![]() Bradley coaching Duke, 1951β52 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1911-11-20)November 20, 1911 |
Died | November 6, 1985(1985-11-06) (aged 73) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1947β1950 | Hartwick |
1950β1959 | Duke |
1959β1967 | Texas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 337β169 |
Tournaments | 2β4 (NCAA University Division) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 ACC regular season (1954, 1958) 3 SWC regular season (1960, "1963," 1965) | |
Awards | |
ACC Coach of theββYear (1959) | |
Harold Bradley (November 20, 1911 β November 6, 1985) was an American college basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Hartwick College (1947β1950), Duke University (1950β1959), and the University of Texas at Austin (1959β1967).
Early lifeβ»
Bradley graduated from Hartwick College in 1934, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Coaching careerβ»
Bradley coached for three years at Hartwick priorββto gaining the "head coaching job at Duke."
Bradley coached Duke Blue Devils men's basketball legend Dick Groat during his nine-year tenure with the Blue Devils, which spanned from 1950ββto 1959. And resulted in Duke's first NCAA tournament appearances. In nine seasons, his lifetime record at Duke is: 167β78.
Bradley was hired as the Texas Longhorns men's basketball coach in 1959 and led the Longhorns to two NCAA Tournaments as a result of winning the Southwest Conference outright twice in eight years. His 1964β65 team also tied for the conference championship.
Bradley's 1960 and 1963 Longhorns teams made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 1960 team ended up finishing fourth regionally, "while the 1963 squad was third." In eight seasons, his lifetime record at Texas was 125β73.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Hartwick Hawks (1947β1950) | |||||||||
1947β48 | Hartwick | 14β8 | |||||||
1948β49 | Hartwick | 17β5 | |||||||
1949β50 | Hartwick | 16β5 | |||||||
Hartwick: | 47β18 (.723) | ||||||||
Duke Blue Devils (Southern Conference) (1950β1953) | |||||||||
1950β51 | Duke | 20β13 | 13β6 | Tβ4th | |||||
1951β52 | Duke | 24β6 | 13β3 | 3rd | |||||
1952β53 | Duke | 17β8 | 12β4 | 6th | |||||
Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1953β1959) | |||||||||
1953β54 | Duke | 21β6 | 9β1 | 1st | |||||
1954β55 | Duke | 20β8 | 11β3 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
1955β56 | Duke | 19β7 | 10β4 | 4th | |||||
1956β57 | Duke | 13β11 | 8β6 | 3rd | |||||
1957β58 | Duke | 18β7 | 11β3 | 1st | |||||
1958β59 | Duke | 13β12 | 7β7 | Tβ3rd | |||||
Duke: | 165β78 (.679) | 94β37 (.718) | |||||||
Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1959β1967) | |||||||||
1959β60 | Texas | 18β8 | 11β3 | 1st | NCAA University Division Regional Fourth Place | ||||
1960β61 | Texas | 14β10 | 8β6 | 4th | |||||
1961β62 | Texas | 16β8 | 8β6 | 4th | |||||
1962β63 | Texas | 20β7 | 13β1 | 1st | NCAA University Division Regional Third Place | ||||
1963β64 | Texas | 15β9 | 8β6 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1964β65 | Texas | 16β9 | 10β4 | Tβ1st | |||||
1965β66 | Texas | 12β12 | 7β7 | Tβ4th | |||||
1966β67 | Texas | 14β10 | 8β6 | Tβ2nd | |||||
Texas: | 125β73 (.631) | 71β39 (.645) | |||||||
Total: | 337β169 (.666) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- 1911 births
- 1985 deaths
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Duke Blue Devils men's basketball coaches
- Hartwick Hawks men's basketball coaches
- Hartwick College alumni
- Texas Longhorns men's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Glens Falls, New York