{"id":69356,"date":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/retiring-soccer-coach-ed-bradley-says-thank-you-to-uri\/"},"modified":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","slug":"retiring-soccer-coach-ed-bradley-says-thank-you-to-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/12\/retiring-soccer-coach-ed-bradley-says-thank-you-to-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring soccer coach Ed Bradley says thank you to 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t1968 Rhody alumnus was star midfielder<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. — December 20, 2005 — What does Ed Bradley most want to talk about as he retires from coaching the 溏心vlog免费B站 men\u2019s soccer team for the past 17 years?<\/p>\n


\n\tIt\u2019s not about his six trips to the NCAA tourney or the 10 Atlantic 10 Conference Championships. No, Bradley, one of the most successful coaches of any sport in 溏心vlog免费B站 history, wants to say thank you to the campus community.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis is a great University, from the administrators, the professors, athletic staff, the coaches, to the grounds crews and maintenance people. It\u2019s been great working here.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI am proud to say that I am a graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 (class of 1968) because this University is special in so many ways,\u201d the Narragansett resident said.<\/p>\n


\nAn All-Yankee Conference midfielder in 1967, he earned his degree in physical education at 溏心vlog免费B站 and then earned his master\u2019s degree in guidance and counseling from Rhode Island College.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFrom the time I was a student, 溏心vlog免费B站 has just gotten better and better in all phases, including the academic performance of its students, its athletic facilities, residence halls, and academic buildings,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n


\n\tSince he has been part of the scene in Kingston for so long, he knows better than most that it takes a great team effort to achieve excellence. He said alumni, boosters and friends of 溏心vlog免费B站 have all had an incredible impact on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI just see so many hard-working, caring people here at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d said the most successful coach in Rhody soccer history with a 192-137-22 record.<\/p>\n


\nHe also said major initiatives by University administrators, such as the Centennial Scholarship program and the residence hall renovations, have made it easier to attract top student-athletes to Kingston. <\/p>\n


\nHe said his retirement, which he announced earlier this month, will give him a chance to spend more time with his wife of 36 years, Gail, also a 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate. He\u2019ll be moving to Florida, but maintain his home in Narragansett. \u201cI want to have a chance to do some different things, like travel, play some golf, spend more time with my three children and three grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe also said two of his close friends died this year, causing him to evaluate what he wanted to do next.

\n \u201cI have enjoyed this job so much that it often feels like I just got here, but the travel, the delays in airports, the long bus rides, the recruiting trips also meant that I missed a lot,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cSo, now I plan to take in Red Sox spring training,\u201d said the former member of the men\u2019s varsity baseball team. \u201cI\u2019d like to watch some 溏心vlog免费B站 baseball too, but with my spring soccer practices in the past, that was always difficult.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMy wife and I definitely have travel plans in our future. My recruiting trips have taken me to Canada, Scotland, Poland and Jamaica among others and we have friends in those countries.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHow about soccer\u2019s FIFA World Cup next summer in Germany? \u201cI\u2019d like to go, and I am thinking about it.\u201d

\nBut as he wraps things up this month, he also wants people to remember the many great players and coaches who helped put 溏心vlog免费B站 soccer back on the national soccer map. He\u2019ll have a special goodbye for his coaches, especially his top assistant Jay Primiano, who played for Bradley when he coached soccer at Barrington High School and Rhode Island College.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cAt 溏心vlog免费B站, we\u2019re a very tight group, and we have always tried to make 溏心vlog免费B站 soccer a family,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cCoaching college students keeps you young. We take pride in putting together one of the most successful and diverse teams at 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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