Charlie Bradshaw (American football coach)
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 31, 1923 Clio, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 1999 (aged 75) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1949 | Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1954–1958 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1959–1961 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 1962–1968 | Kentucky |
| 1970 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 1971 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1976–1982 | Troy State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–68–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 GSC (1976) | |
| Awards | |
| GSC Coach of The Year (1976) | |
Charles Idus Bradshaw (December 31, 1923 – June 3, 1999) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky from 1962 to 1968 and Troy State University—now known as Troy University—from 1976 to 1982, compiling a career head coaching record of 66–68–6.
Coaching career
Bradshaw was an assistant coach at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant and was on the staff that won the 1961 national championship.[1]
At Kentucky Bradshaw inherited a program that had won a championship in 1950 under
In 1962, Bradshaw coached the infamous Thin Thirty at Kentucky. The varsity numbered 88 players when Bradshaw arrived in Lexington in January of that year, but by the start of the season in September there were only 30 players remaining on the squad. That season was profiled in Sports Illustrated and in a book published in August 2007, The Thin Thirty, by Shannon Ragland.
Bradshaw also helped recruit
Bradshaw was the last Kentucky coach to defeat a #1 ranked team until Rich Brooks led the Wildcats to a victory over #1 ranked LSU in 2007. He was also the last Kentucky head coach to defeat the University of Tennessee twice in Knoxville, and the last Kentucky coach to post two wins against Auburn University. Bradshaw assistants who went on to be head coaches included Dave Hart (Pittsburgh), Leeman Bennett (Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Bud Moore (Kansas), Homer Rice (Cincinnati, Rice, Cincinnati Bengals), Charley Pell (Jacksonville State, Clemson, Florida) and Chuck Knox (Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks).
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1962–1968) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Kentucky | 3–5–2 | 2–3–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1963 | Kentucky | 3–6–1 | 0–5–1 | 11th | |||||
| 1964 | Kentucky | 5–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1965 | Kentucky | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–6th | |||||
| 1966 | Kentucky | 3–6–1 | 2–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1967 | Kentucky | 2–8 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1968 | Kentucky | 3–7 | 0–7 | 10th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 25–41–4 | 12–30–2 | |||||||
| Troy State Trojans (Gulf South Conference) (1976–1982) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Troy State | 8–1–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1977 | Troy State | 6–4 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1978 | Troy State | 8–2 | 5–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1979 | Troy State | 6–3–1 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1980 | Troy State | 8–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1981 | Troy State | 3–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1982 | Troy State | 2–8 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
| Troy State: | 41–27–2 | 29–18–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 66–68–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ InfoPlease page on Bradshaw
- ^ Kindred, Dave. "The Forgotten Trailblazer". Sports on Earth. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2017-09-20.