:Terry Bradway
{{short description|American football executive|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Terry Bradway
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| current_team = Carolina Panthers
| position = Consultant
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|5|19|mf=y}}{{cite book |title=A Genealogy of the Enders Family, 1740-1990 |date=1992 |publisher=Kurzenknabe Press |page=144}}
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| high_school = Holy Spirit High School (Absecon, New Jersey)
| college = Trenton State College
Glassboro State College
| pastexecutive =
- Philadelphia Stars (1982)
Scout - Philadelphia Stars (1983–1984)
Administrative assistant - Baltimore Stars (1985)
Assistant director of player personnel - New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1985}}–{{NFL Year|1991}})
Scout - Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1992}})
National scout - Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1993}}–{{NFL Year|1996}})
Director of college scouting - Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|1999}})
Director for player personnel - Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2000}})
Vice president for player personnel - New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2001}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
General manager - New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2014}})
Senior personnel executive - Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2015}}–{{NFL Year|2020}})
Senior scout - Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2022}}–present)
Part-time consultant
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- Holy Spirit High School (1976–1977)
Assistant coach - Cincinnati (1978)
Graduate assistant/Wide receivers coach - United States Merchant Marine Academy (1979)
Running backs coach
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Robert Terrence "Terry" Bradway (born May 19, 1955) is an American football executive. He was the general manager for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 2001 to 2006. Bradway had worked in the personnel department for the Kansas City Chiefs prior to being hired as general manager of the Jets.{{cite news | title = Jets to replace GM Bradway with Tannenbaum | url = https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2322331 | work = ESPN.com | date = 2006-02-07 | access-date = 2009-10-03}}{{cite web | url=https://jerseymanmagazine.com/terry-bradway-nfl-executive-living-the-football-life/ | title=Terry Bradway | NFL Executive Living the Football Life | date=5 November 2018 }}
Early life and career
A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Bradway played prep football at Holy Spirit High School.Weinberg, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-profile-of-terry/167654134/ "Chiefs' strong draft nets promotion for Bradway; Terry Bradway, a former Middle Township High School athletic director, is now Kansas City's director of player personnel."], The Press of Atlantic City, May 14, 1997. Accessed March 10, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Terry Bradway has moved up another rung within the Kansas City Chiefs' front-office ladder. After spending four seasons as the team's director of college scouting, the Atlantic City native and Holy Spirit High School graduate has been promoted to director of player personnel." He played football at Trenton State College (since renamed as The College of New Jersey) and returned to Holy Spirit as a junior varsity coach after graduating. After two seasons at Holy Spirit, Bradway joined the coaching staff for the Cincinnati Bearcats, where two of his former Holy Spirit players were playing. In 1979 he became the running backs coach for the Merchant Marine Mariners at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. After one season at the academy, Bradway left coaching to pursue a master's degree in health and physical education at Glassboro State College (since renamed as Rowan University).{{cite news |title=Bradway loves family and NFL executive job |work=Courier-Post |date=September 28, 2003}}
Executive career
In 1982, Bradway was a part-time scout for the Philadelphia Stars. The following year he became an administrative assistant to Stars' president and general manager Carl Peterson.{{cite news |title=Stars Promote Three Coaches |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 24, 1983}} In 1985, he joined the New York Giants as a part-time scout. He was hired as a full-time scout in 1987.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Marshall |title=Arena |work=Newsday |date=June 12, 1987}}
In 1992, Bradway joined the Kansas City Chiefs as a national scout.{{cite news |title=Transactions |work=The Evening Sun |date=June 11, 1992}} The following year he was promoted to director of college scouting.{{cite news |title=Transactions |work=The Sun |date=July 14, 1993}} In 1997, he was promoted to director of player personnel.{{cite news |title=Transactions |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=May 13, 1997}}
On January 9, 2001, Bill Parcells resigned as the New York Jets' director of football operations and recommended three of his former Giants' scouts (Bradway, Jerry Angelo, and Rick Donohue) as his successor. Two days later, the Jets hired Bradway as their general manager following a single interview.{{cite news |last1=Battista |first1=Judy |title=Moving Quickly, the Jets Hire a Parcells Choice |work=The New York Times |date=January 12, 2001}} As the Jets GM, the Jets compiled a 39–41 record and made the playoffs three times. Bradway resigned in February 2006 and was succeeded by his assistant general manager, Mike Tannenbaum.{{cite news |last1=Palladino |first1=Ernie |title=Jets promote Tannenbaum to GM |work=Asbury Park Press |date=February 8, 2006}}
Bradway remained with the Jets as a senior personnel executive until the end of the 2014 season. He then scouted for the Miami Dolphins until 2020.{{cite web |title=Terry Bradway |url=https://pro-football-history.com/coach/2437/terry-bradway-bio |website=Pro-football-history.com |publisher=Pro Football History.com |access-date=4 December 2023}} In 2022, he became a part-time consultant to the Carolina Panthers.{{cite news |last1=Gantt |first1=Darin |title=Terry Bradway offers the Panthers some veteran perspective |url=https://www.panthers.com/news/terry-bradway-offers-the-panthers-some-veteran-perspective |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Carolina Panthers |date=February 4, 2022}}
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