Tom Bradley

Who is Tom Bradley?

Thomas Mark Bradley is an American football coach and former player, and the current 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 for Joe Paterno was dismissed nine games into his 46th season as head coach Bradley is a graduate of Penn State and played for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team from 1975 to 1978 as a defensive back. He received his bachelor's degree in Business administration and completed a master's in Sports Administration. He served as a graduate assistant for the team in 1979, and became a full-time coach on Paterno's staff in 1980. Bradley left the Penn State program in 2012. He most recently launched his personal website, TomBradleyINC.com, via Twitter in June 2012. Bradley is an active user on Twitter, operating under the handle @TomScrapBradley.

From 2004 to 2011 Penn State’s defense ranked 3rd in the nation in Scoring Defense and was 5th in Total Defense. 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.