Brad Soderberg
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Brad Soderberg (born May 10, 1962 in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States) is the current head coach of the Saint Louis University men's basketball team. Soderberg has been a head coach previously at South Dakota State University, Loras College, and as an interim head coach at the University of Wisconsin. He has a wife named Linda, a daughter named Daley and two sons named Kramer and Davis.
[edit] Biography
Brad Soderberg played basketball at Pacelli High School in Stevens Point, Wisconsin for his father, Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame Coach Don Soderberg. Soderberg played basketball in college at Ripon College from 1980 to 1982 and at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 1982 to 1984. He teamed up in the backcourt at UW-Stevens Point with Terry Porter and was under the coaching direction of Dick Bennett. The 1984 team made it all the way to the Championship game of the NAIA Tournament before falling 50-48 to Fort Hays State University.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1985 with a degree in physical education. Then in 1986 he received his Masters Degree from Colorado State University in physical education. He was then hired as an assistant coach at Fort Hays State University for one season and quickly moved on to an assistant post at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He became head coach of Loras in 1988 and served until 1993 compiling a record of 79-45. He was then hired as head coach of South Dakota State University where he stayed from 1993 to 1995 compiling a record of 36-18. After the two successful stints as a head coach at Division II schools, his former coach, Dick Bennett, hired him as his assistant at the University of Wisconsin. He served as an assistant to Bennett through the 2000 season. Two games into the 2000-2001 campaign, the Badgers (coming off of a Final Four appearance in 2000) saw their head coach, Dick Bennett retire. Soderberg took over the heralded team and led them to a 16-10 record, but the team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, considered a major disappointment to many Badger fans. Soderberg was then let go from his head coach position at the end of the season, as the Badgers went on to hire Bo Ryan to be head coach. Soderberg accepted an assistant post at Saint Louis University and after his first season he was hired as head coach. He has since brought the Billikens to two NIT Tournaments.
| Preceded by Dick Bennett |
University of Wisconsin Head Men's Basketball Coach 2001 |
Succeeded by Bo Ryan |
| Preceded by Lorenzo Romar |
Saint Louis University 2002–Present |
Succeeded by N/A |
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| Wisconsin Badgers Head Basketball Coaches |
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| Angell • Noyes • Meanwell • Lowman • Meanwell • Foster • Erickson • Powless • Cofield • Yoder • Jackson • Van Gundy • Bennett • Soderberg • Ryan |
