University of Richmond Athletics
Ange Bradley Resigns As Field Hockey Coach
12/06/2006 | Field Hockey
Dec. 6, 2006
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Ange Bradley, who led Richmond to five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, has resigned to accept the Syracuse University field hockey head coach position. Bradley, whose 16-year tenure as a head or assistant coach includes a stint at Maryland, Iowa and Goucher College, moves to Syracuse with a 135-61 (.689) career record.
During the past five seasons, Richmond has recorded a 42-0 record in the Atlantic 10, won five consecutive conference tournament championships and earned five NCAA Tournament invitations.
In addition to the Spiders' team success, Bradley has mentored an Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year, six conference Offensive Players of the Year and three league Defensive Players of the Year in six seasons. A two-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, Bradley coached former Spider Allie Howard, who became the first Atlantic 10 student-athlete to win three consecutive Atlantic 10 Player of the Year honors.
In 2006, the 17th-ranked Spiders beat Lock Haven, 4-2, in the NCAA Tournament play-in game before losing to eventual national champion Maryland in the first round. Richmond finished the season with a 17-5 record.
Bradley began her tenure at Richmond with a 10-10 mark in 2001, followed by a 17-7 record in 2002. The turnaround earned Bradley the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Award and helped propel the Spiders into their first NCAA Tournament. Bradley's 2003 squad won a school-record 18 games en route to the Atlantic 10 Conference championship and the 10th spot in the NFHCA ranking.
In 2004, Richmond closed the season ranked 10th nationally, set the mark for highest winning percentage in school history (.857) and tied the school-record win total of 18. The 2005 season marked the end of a great four-year run for Bradley's first recruiting class. The group was a part of four Atlantic 10 titles and four NCAA Tournament appearances, and earned many individual honors and awards. The Spiders finished the 2005 season with a 16-6 record.
Bradley began her collegiate coaching career as the head coach at Goucher College in Towson, Md., in 1991. In her second year she was named the NCAA Division III South Region Coach of the Year and in 1994 she led the Gophers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.
In 1995, Bradley became the assistant coach at the University of Iowa. During her time with the Hawkeyes, the team won two regular-season Big Ten Championships and earned NCAA Tournament berths both seasons. She returned to Maryland after two seasons in the Big Ten to become an assistant at the University of Maryland, where she stayed until taking over the Richmond program after the 2000 season. During her four-year tenure at College Park, the Terrapins won the 1999 National Championship, three Atlantic Coast Conference Championships from 1998-2000 and established an 83.7 (77-15) winning percentage.
Bradley has served as an assistant coach for the United States U16 team, and has been an instructor for the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA) Level One coaching certification.
A native of Drexel Hill, Pa., Bradley earned a degree in physical education and was a four-year field hockey and lacrosse letterwinner at the University of Delaware. She earned a master's in exercise physiology from Northern Illinois in 1991. A goalkeeper for the Fightin' Blue Hens, she holds school records in career shutouts (26) and career goals-against average (0.91), and ranks second in career saves with 477. Her collegiate accomplishments earned her entrance into the Blue Hen Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
A national search for a new head coach at Richmond is underway. Be sure to logon to Richmond's official athletics website -- RichmondSpiders.com for all the latest information on Spider field hockey.
