Evangel University of the Assemblies of God

Brandon Staley added assistant athletic director to his title in 2025 as the Evangel alum joined the Valor administrative team. In addition, Staley also enters his eighth season leading the Track and Field program at Evangel.
 
Staley has steadily grown the Track and Field program each year into the program it is today. Last season, Staley coached 11 All-Americans and three additional national runner-ups (Autumn Nold, Delaney Miller, April Phillips) at the championship. In 2024-25, high jumpers Delaney Miller and Jacob Gillies both earned runner-up finishes in the Indoor National Championship, while sprinter Devyn Wright earned Evangel's first national championship since 2003.
 
Staley was also highly successful with the Cross Country program, coaching the team from 2021-2024, earning a pair of national competitors in both of his first two seasons and six national competitors in his final season.
 
Staley came to Evangel as a football student-athlete in 2013, where he played wide receiver for two seasons before an injury sidelined his career. He moved into a student coaching role for the Valor before graduating in 2018 with a degree in social studies education and a minor in leadership. 
 
After graduation, Staley spent one season as a head coach at Mountain Grove Schools as the junior high football coach, while assisting at the varsity level. He was also the track and field coach for the Panthers at the high school level.
 
A native of Willard, Missouri, Staley returned to Evangel in 2019 as an assistant football coach. He helped with the wide receivers, coaching first-team all-Heart receiver Jansen Acklin during his first season. Staley also helped with the Evangel indoor track and field teams this season, including time at the national championships with Shane Burns and D’Queveous Adkins. 
 
Staley enjoyed a prep career locally at Lighthouse Christian Academy.