University of Missouri Athletics

Former Tiger Style wrestling legend Dom Bradley is in his sixth year with the program and third as an assistant coach.

Bradley was hired as a volunteer assistant coach before the 2019-20 season and was promoted to a full-time assistant coach on July 3, 2023.

During his time with the program, Bradley has been an integral part of the development of the student-athletes and in the corner for Keegan O'Toole's consecutive National Championships in 2022 and 2023. The team has had 12 All-American performances and eight conference champions during his time.

Most recently, Bradley was a key fixture, working extensively with heavyweight Zach Elam. Under his tutelage, the heavyweight finished sixth at the 2023 NCAA Championship and fourth in 2024. Elam became the first in the weight class to become an All-American since Bradley and finished his career 19th in the record book in total wins, passing his coach as the winningest heavyweight in program history. 

Before joining the Missouri staff, Bradley was a senior-level athlete in Nebraska's (2018-19) and Iowa State's (2017) RTC programs. He also spent 2016 as an assistant coach with Blue Springs High School. Bradley's coaching career began in West Virginia in 2015 as a volunteer coach.

Bradley was a staple in the lineup for head coach Brian Smith (2008-13), winning a Big 12 title and placing third at the 2011 NCAA Championships. The Blue Springs, Missouri native won a Mid-American Conference title in 2013, followed by a fourth-place nod at the national tournament. The two-time All-American is still the only heavyweight to win a Big 12 championship for Mizzou and the second in the weight class to become an All-American.  

The heavyweight earned several program accolades throughout his Tiger Style career, starting with the Marshall Esteppe Most Outstanding Freshman award in 2009. In 2010, he added the Hap Whitney Coach's Award, given to the wrestler who displays dedication, commitment, sacrifice and unselfishness. He was then named the program's Most Outstanding Wrestler in 2011.

Bradley is 22nd in Mizzou history with 105 wins, while his career winning percentage (.875, 100-win minimum) ranks fourth all-time. He lettered at Missouri from 2009-13 and took an Olympic redshirt in 2012.

Throughout and after college, Bradley continued to have success in freestyle wrestling. The Missouri native totaled three U.S. Open titles, three Pan-American Championships and a Junior World title in 2009. He placed third at the U.S. World Team Trials four times, second once, and third at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 2016. Bradley retired from competing in 2024 after making his eighth U.S. National Team.

Bradley graduated from Missouri in 2013 with a degree in hospitality management. He and his wife Kayla were married in 2020 and have a daughter, Gabriella and son, D'Angelo. Bradley received his master's degree in positive coaching and athletic leadership from Mizzou in 2023.