Brad Soderberg
Brad Soderberg (born May 10, 1962)
Current position: Director of scouting
Current team: Virginia Cavaliers (Head coach: Tony Bennett)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coached: Loras Duhawks, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Wisconsin Badgers, Saint Louis Billikens, Lindenwood Lions
Loras record^: 79-45 (.637)
South Dakota State record^: 36-18 (.667)
Wisconsin record: 16-10 (.615)
Saint Louis record: 80-74 (.519)
Lindenwood record^: 126-57 (.689)
Overall record^: 337-204 (.623)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2001)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2003, 2004)
- Heart of America (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2011)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Virginia (scouting) |
| 2015-2021 | Virginia (asst) |
| 2009-2015 | Lindenwood |
| 2002-2007 | Saint Louis |
| 2001-2002 | Saint Louis (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Wisconsin (interim HC) |
| 1995-2000 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 1993-1995 | South Dakota State |
| 1988-1993 | Loras |
| 1987-1988 | Loras (asst) |
| 1986-1987 | Fort Hays State (asst) |
| 1985-1986 | Colorado State (grad. asst) |
| 1984-1985 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point (asst) |
Brad Soderberg Facts
- Bradley William Soderberg
- Born May 10, 1962
- Hometown: Wausau, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (BA, 1985) / Colorado State University (MA, 1986)
- Played at Pacelli HS (WI) for his father, Don, then after two years at Ripon (WI) transferred to NAIA Wisconsin-Stevens Point
- Spent two years playing for head coach Dick Bennett; reached the NAIA Tournament title game in 1984
- Was a teammate of future NBA player and NBA/NCAA head coach Terry Porter
- Started his coaching career with one year on Bennett‘s staff while finishing his degree
- Spent a year as a graduate assistant for Tony McAndrews at Colorado State, then one year assisting at D-II Fort Hays State (KS)
- Was an assistant at Loras College (IA) for one year before becoming the team’s head coach in 1988
- Went 79-45 over five seasons, competing in the D-III Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Left for South Dakota State, then a D-II program, in 1993; went 36-18 in two seasons as head coach there
- Joined his mentor Bennett‘s staff at Wisconsin at 1995, spending five years in that role
- Went to three NCAA Tournaments (including the Badgers’ 2000 Final Four run) and one NIT
- Three games into the 2000-01 season, Bennett retired and Soderberg was named interim head coach
- Went 16-10 over the rest of the season, including an appearance in the NCAA Tournament
- Spent the 2001-02 season as an assistant to Lorenzo Romar at Saint Louis before becoming head coach
- Compiled a 80-74 record in five seasons at the helm, reaching the NIT in each of his first two seasons
- Soderberg was dismissed following the 2006-07 season despite going 20-13 (and 16-13 the year prior)
- Worked as interim athletic director back at Loras College from 2008 to 2009, when he got back into coaching
- Was the head coach at then-NAIA Lindenwood in St. Charles, MO; coached the Lions for six seasons in total
- Won the HAAC title and reached the NAIA Tournament in 2011 before the program moved up to Division II
- Became an assistant at Virginia in 2015, working under Tony Bennett, Dick‘s son and one of his assistants at Wisconsin
- With the Cavaliers has been to four NCAA Tournaments, including the program’s 2019 NCAA title run
- In 2021, Soderberg transitioned to the role of Director of Scouting at UVA
- Along with his wife, Linda, has two sons and one daughter
Brad Soderberg Coaching Tree
- Tony Bennett (Virginia, Washington State)
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
- Kramer Soderberg (Millikin)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and NAIA levels; South Dakota State was a member of the D-II NCC during Soderberg’s tenure as head coach
