Harvey Bradford "Brad" Scott (born September 30, 1954) is a former American football coach and player who was most recently the football chief of staff for the University of South Florida Bulls football team. He was previously the associate head coach and offensive line coach for the Clemson Tigers football team and was also the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks from 1994 to 1998.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 30, 1954 Arcadia, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1979 | Missouri–Rolla |
| Position(s) | Offensive line |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979 | Desoto County HS (FL) (assistant) |
| 1980 | Hardee County HS (FL) |
| 1981 | The Citadel (GA) |
| 1982 | Desoto County HS (FL) |
| 1983–1984 | Florida State (GA) |
| 1985–1989 | Florida State (TE) |
| 1990–1993 | Florida State (OC/OL) |
| 1994–1998 | South Carolina |
| 1999–2000 | Clemson (TE) |
| 2001–2003 | Clemson (OC/TE) |
| 2004–2011 | Clemson (AHC/OL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2011–2019 | Clemson (assistant AD) |
| 2020–2022 | South Florida (football chief of staff) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–32–1 (college) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
Career
editScott came to South Carolina after 11 years as an assistant at Florida State under Bobby Bowden,[1] the last four as offensive coordinator. While at Florida State, he helped develop Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, as well as the "Fast Break" offense that netted the Seminoles a national title in 1993.
In his first year at South Carolina, he led the Gamecocks to a 6–5 regular season. Despite a 4–4 record in Southeastern Conference play, Scott's Gamecocks routed Clemson 33–7 in the last game of the season. That earned them a berth in the Carquest Bowl, where they beat West Virginia 24–21. It was the first bowl win in the program's 102-year history—one of the longest droughts in the country at the time.
Scott's tenure at South Carolina would prove to be short-lived, as he was only able to put together one more winning season, in 1996—only the second year he managed a .500 record in conference play. In 1998, after defeating Ball State to open the season, the Gamecocks lost 10 games in a row to finish 1–10, the worst record in school history at the time. Scott was fired after the 1998 season.[2][3] Shortly afterward, he was hired as tight ends coach by in-state rival Clemson, which was coached at the time by Tommy Bowden, Bobby Bowden's younger son. Scott was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2001, a job he held for three seasons. Scott was then demoted to offensive line coach after the 2003 season.
After Tommy Bowden was forced to resign in the middle of the 2008 season, Scott was named associate head coach under new head coach Dabo Swinney.[4]
In 2020 he left Clemson with his son and joined the USF staff. Brad vacated the position following Jeff Scott's firing after the 2022 season.
Personal life
editScott's son, Jeff, was a wide receiver at Clemson when Brad was the offensive coordinator for the Tigers and was the head coach for the University of South Florida's football team from 2020 to 2022.[5]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (1994–1998) | |||||||||
| 1994 | South Carolina | 7–5 | 4–4 | 3rd (Eastern) | W Carquest | ||||
| 1995 | South Carolina | 4–6–1 | 2–5–1 | 4th (Eastern) | |||||
| 1996 | South Carolina | 6–5 | 4–4 | 3rd (Eastern) | |||||
| 1997 | South Carolina | 5–6 | 3–5 | 4th (Eastern) | |||||
| 1998 | South Carolina | 1–10 | 0–8 | 6th (Eastern) | |||||
| South Carolina: | 23–32–1 | 13–26–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–32–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Company, Tampa Publishing. "'Coach Bowden is irreplaceable.' USF, Gators reflect on the FSU legend's legacy". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Gillespie, Bob. "How the Gamecocks firing Brad Scott turned out so well for Clemson and his son Jeff". The Greenville News. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Brad Scott". Saturday Down South. August 19, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Democrat, Times and. "Brad Scott at the Orangeburg Touchdown Club". The Times and Democrat. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Hartsell, Jeff. "For South Florida's Brad and Jeff Scott, Citadel game completes a circle". Post and Courier. Retrieved October 21, 2021.