Nick Bradford

Nicholas Evans Bradford (born August 25, 1978 ) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 foot 7 inches in height, he played at small forward.

High school career Bradford is from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He played for his high school, Fayetteville Bulldogs and for AAU teams.

Professional career

American Basketball Association Bradford played for the minor league Kansas City Knights, which was coached by former Kansas Jayhawks player Kevin Pritchard from 2001 to 2003. He returned to Iceland in 2008 and played the next three seasons for Grindavík, Njarðvík and Keflavík. After the 2008–2009 season he was voted as the Foreign Player of the year in Iceland. Besides Iceland, Bradford played professionally in Romania, France and Finland. He retired from playing following the 2010–2011 season.

Coaching career

In 2011, Bradford joined the Labette Community College (Parsons, KS) Cardinals of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference coaching staff as an assistant coach. In July 2013, he accepted the assistant coaching position at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) in Joplin, Mo. In April 2016, he accepted a head coaching position coaching boys at Mexico High School in Missouri. In 2017 he accepted the women's head coaching position at Olathe North.

Bradford is now an assistant coach for Arkansas in his hometown, serving on the staff of Kelsi Musick after being hired by previous coach Mike Neighbors.