Women's Basketball
2008-09 Coaching Staff

Head Coach Amie Bradley
Office Phone: 210-999-8276
amie.bradley@trinity.edu

Amie Bradley is in her fourth season as head coach of the Trinity University Tigers women’s basketball team.

Coach Bradley led the Tigers to a 20-7 record last season and a second trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs. It marked just the fifth time in Trinity history the Tigers had captured 20 games. Coach Bradley has amassed 57 wins in three seasons with the Tigers since 2005, and has chalked up 33 victories in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

As Amie Smith, she was a four-year starter and member of the 1,000-point club for the University of Texas-Austin women’s basketball team from 1993 to 1997. Coach Bradley was the squad’s rebounding leader each season and was team captain during the Lady Longhorns’ 1996-97 campaign.  Texas won the former Southwest Conference championship in 1996.

Coach Bradley was the recipient of the University of Texas Jill Sterkel Leadership Award and earned recognition on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for all of her eight semesters as a Lady Longhorn. She received the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1997.

Coach Bradley went on to become the founder and owner of a basketball skills training company in Dallas. She trained athletes of all age levels and abilities. A master at teaching the art and science of basketball, coach Bradley was hired as a motivational speaker for coaching clinics, camps and athletic banquets throughout the state of Texas. She was also an active coach in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

A graduate of 22-time state champion Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, coach Bradley served on the coaching staff of her alma mater from 1999 to 2005.

Coach Bradley is also an instructor in Trinity’s Department of Physical Education. In addition, coach Bradley serves as a departmental fund-raiser.

She is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Coach Bradley is married to Steve Bradley, a former Texas Longhorn football player. The Bradleys have five children, daughter Brooke (age 9), son Jack (7), daughter Paige (6), daughter Brynna (3) and son Ty (1).

The 2008-09 Tiger women's basketball coaching staff (l to r): Assistant Coach Lee Aduddell (left),
Graduate Assistant Leda McDaniel (right),
and Head Coach Amie Bradley (center)

Assistant Coach Lee Aduddell
Office Phone: 210-999-8855
lee.aduddell@trinity.edu

Lee Aduddell begins her first season as an assistant coach with the Trinity Tigers women’s basketball team.

Coach Aduddell graduated from Abilene Christian University in May 2008 with a major in physical education and a minor in coaching.

She was an assistant coach of the Abilene Christian JV team her senior year. She was involved in implementing and running all practices, in player relations and developed outstanding in-game experience.

Coach Aduddell played for the Wildcats JV women’s basketball team her freshman and junior years and was the captain both years. During her sophomore year, Aduddell played at St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Okla.

She was a four-year letter winner at Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla., earning Academic All-State honors. Coach Aduddell also played for the Oklahoma Mustangs Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team for two years.

Coach Aduddell, who served as an assistant at Deer Creek, was also a strength and conditioning instructor for Transformation Fitness Center in Edmond. She taught a summer program focused on speed, agility and strength. In particular, coach Aduddell designed a fitness program for young ice skaters. 

Graduate Assistant Coach
Leda McDaniel

Leda McDaniel will serve as a graduate assistant coach for the Trinity Tigers during the 2008-09 campaign.

She currently is the program director for the Female Athlete Body Project, with Trinity’s Department of Psychology. The program helps female athletes improve their body image.

Coach McDaniel was a member and captain of the Tiger women’s basketball team from 2004 to 2007 and was a track and field standout through the spring of 2008. She also was a cross country team member in the fall of 2007.

She earned the Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with a minor in physical education, from Trinity in May 2008. Coach McDaniel graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Dean’s List for four semesters. She is also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

A talented student-athlete, coach McDaniel was selected for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll in basketball and track and field.

She earned All-SCAC track and field honors in 2007, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Coach McDaniel made the All-SCAC Honorable Mention Team in basketball in 2006.