Ron Bradley

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Ron Bradley
Biographical details
Born (1951-02-09) February 9, 1951 (age 73)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1970–1974 Eastern Nazarene
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1981Eastern Nazarene
1981–1989 Maryland (assistant)
1991–2002 Radford
2002–2003 James Madison (assistant)
2003–2010 Clemson (assistant)
2011–2015 DePaul (assistant)
2016–2018 Longwood (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall193–124 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big South tournament (1998)
3 Big South regular season (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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference)(1991–2002)
1991–92 Radford 20–912–21st
1992–93 Radford 16–158–85th
1993–94 Radford 20–813–52nd
1994–95 Radford 16–129–74th
1995–96 Radford 14–138–65th
1996–97 Radford 15–138–63rd
1997–98 Radford 20–1010–22nd NCAA first round
1998–99 Radford 20–88–22nd
1999–00 Radford 18–1012–21st
2000–01 Radford 19–1012–21st
2001–02 Radford 15–169–53rd
Radford:193–124 (.609)109–47 (.699)
Total:193–124 (.609)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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  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
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