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{{Short description|American college basketball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name               = Brad Bigler
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| current_title      = Head Coach
| current_team       = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|Southwest Minnesota State]]
| current_conference = [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference|NSIC]]
| current_record     = 244–190
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| player_years1      = 1997–2002
| player_team1       = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|SMSU]]
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| coach_years1       = 2002–03
| coach_team1        = Lakeview High (women's)
| coach_years2       = 2003–05
| coach_team2        = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|SMSU]] (GA)
| coach_years3       = 2005–09
| coach_team3        = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|SMSU]] (assistant)
| coach_years4       = 2009–present
| coach_team4        = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|SMSU]]
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| overall_record     = 244–190
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| championships      = 2 [[Northern Sun men's basketball tournament|NSIC tournament]] (2012, 2017)<br>2 [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference|NSIC]] South Division (2017, 2018)
| awards             = 2x [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference|NSIC]] Coach of the Year (2013, 2017)
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'''Brad Bigler''' is an American [[college basketball]] coach, currently the head coach of the [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://smsumustangs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/brad-bigler/2198 |title=Brad Bigler |website=SMSU Athletics |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>
Bigler is a native of [[Fort Madison, Iowa|Fort Madison]], [[Iowa]]. From 1997 to 2002, he was a member of the Southwest Minnesota State basketball team. He finished with 286 career assists, which is currently the seventh most in school history. He also helped the Mustangs accumulate a record of 83-36 and win the North Central Region championship in 2001.
After his playing days were done, Bigler began his coaching career as the head women's basketball coach at Lakeview High School in [[Cottonwood, Minnesota|Cottonwood]], [[Minnesota]]. He coached there for one year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Faulkner |first=Chris |date=9 June 2017 |title=FMHS grad Brad Bigler enjoys success as college coach |url=http://www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/daily_democrat/sports/fmhs-grad-brad-bigler-enjoys-success-as-college-coach/article_72e17061-a130-5fbd-98f6-ec12d74f86e0.html |work=Fort Madison Daily Democrat |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
In 2003, he went back to Southwest Minnesota State as a graduate assistant. In 2005, he was hired as a full time assistant. During his years an assistant, the Mustangs won a [[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference|NSIC]] conference championship and an [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] regional championship.
In 2009, Bigler was hired as the head coach of Southwest Minnesota State. In his first season, the Mustangs went 17-12 (10-10 conference) and finished 6th in the conference. In 2012, they won the [[Northern Sun men's basketball tournament|NSIC tournament]] for the first time in school history.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Mustangs Win NSIC tournament championship! West Named Tournament MVP |url=https://smsumustangs.com/news/2012/3/4/MBB_0304121026.aspx |work=SMSU Athletics |date=4 March 2012 |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> In 2017, the Mustangs won their second ever NSIC Tournament championship<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=SMSU Wins NSIC/Sanford Health Men's Basketball Tournament |url=https://northernsun.org/news/2017/2/28/MBB_0228172952.aspx |work=NSIC |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> advanced to the regional championship game before losing to eventual national champion [[Northwest Missouri State Bearcats men's basketball|Northwest Missouri State]]. During the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, the Mustangs won back-to-back NSIC South Division championships.
==Head Coaching Record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|Southwest Minnesota State]]
|startyear=2009
|conference=[[Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference|NSIC]]
|endyear=present
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2009–10
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 17–12
| conference   = 10–10
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2010–11
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 12–14
| conference   = 9–13
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season       = 2011–12
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 19–11
| conference   = 15–7
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = [[2012 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament|NCAA DII first round]]
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2012–13
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 16–14
| conference   = 13–9
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2013–14
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 19–12
| conference   = 14–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2014–15
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 12–17
| conference   = 8–14
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2015–16
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 13–15
| conference   = 9–13
| confstanding = 13th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = divboth
| season       = 2016–17
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 28–6
| conference   = 17–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = [[2017 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament|NCAA DII Regional final]]
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season       = 2017–18
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 25–9
| conference   = 17–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason   = [[2018 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament|NCAA DII Regional semifinal]]
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2018–19
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 18–14
| conference   = 10–12
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2019–20
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 8–21
| conference   = 5–17
| confstanding = 15th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2020–21
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 3–8
| conference   = 1–6
| confstanding = 14th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2021–22
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 14–11
| conference   = 10–10
| confstanding = T-8th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2022–23
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 16–12
| conference   = 12–10
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2023–24
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 19–13
| conference   = 14–8
| confstanding = T-5th
| postseason   = [[2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament|NCAA DII first round]]
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 2024–25
| name         = SMSU
| overall      = 5–1
| conference   = 1–0
| confstanding =
| postseason   =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = [[Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs|Southwest Minnesota State]]
| overall    = 244–190 ({{winning percentage|244|190}})
| confrecord = 166–147 ({{winning percentage|166|147}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 244–190 ({{winning percentage|244|190}})
|poll=no
}}
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