Coach Tonte Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 HEAD COACH 6TH SEASON INDIANAPOLIS '05 Former three-time Indiana state wrestling champion and Beech Grove standout Steven Bradley serves as the first-ever head wrestling coach at Marian University. Entering his fourth season, Bradley has quickly put the Knights on the map. The 2018-19 season was Marian's breakout year under Bradley as the program won the American Midwest Conference title and sent nine wrestlers to the NAIA Championships. Chris Sharp, Brandon James, Mason Miranda and Bailey Moore all won AMC Championships at their respective weight classes and James was named the conference's Newcomer of the Year. For the team's success, Bradley was named the AMC Coach of the Year. In year two, Bradley coached the first NAIA All-American in program history in Brett Johnson. Johnson finished eighth in the nation in the 165 weight class. Bradley also guided Trezdon O'Neal (165) and Elijah Bailey (HWT) to NAIA Nationals. Under Bradley's watch, the Knights garnered three All-American Midwest Conference selections, while Johnson won Newcomer of the Year and Ethan Bunce won Freshman of the Year. Bradley brought a wealth of experience within the wrestling world to Marian. In his 10 seasons as a collegiate coach, he has helped guide 33 all-americans, 73 national qualifiers and three national champions. In his first head coaching job, Bradley spent three seasons at Lincoln College in Illinois. From 2012-14, he earned back-to-back regional coach of the year accolades after guiding his team to a pair of team regional championships in 2013 and 2014. In his three seasons, he coached 12 NJCAA All-Americans, 26 national qualifiers, two national champions and had a 21-9 record in dual matches. In his first season, he guided the team to a third-place finish at the 2012 NJCAA National Championship. He was also the director of the Lincoln College Fitness Center during his time as head coach. Bradley spent 2008-11 as assistant coach at Lincoln before being elevated in 2012. During his time as an assistant, he worked with 10 all-americans, 28 national qualifiers and one national champion. His first college coaching stop was as assistant coach at the University of Indianapolis from 2005-08. In his four seasons as an assistant at UIndy, he worked with 11 all-americans and 19 national qualifiers. In 2008, Bradley was inducted into the Indiana Wrestling Hall of Fame as a wrestler. Bradley began his collegiate wrestling career at Lincoln College and was a NJCAA national runner-up in 2000. He graduated from Lincoln in 2000 and continued his studies at UIndy where his career was cut short due to injury. He took up coaching with the Greyhounds and earned his bachelor of science in 2005. He completed his master of coaching education from Ohio University in December of 2013. He resides in Indianapolis with his wife, Maggie, and two sons, Camden and Caleb. enter door 21. Practice is 6-7:30 pm DrunkJoeNamath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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