Coaches
Tom Bradley
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Tom Bradley
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Penn State | GA | Graduate assistant | Joe Paterno |
| 1980 | Penn State | ST coord. | Special teams | Joe Paterno |
| 1981-1985 | Penn State | ST coord. | Special teams and wide receivers coach | Joe Paterno |
| 1986-1995 | Penn State | ST coord. | Outside linebackers and special teams | Joe Paterno |
| 1996-1999 | Penn State | Position | Defensive backs | Joe Paterno |
| 2000-2011 | Penn State | DC | Defensive coordinator and cornerbacks✓ | Joe Paterno |
| 2011 | Penn State | Head coachinterim | Interim head coach | Joe Paterno |
| 2014 | West Virginia | Position | Associate head coach and defensive line | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2015-2017 | UCLA | DC | Defensive coordinator✓ | Jim Mora* |
| 2018-2020 | Pittsburgh Steelers (pro) | Position | Defensive backs | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 28 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 119 |
| 2006 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 23 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 119 |
| 2007 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 47 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 119 |
| 2008 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 29 | 7 | 26 | 47 | 120 |
| 2009 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 16 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 120 |
| 2010 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 63 | 54 | 88 | 16 | 120 |
| 2011 | Penn State | Defensive coordinator | 32 | 5 | 28 | 63 | 120 |
| 2015 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 40 | 57 | 79 | 49 | 128 |
| 2016 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 18 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 128 |
| 2017 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 108 | 113 | 109 | 18 | 130 |
Worked under
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 1979-2011 (DC, GA, Position, ST coord.)
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2014 (Other, Position)
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2015-2017 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 1979-2011 · him DC, GA, Head coach, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Greg Gattuso · Penn State 1984 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Greg Schiano* · Penn State 1990-1995 · him Position, ST coord., them GA, Position
- Teryl Austin · Penn State 1991-1992 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Bobby Kennedy · Penn State 1992 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Larry Johnson · Penn State 1996-2011 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Jeff Nixon · Penn State 1997 · him Position, them GA
- Dave Opfar · Penn State 1998 · him Position, them GA
- Matt Rhule* · Penn State 1998 · him Position, them Other
- Al Golden · Penn State 2000 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brian Norwood · Penn State 2001-2007 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Ron Vanderlinden · Penn State 2001-2011 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Galen Hall · Penn State 2004-2011 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Elijah Robinson · Penn State 2009-2011 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them GA, Position
- Brian Mitchell · West Virginia 2014 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2014 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Ja'Juan Seider · West Virginia 2014 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Shannon Dawson · West Virginia 2014 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Tony Gibson* · West Virginia 2014 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Mora* · UCLA 2015-2017 · him DC, them Head coach
- Noel Mazzone · UCLA 2015 · him DC, them OC
- Vai Taua · UCLA 2015 · him DC, them Position
- Kennedy Polamalu · UCLA 2016 · him DC, them OC
- Marques Tuiasosopo · UCLA 2016 · him DC, them Position
- DeShaun Foster · UCLA 2017 · him DC, them Position
- Jedd Fisch* · UCLA 2017 · him DC, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Jimmie Dougherty · UCLA 2017 · him DC, them Position