Brad Long (born June 14, 1962) is an American motivational speaker, former actor, and former college athlete.[1][2]
Education[edit]Long played college basketball for the Southwestern Moundbuilders. Long graduated from Southwestern College in 1985, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration.[3]
Career[edit]Long is best known for his role in the 1986 film Hoosiers, where he portrayed the character of basketball team captain "Buddy" Walker who is at the first meeting with new coach Norman Dale disrespectful and dismissed from the team before it even practices but later rejoins the team and before the state championship game asks the team to win it "for coach who got us here."[4][5] Long did not pursue a career in acting after Hoosiers, and later became a motivational speaker. Long is also a church deacon.[6] Long was featured in the May 2004 issue of Indianapolis Monthly after it was believed that he had appeared in an erotic B-movie called Exit. It was later discovered that the actor in the film was another Brad Long.
Long has toured the country as a speaker, visiting schools and sports teams. Long has also been featured on The Dan Patrick Show and WROK-AM.[7][8]
Long now works as a sales representative for Jostens.[9][10]
Personal life[edit]Long and his wife, Lisa, reside in Whiteland, Indiana. He has two children, Shelby and Landry.
References[edit] ^ Indianapolis Monthly "Epilogue: No Exit" by Evan West, May 2004 ^ "Brad Long". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-03-06. ^ Southwestern College[permanent dead link] Brad Long ^ Joyce, Gare (November 18, 2010). ""We got a memo about a movie ..." - Nearly 25 years after its release, "Hoosiers" still resonates". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011. ^ Flak Magazine Archived 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine "Kick Out the Sports!" by Bob Cook ^ Communications, Emmis (2005). Indianapolis Monthly. Emmis Communications. ^ "Brad Long clears up mystery surrounding role in Hoosiers - DanPatrick.com". www.danpatrick.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06. ^ Brad Long from "Hoosiers" talks about playing the part of Buddy, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2020-03-06 ^ Communications, Emmis (May 2004). Indianapolis Monthly. Emmis Communications. ^ Cook, Bob. "'Hoosiers' Turns 25". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-06. External links[edit] Brad Long at IMDbThis article about a United States film actor born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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