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Tradition is something that takes years of hard work and accomplishment to achieve and must include a foundation based on winning. Seven years as head coach, six Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament appearances and an NCAA Tournament bid is not a bad start for Wayne State's Gloria Bradley, who enters her eighth season at the helm of the WSU women's basketball program in the fall of 2007.
Taking over a program that never produced a single All-American, Bradley now has two such players to her credit in Keneisha Moss (2003) and Jodi Young (2004). In addition, she has coached 12 Academic All-GLIAC selections, five GLIAC All-Defensive Team honorees and 13 All-GLIAC selections.
The 2002-03 WSU women's basketball season was the climatic mark in Bradley's coaching career thus far. After making their third straight GLIAC Tournament appearance and hosting a quarterfinal game for the first time, the Warriors fell in the semifinals. The season did not end for Wayne State, though, as it advanced to the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis, another first for the program. The Warriors, who were ranked as high as seventh in the Great Lakes Region, finished the season with a 17-12 mark and second place in the GLIAC South at 12-5.
In her first two years at WSU, Bradley took huge steps into building a winning foundation for the Wayne State women's basketball program. In her first season, WSU posted a 15-12 record, which included a berth in the GLIAC Tournament, following a 9-8 league mark. The improvements and success continued the next season with a 16-11 overall record and another appearance in the conference tournament with a 9-8 GLIAC record and a fourth-place finish in the South Division.
On February 8, 2007, she recorded her 200th collegiate victory with a 57-51 triumph at Mercyhurst.
Prior to Wayne State, Bradley spent seven seasons as head coach at Montclair State University in New Jersey (1993-2000). While at Montclair, she compiled an overall record of 114-69 (.623), which included three Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships (1994, 1997, 1999), one New Jersey Athletic Conference title (1995) and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1995.
At the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1995, Bradley's squad advanced to the round of 32, defeating Elizabethtown in first round play. Before joining the Red Hawks, Bradley spent five years at East Orange High School in New Jersey as a coach and teacher (1988-1993) and was an assistant coach at her alma mater, Seton Hall University, for two seasons from 1985-87.
Bradley graduated from Seton Hall University in 1984, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education with a specialization in mathematics. While at Seton Hall, Bradley was a four-year letterwinner for the Pirates in basketball and was named First Team All-Big East Conference and New Jersey Player of the Year in 1984. Bradley still ranks near the top of many career statistical categories for the Pirates, including first in field goal percentage (474-for-829, .572), second in blocks (189), third in rebounds (964), 11th in steals (166) and 13th in scoring (1,165 pts.).
After her playing days at Seton Hall, Bradley was selected in the seventh round of the American Basketball League draft by the Atlanta Comets. Bradley went on to lead the team in rebounds and blocked shots in her only season as a professional.
Along with her bachelor's degree, Bradley also received her master's degree in administration/supervision-teacher training from Montclair State in May of 2000. Bradley is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, where she received her high school diploma from the Academy of St. Aloysius.
| Gloria Bradley's Year-By-Year Head Coaching Record | ||||||||||
| at Montclair State University (7 seasons) | ||||||||||
| Year | GP | Won | Lost | Pct. | ||||||
| 1993-94 | 25 | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||||
| 1994-95 | 27 | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||||
| 1995-96 | 25 | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||||
| 1996-97 | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | ||||||
| 1997-98 | 27 | 15 | 12 | .556 | ||||||
| 1998-99 | 27 | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||||
| 1999-00 | 24 | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||||||
| MSU | 183 | 114 | 69 | .623 | ||||||
| at Wayne State University (7 seasons) | ||||||||||
| Overall | GLIAC | |||||||||
| Year | GP | Won | Lost | Pct. | Won | Lost | Pct. | Finish | ||
| 2000-01 | 27 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 9 | 8 | .529 | T-3rd/South | ||
| 2001-02 | 27 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 9 | 8 | .529 | T-4th/South | ||
| 2002-03 | 29 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2nd/South | ||
| 2003-04 | 27 | 12 | 15 | .444 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3rd/South | ||
| 2004-05 | 26 | 6 | 20 | .231 | 3 | 14 | .176 | 6th/South | ||
| 2005-06 | 27 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 7 | 10 | .411 | 4th/South | ||
| 2006-07 | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3rd/South | ||
| WSU | 191 | 86 | 105 | .450 | 56 | 63 | .471 | --- | ||
| Total (14 Seasons) | ||||||||||
| GP | Won | Lost | Pct. | |||||||
| Career | 374 | 200 | 174 | .535 | ||||||