Wheaton, Ill. – Scott Bradley, the head coach of the Wheaton College women's and men's track & field teams, has announced that he will be stepping away from that role at the conclusion of the 2023 outdoor track & field season. Bradley was appointed as Wheaton track & field head coach in June of 2000, and 2023 will mark his 23^rd season leading the programs. Additionally, he served as head coach of the Thunder cross country programs from 2002 until 2015.

Wheaton Athletics Director Mike Schauer says of Bradley, "I love Coach Bradley!  I have learned so much from Scott over the years. He is a true servant leader.  He combines a fierce competitive spirit with an encouraging disposition that communicates he cares more about others than he does himself.  I want to make sure we celebrate with him this season. Thank you, Coach Bradley!"

Bradley led Wheaton to 10 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Championships in his tenure. Wheaton won five women's cross country championships (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008) under his leadership, with three CCIW titles in women's outdoor track & field (2006, 2017, and 2018), and two CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships (2017 and 2018).

Under Bradley's guidance as a head coach, 29 individuals have earned All-America recognition. There have been 14 student-athletes to earn All-America awards in men's indoor and outdoor track & field and nine awards for women's indoor and outdoor track & field competitors. During his time as head cross country coach, there were five student-athletes to pick up All-America awards in men's cross country and one in women's cross country.

He was named the NCAA Division III "Coach of the Year" in women's outdoor track & field in 2006 by the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as he led Wheaton to its first CCIW Championship in women's outdoor track & field. He was twice (2017 & 2018) named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region "Coach of the Year" in women's indoor track & field; and honored as the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women's Cross Country "Coach of the Year" in 2008.

Bradley says of his time at Wheaton, "It has been an incredible privilege and undoubtedly one of the greatest honors of my life to coach this team for 34 years and to be the head coach for 23.  Without question, working with the many outstanding young men and women who have made up this team over those years has been a special and life changing experience for me.   Truly, this privilege has been an incredible gift from God.   I have told many people over the years that God gave me the best job in the world.  Anyone who knows me at all knows how much I love this team and how much I love the sports of track and field and cross country.  I can only hope that those I have coached have grown and been blessed a fraction of the amount that I have while coaching them.  It has always been my desire to keep God at the center of focus on this team, and while I have never done this perfectly, I hope that all who have been involved know and appreciate my intent and in some way have been led towards a deeper relationship with God because of their involvement on this team."

Bradley continues, "I want to thank my wife Debbie and my children for all of their love, encouragement and support particularly during the season when I spend so many hours on the job. I never would have been able to do this job without their understanding of what it takes to coach this sport and their love for this team. I also want to thank the many coaches both current and past who have helped me in the task of leading this team. Track & Field is a complicated and diverse sport, impossible to coach well without the input and hard work of many people." He concludes, "While the head coach often gets the attention and credit, the assistants are doing much, if not most, of the hard work which makes a team what it is.  I could never have done this job without many people walking alongside of me and doing their work well."
Schauer states that there will be a search to hire a new track & field coach beginning in the spring of 2023.