Tom Bradley (American football)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Penn State |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1978 | Penn State |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979 | Penn State (GA) |
| 1980 | Penn State (ST) |
| 1981–1982 | Penn State (ST/RC) |
| 1983–1984 | Penn State ([WR/ST/RC) |
| 1985 | Penn State (ST/RC) |
| 1986–1995 | Penn State (OLB/ST) |
| 1996–1999 | Penn State (DB) |
| 2000–2011 | Penn State (DC/CB) |
| 2011 | Penn State (interim HC) |
| 2014 | West Virginia (AHC/DL) |
| 2015–present | UCLA (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Associated Press Defensive Coordinator of the Year (2005) | |
Thomas Mark Bradley is an American football coach and former collegiate player. He is currently the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins football team.
Previously, Bradley was the Senior Associate Head Coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. He is best known, however, for his four-decade association with Penn State Nittany Lions football as a player and coach. Bradley served as the interim head coach of Penn State following Joe Paterno's dismissal nine games into his 46th season as head coach and left the Penn State program in 2012.
Bradley has been recognized for his defense’s outstanding performances. He was named the Associated Press Defensive Coordinator of the Year in 2005 and was named Rivals.Com Defensive Coordinator of the Year in 2008. Additionally Rivals.com had Bradley ranked as the 2nd best Defensive Coordinator in the nation before he was named interim head coach in 2011.
From 2004 to 2011 Penn State’s defense ranked 3rd in the nation in Scoring Defense (16.4 ppf) and was 5th in Total Defense (298.7ypg). In 2009, the Nittany Lions ranked in the Top 15 nationally in the six primary defensive categories. Additionally, from 2004 to 2009 Penn State finished in the Top 15 in Total and Scoring Defense. From 2004 through most of the 2011 season, Penn State held 53 of its 88 opponents to 17 points or fewer. 10 of those 53 came in Penn State’s illustrious 2009 campaign.
Bradley was inducted into the Cambria County Hall of Fame in 1998, and served as the honorary chair of the Special Olympics in 2006. He was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in May 2014. Inducted classmates included longtime Steeler Charlie Batch and former Nike employee Sonny Vaccaro. He was also inducted into the Pittsburgh Athletic Association Hall of Fame in January 2015 and one of only four collegiate football coaches to receive this honor. The others being Johnny Majors, Jackie Sherrill and Joe Paterno.
Bradley was named a graduate assistant for the 1979 season immediately following his graduation from Penn State in 1978. He became a full-time assistant midway through the 1979 season. Over the next 20 years, he coached running backs, wide receivers, defensive backs, linebackers, and special teams. In 1999 Bradley was named Defensive Coordinator at Penn State.
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