Ron Bradley

Ron Bradley
Current position
TeamRetired
Biographical details
Born (1951-02-09) February 9, 1951 (age 73)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1970–1974Eastern Nazarene
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1981Eastern Nazarene
1981–1989Maryland (asst.)
1991–2002Radford
2002–2003James Madison (asst.)
2003–2010Clemson (asst.)
2011–2015DePaul (asst.)
2016–2018Longwood (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall193–124 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South tournament championship (1998)
Big South regular season championship (1992, 2000, 2001)
Awards
  • Big South Coach of the Year (1992)

Ron Bradley (born February 9, 1951) is a retired men's college basketball coach. Bradley has been inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player at his high school (North Quincy,(MA) HS, College Eastern Nazarene, and the New England Basketball HOF. As a coach he has been inducted into the Radford University and the Big South Conference Halls Of Fame. He was drafted by the New York Nets in 1972 and holds a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. He has served as associate head coach at DePaul, Clemson, James Madison University,[1] assistant coach for the University of Maryland, College Park[2] and Longwood University,[3] and the head coach at Radford University,[4] where he led the team to its first NCAA tournament.[5] He is a 1973 graduate of the Eastern Nazarene College, where he also served as head coach.[2] In 2009, he was one of 20 semifinalists[6][7][8] and later was named assistant coach of the year.[9]

  1. ^ "Clemson Tigers: Ron Bradley profile". Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  2. ^ a b "North Carolina Cruises Into Final to Face Duke: North Carolina 88, Maryland 58" by Barry Jacobs, The New York Times, 12 March 1989, S3
  3. ^ "Gee fills bench with Ron Bradley". LancersBlog.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ^ Rivals.com -- Ron Bradley, Clemson, USC Rivals
  5. ^ RUNet.edu: Head Coach Ron Bradley
  6. ^ Clemson Tigers: "Ron Bradley a Semi-Finalist for Assistant Coach-of-the-Year by BasketballScoop.com; Tigers' Associate Head Coach is in his sixth season with the program", 31 March 2009
  7. ^ http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090403/COLUMNISTS05/904030304/1002/ARCHIVE "No joke, Bradley's in the right place with Purnell" by Bart Wright, The Greenville News, 3 April 2009]
  8. ^ "Clemson assistant up for Coach-of-the-year award" by Brendan Clark, WCBD-TV, 30 March 2009
  9. ^ "S.C. hoops '09: Blame it on Kentucky" by Gene Sapakoff, The Post and Courier, 27 March 2009