Gentry Bradley - Track & Field Coach

Gentry Bradley

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach

Gentry Bradley joined the USC track and field program as a volunteer assistant coach prior to the 2021-22 season.

Bradley ran collegiately at UCLA where he finished second in the 200m at the 1996 NCAA Championships which qualified him for the World University Games. At the World University Games, he won the 1997 gold medal in the 200m and 4x100 relay. Following college he remained on the UCLA campus, working with the emerging HSI sprint team led by coach John Smith, running with Quincy Watts, Maurice Greene, Ato Boldon and Jon Drummond. In 1998 Bradley became US National Champion in the 200m and went on to finish second in the 200m at the 1998 IAAF Intercontinental Cup held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bradley also competed in the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece.

Bradley was assistant sprint coach at Long Beach City College in 2007 and 2008. In 2008-2011 he was the head sprint coach for the Saudi Arabia Track and Field team. During the 2010 Asian Games Bradley’s team earned gold in the men’s 4x400 relay and set a new Saudi Arabia national record and No. 8 ranking in the world. His athletes also earned a silver medal in the men’s 100m and a bronze medal in the men’s 400m.

In December 2012 Bradley was asked to coach the Qatar Track and Field sprint team. He trained Samuel Francis (former Asian 100m record holder) to running a season best 10.08 in the 100m in 2013, results Francis hadn’t achieved since 2008 and giving him a world 100m listing of No. 39.

In January 2014 Bradley coached Tosin Ogunode to an Asian indoor 60m record of 6.50. In March 2014, Bradley trained Ogunode’s older brother, Femi Ogunode, who earned a Bronze medal in the 60m at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. This would be Qatar's first IAAF medal in a sprint event in 21 years.

In September 2014 Bradley would increase his success with Femi Ogunode at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He guided Ogunode to gold medals in the 100m and 200m. Femi also set a new Asian 100m record of 9.93, resulting in an IAAF world listing of No. 5. He would also be ranked No. 6 in the 200m by Track and Field News for 2014.

Bradley continues to act as sprint consultant for several international athletes. Most recently he has reconnected with Femi Ogunode of Qatar structuring his training program for the 2020 Olympic Games, achieving 2020 best times of 10.00 and 20.16. Ogunode managed to advance to the semifinals of both the 100m and 200m.

Bradley prepped at Pius X High School in Downey, California. He won the 200m at the 1992 CIF California State Meet. Earlier in the day, he had finished second to Riley Washington's state record in the 100m. He beat Washington in the 200m.

Bradley earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in History from UCLA, Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and is currently working on his PhD in Health and Human Movement from Concordia University-Chicago.