutive SAC Tournament title after defeating Science & Arts in the championship game 3-1 at the Dill Soccer Field on Nov. 9. Overall, MACU was considered the top program in the NAIA over most of the year as the Evangels held the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches' Poll over the final eight weeks of the season.
In 2022, the Evangels reached new heights as the program finished the year with a 19-2-2 overall record and at one point earned the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA, becoming just the second program in the history of the SAC to be the top-ranked team in the nation. MACU finished with a 7-0-2 league mark to earn the program's second-straight SAC regular season championship before eventually defeating Science & Arts 3-0 in the SAC Championship game to earn the squad's third-straight tourney title. The Evangels also hosted the program's first ever NAIA Tournament First and Second Round, eventually defeating Oklahoma Wesleyan 2-0 in the second round match to earn the program's first ever No. 1 seed at the NAIA Championships final site.
During the 2021 fall campaign, the Evangels put together a program-defining season, notching a record-setting 19-1-1 (.929) overall record while also winning both the Sooner Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles for the first time program history. MACU picked up its third SAC tourney title after defeating Southwestern Christian 2-0 at the Dill Soccer Field on Nov. 11.
In the split 2020-21 season, the Evangels went 15-4-2 (.750), which included a 6-1-1 (.812) mark in Sooner Athletic Conference play. Mid-America Christian won its second ever SAC Tournament Championship with a 3-0 win following a postgame shootout after playing to a 0-0 draw at Evangel Field on Apr. 9.
The Evangels also advanced to the NAIA final site during the postseason tournament after winning its Opening Round regional. In the NAIA Opening Round, MACU defeated No. 14 Morningside (Iowa) 2-2 (4-2 in shootout) and No. 8 Bethel (Tenn.) 3-2 in double overtime.
In Roberson's first season, the MACU men's soccer team set the program record for wins in a season, closing out with a 20-3-1 (.854) overall record and went 7-1-1 (.833) against SAC competition.
The Evangels ended the 2019 campaign with their first ever NCCAA National Championship, defeating Grace (Ind.) 5-0 on Dec. 7.
Roberson came to MACU after serving as a men's soccer graduate assistant coach for his alma mater, Southwestern Christian from 2017-2018. In his two seasons as the GA coach, the Eagles won back-to-back NCCAA Division I National Championships.
Roberson competed with SCU from the 2013-16 seasons, winning the 2016 NCCAA Division I National Championship, the first of three straight national championships for the Eagles program. Roberson competed as a defenseman for the Eagles.
Roberson recently served as a co-head coach for the Oklahoma Celtic Pre-ECNL 2014 and 2015 Girls' teams with former MACU head coach Neil Hilton. Also in the summer of 2025, Roberson served as the co-head coach for Oklahoma City 1889 team, which competed in the Mid-American Conference in the League of Clubs
Roberson earned his Bachelor's of Science degree in Sports Management from Southwestern Christian in May 2017 and his Master's of Arts in Leadership from Southwestern Christian in May 2019. Roberson holds a USSF National B Coaching License and recently completed levels one and two for his PSDF Opposition Analysis certificate.
