Cole Bradley will enter his second season as assistant coach of the Purdue men’s golf team.
Bradley is a 2022 graduate of Purdue who has spent the previous two years playing professionally.
“I am excited to have Cole back to Purdue as an assistant coach,” Sapp said. “He brings a great deal of experience, knowledge and understanding of the game and knows what we are looking for in future Boilermakers. He is well-respected in the collegiate golf community and obviously comes from a great golf family. We are thrilled to have him on staff and I can’t wait to get to work with him.”
Bradley had an integral part in Purdue’s success during the 2024-25 season, helping the Boilermakers to an NCAA Championships appearance, three team victories and guiding Supapon Amornchaichan to a top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships, Purdue’s highest individual finish since 1961.
At the NCAA Regionals and National Championships, Bradley walked with Amornchaichan to a 15th-place showing at Regionals and a T-9th finish at Nationals. Amornchaichan became Purdue’s first freshman All-American and his finish in San Diego was the highest for a freshman in the tournament field.
Bradley had an outstanding career at Purdue, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2022 after placing in the top 40 at the NCAA Championships – the highest finish for a Boilermaker since 2004. He earned a spot in the National Championships after winning his lone collegiate tournament, the NCAA Noblesville Regional at the Sagamore Country Club, posting the third-lowest, 54-hole NCAA Tournament score in Purdue history.
Bradley’s name is littered throughout the Purdue record books, ranking seventh in school history in career stroke average (73.21) and 10th (2022), 14th (2021) and 15th (2019) on the single-season stroke average list, the lowest being a 72.23 average during the 2021-22 season. He played 149 career rounds, the second most in school history and his 10,915 strokes played were also second.
He is one of two players in Purdue history with three tournament rounds of 205 or lower, joining only Herman Sekne on that list. His 7-under par 64 in the 2022 Boilermaker Invitational is tied for the fourth-best, 18-hole score in Purdue history.
Bradley was a two-time All-Big Ten and PING All-Region honoree and a four-time member of the Big Ten All-Academic Team.