HOMETOWN: Lafayette, La.
EDUCATION: Louisiana, 2009
COACHING: Virginia Tech, 2011-13
Cumberland C.C. (N.J.), 2013-18
Holmes C.C. (Miss.), 2018-20
Valparaiso, 2020-22
Louisiana, 2022-23
Hampton, 2023-present
Brad Bustle joined the Hampton coaching staff in 2023 and serves as run game coordinator and offensive line coach for the Pirates. He played a major role in helping mold the Pirate offense into one of the top units in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA). With a strong offensive line led by second-team All-CAA Tyler McDuffie, Hampton was second in the conference in rushing in 2024 averaging 195.8 yards per game. The Pirates averaged 29.6 points per game, a 6.3 increase from 2023.
He came to Hampton after spending two years as an assistant at Louisiana for head coach Michael Desormeaux. Bustle served as a senior offensive analyst for the Ragin’ Cajuns.
He joined the Louisiana staff after spending time on the coaching staff at Valparaiso where he coached the team’s offensive line. He joined the Valparaiso staff in 2020 after serving as the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Holmes Community College, a post he had held since 2018.
Bustle coached the offense line at Cumberland from 2013-18 and was also charged with coaching the team’s running backs and tight ends from 2015-18.
In 2017, he served as co-offensive coordinator at Cumberland. Twice his offenses finished in the top 25 in the country in scoring, three times he guided the team to the top six in the nation in rushing, three times he coached an offensive line that was in the top 10 in the country in fewest sacks allowed and he twice instructed an offense that finished in the top seven nationally in yards per completion.
Bustle worked as a defensive graduate assistant at Virginia Tech from 2011-13, instructing both linebackers and the defensive line. He started his playing career as a walk-on at Louisiana, where he turned into a four-year starter at guard and center and signed a contract with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League.
Bustle has football in his blood, as his father, Rickey, coached from 1979-17 including 2002-10 as the head coach at Louisiana and stints as the offensive coordinator at Virginia Tech and South Carolina.
