Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley went 1–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 2011 at Penn State (interim, remainder of season). His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 1–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2011 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Penn State interim, remainder of season | 1–3 | TicketCity Bowl L |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
His own four games on file, 2011, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Houstonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coordinator years
- Defensive coordinator, Penn State 2011
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dick AndersonRutgers
- Elijah RobinsonTexas A&M
- Galen HallFlorida, Orlando Thunder, Charlotte Rage, Rhein Fire, Orlando Rage
- Ron VanderlindenMaryland
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Anderson | Penn State, 2011: offensive guards and centers coach | Rutgers | |
| Elijah Robinson | Penn State, 2011: graduate assistant and defensive line coach | Texas A&M | |
| Galen Hall | Penn State, 2011: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Florida, Orlando Thunder, Charlotte Rage, Rhein Fire, Orlando Rage | |
| Ron Vanderlinden | Penn State, 2011: linebackers coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Maryland |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Johnson | Penn State, 2011: defensive line coach | |
| Tom Bradley | Penn State, 2011: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.