Bradley will not return to Penn State staff
Tom Bradley, a member of the Penn State coaching staff for the past 33 seasons, has packed up his office and will not be returning to his alma mater.
Bradley will not return to Penn State staff
Joe Juliano
Tom Bradley, who spent 33 seasons on the Penn State coaching staff and served the final four games of the 2011 season as interim head coach after the firing of Joe Paterno, will not be returning.
Bradley said Friday on Twitter, “Finished packing up my office late (Thursday) night. Walked out the doors proud with a lot of great memories and friends and a better man.”
Bradley spent the last 12 seasons as defensive coordinator, and was generally thought to be the heir apparent if and when Paterno stepped down as head coach. However, he received his dream job in a very unexpected manner – on Nov. 9 after the university’s board of trustees fired Paterno in the wake of the child sexual abuse scandal.
Bradley interviewed with the Penn State search committee seeking a permanent head coach. But once the job went last week to O’Brien, it was not anticipated that he would be back.
O’Brien spent last weekend interviewing members of the coaching staff, but Bradley told ESPN that he never spoke with the new coach. Bradley said that he will pursue other options.
Ted Roof, who was head coach at Duke when O’Brien was offensive coordinator there in 2005 and 2006, is expected to take over as defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions.
--Joe Juliano
That is poor that O'Brien did not talk with him last weekend, if nothing else, to get a pulse for the team and talk about players. Also, be a man and tell him he is not coming back. Another note, not sure about Roof. He went 1-22 as head coach at Duke, but he won a national championship two years ago as D-Cordinator at Auburn.— 76er- Joe was a great coach till 10 years ago and he should have retired then.He hasn't developed a quality QB recently and his style of coaching is not attracting the younger QB's. In recent years he lost players from Pa that were locks to sign for PA STATE. When the style of coaching changes its time.— tulsaphil
- Joe was a great coach till 10 years ago and he should have retired then.He hasn't developed a quality QB recently and his style of coaching is not attracting the younger QB's. In recent years he lost players from Pa that were locks to sign for PA STATE. When the style of coaching changes its time.— tulsaphil
- The WAPO is advertising the first exclusive interview with Joe by Sally Jenkins on Saturday. I guess the PA beat guys weren't big enough or got off the train too soon. Either that, or her reputation as the world's number one apologist for Lance Armstrong made her an obvious choice.— banned
- Bradley won't be unemployed long. Good luck Tom, you will be missed.— Blue and White
- It's a disgrace that JoePa and Bradley were treated this way.— Penfold18
- good luck tom bradley. you are a good man and a great coach. you won't be unemployed for long. wishing you all the best.— Ryan
- TulsaPhil is right, JoePA should've stepped aside around '04 or so and then he could've named Bradley or someone else a successor. Instead he held on, in my opinion selfishly, and put our backs against the wall.— MattPSU
- If Bradley is gone so should 90% of the Board of Trustees...INCLUDING GUV CORBET!!!!— PhillyTerm
Comment removed.- Guv Corbett opens the investagtion as the GA three plus years ago............then this past summer as Governor he gives 3 million of taxpayer money to Second Mile???— eagles2010
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- AG Corbett asked fast Eddie to put 7 additional state police officers on the investigation fast Eddie said no- when elected Governor- 2 years after the request- he put 8 on the case full-time- per the Patriot News.............Bradley was far too close to this- anyone who cannot see that needs to take off the blue tinted eye shades......— Northcountry
- Good luck to Tom Bradley!!— Voytas
- obrien is a scum bag that doesnt deserve this job. who does he think he is, he has done nothing as a coach. this ahole better be gone on two years. what a piece. and he brings in a d-coordinator from auburn's woest ever defense....literally the worst defense in school history and he get tabbed a lineback u's new d-coach. what a sham. the new prez needs to grow a pair or get lost. no wonder all former players are as pissed as they are.— psualum
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
