Bradley Adam '18 returned to St. Mary's College in August 2023 to join the Seahawks sailing coaching staff as the assistant varsity coach. Additionally, Adam will teach introductory sailing classes to the campus community and assist in Waterfront management.
The East Greenwich, R.I., native came back to the Waterfront after spending five years (2018-2022) as the head varsity sailing coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. He guided the Shoremen and Shorewomen to nine Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) Open Conference Championship appearances. Adam also redeveloped the Washington College women's sailing program. In his first season (2018-19) as head coach, the Shoremen and Shorewomen led the team to their first War Memorial appearance in three years and their first trip to the America Trophy in two years.
Adam was a standout collegiate sailor at St. Mary’s College, finishing off his impressive career by skippering the Seahawks to second place in B Division at the 2018 Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)/Gill Coed National Championship as a senior. That performance came on the heels of him skippering St. Mary’s to first place in B Division at the ICSA/Gill Coed Western Semifinal, boosting the Seahawks into the national championships with an eighth-place overall finish. Adam also skippered the Seahawks to second place in B Division at the America Trophy (the MAISA Spring Coed Championships) as St. Mary’s finished second overall in the conference.
During his collegiate career, he turned in over a dozen top-five divisional finishes.
A certified US Sailing Small Boat Instructor Level 3 Coach, Adam spent this summer serving as the assistant program director at Miles River Yacht Club in St. Michaels, Md. In that position, he was responsible for all aspects of daily functioning of the program, planned all home and away regattas, and oversaw a staff of 15.
His coaching experience also includes time as the Optimist Race Coach at Annapolis (Md.) Yacht Club, the Head 420 Race Coach at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Mass., and as the Optimist/C420 Coach at Pleon Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass.
Adam began sailing at a young age and developed into one of the nation’s top youth sailors. He won the 2012 C420 North American Championship and was named a 2012 Jobson Youth All-Star.
During the summers, he works as a private coach for high-level youth sailing in the Optimist and Club 420 classes.
- B.A. in Economics - St. Mary's College of Maryland (2018)
- B.A. in Public Policy Studies - St. Mary’s College of Maryland (2018)
Updated: August 3, 2023
