Michael Bradley enters his 10th season on the Buccaneers men’s basketball coaching staff in 2018-19.
Bradley oversees the defense, works with the post players, assists in player development, on-court coaching, recruiting and scouting.
In 2017-18, the Buccaneers went 23-9 with a trip to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. It was the second time during his coaching tenure with the Bucs that Barry has advanced to the national quarterfinals. Barry won the South Region and Sunshine State Conference regular season titles, and earned its fifth straight trip to the national tournament. Elvar Fridriksson earned three All-America honors, was named the South Region Tournament Most Outstanding Player and the SSC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Bradley helped coach the Buccaneers to a 23-7 season, which ended in the second round of the NCAA Division II National Tournament in 2016-17. The Bucs won the SSC regular season title, going 13-5 in league play. Adrian Gonzalez and Fridriksson were both named Honorable Mention All-Americans by the Division II Bulletin. Fridriksson was selected as the SSC's Player of the Year.
In 2015-16, Bradley was part of a staff that helped lead the Bucs to their first Elite Eight in program history. Barry finished 26-7, winning the South Region title and a share of the SSC regular season championship. The Bucs finished the season ranked No. 19 in the country. Yunio Barrueta received four All-America honors after breaking school career and season records for points and rebounds.
In 2014-15, Bradley was on a staff that helped the Buccaneers go 25-6 with a trip to the second round of the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Barry rose to No. 2 in the nation, and was ranked in the Top 25 in the national polls in every week but the first during the season. The Bucs knocked off then-No. 1 and Florida Southern, 107-102, on the road in early January. Barry went 13-3 in the league, finishing second in the SSC. The Bucs advanced to the championship game of the SSC Tournament, falling to Florida Southern.
In 2013-14, Bradley helped coach helped coach Barry to a 19-9 record and trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Buccaneers finished fourth in the Sunshine State Conference, following a 9-7 league mark. Barry beat two ranked opponents, and opened the season with nine straight wins to earn a No. 25 national ranking. The Bucs ranked fourth in the nation in assists per game (18.9), and 25th in rebound margin (6.1).
He spent four years coaching boys basketball at North Miami Beach High. Two of his players earned college scholarship offers.
A 1994 graduate of North Miami Beach High, Bradley earned a football scholarship to Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education & recreation in 2001. Bradley played both football and basketball with the Wildcats.
Bradley accepted an invitation to training camp with the Buffalo Bills, and went on to play for three different Arena Football League teams, as well as with NFL Europe in Germany.
After his playing career, he returned to South Florida, where he moved into the coaching ranks as an offensive and defensive line coach at Miami Country Day. He also coached the junior varsity boys basketball team, and assisted with the varsity.
He left Country Day in 2005 to return to his alma mater, North Miami Beach High, where he filled the same roles with the Chargers, coaching the junior varsity boys basketball and assisting football as the line coach.
When the opportunity arose, he shifted over to the Charger varsity squad in 2007, and led them to a 28-18 record over the next two years.
In addition to his duties with the Bucs, he also teaches physical education at the Cushman School. He also coaches AAU club ball.
He is married to Dela Bradley, and has a daughter and two sons.
