Toledotyger
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I’m sure Chioke Bradley appreciates the comments because he has done a remarkable job at Mansfield Senior in the 12 years he has been head football coach.This really speaks well for Coach Bradley at Mansfield and what he's done, Reno in Steubenville, Coach Gatto at Barberton (he turned around a magical dumpster fire and brought winning football back to The Magic City), and how Massillon keeps rolling at such a very high level.
Leonard Rush at Lima had a "way" with Lima kids that worked; Tim Hinton at Marion was an accomplished coach who found his way to Ohio State University; Fremont and Sandusky seem lost as does Elyria, Lorain, and Warren if they don't get their coaching together.
The other part of it for some other familiar "industrial town" programs like Alliance: they can't keep a coach more than 3-4 years, same with Niles. If they had the right coach, even though their enrollment has dropped, there's no reason why they can't win playing smaller schools in smaller leagues. Phil Annarella won at Niles and so did Joel Cockley at Alliance. Those coaches had the ability to tap into what historically made them strong.
Canton McK has kept winning but clearly has had more issues than Massillon and, IMO, has bigger problems in the city than just football games. McK playing the Fed has helped them keep some regular season consistency.
But, again, Massillon rolls along like the mighty Tuscarawas River through good times and bad. Some coaches are better than others, some times are better than others, but they keep rolling. It's a neat thing IMO.
Over those seasons, Bradley is 94-50. The Tygers were the 2019 Division III state runner-up, losing to Trotwood-Madison, 14-7, in overtime
A 1993 Senior High graduate, Bradley was a three-sport star—football, basketball and track—and was on every major college program recruiting radar before settling on Bowling Green State University, where he started for four straight years.
Coach Bradley has led over 20 more players to go on to play college football, including 10 players who went on to play Division I college football.
Currently there are five Senior High graduates playing Division I football—Michigan State safety Angelo Grose, one of the players suspended after the UM-MSU tunnel brawl; his brother, Aveon, playing at UNC-Charlotte; Clay Caudill, Toledo defensive end; and defensive tackle Anthony Hawkins and linebacker Myles Bradley, Chioke’s son, both at Bowling Green.
Another of his sons—defensive back Keontez, also a track star, has signed with Arizona State, while linebacker Mekhi Bradley was offered by Toledo, although he did not sign.
With Keontez Bradley’s signing with ASU, perhaps 1970 Senior High graduate Sherrod Brown—yes that would be U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown—will prepare and insert some congratulatory comments in the Congressional Record.