The Next Level Basketball Academy was founded with the best interest of all passionate student-athletes who desire to be the best! The most important thing we do at The Next Level Basketball Academy is meet individuals where they are in skill, talent, and confidence, then build from there. We thoroughly enjoy making meaningful connections with all our participants we train as we truly care about their development both on and off the court. What sets The Next Level Basketball Academy apart from similar programs is that we acknowledge that although most student-athletes have a common goal to be the best, we realize there is not a “cookie cutter” format for each individual to achieve their goals. We meet each individual we train where they are through sports specific I.Q. development and individual skill breakdown resulting in our student-athletes taking their game to THE NEXT LEVEL!

Basketball

Program Director

Jared Bledsoe

Coaching

Minnesota State University at Moorhead

Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach 2003-04

2009-12 Oak Grove Lutheran

Girl’s Varsity Head Basketball Coach

2012-13 Concordia College

Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

NCAA Tournament Appearance

College

University of Tennessee at Martin

Minnesota State at Moorhead

2-time 1st Team NSIC All-Conference

1st Team NSIC All-Tournament

Team Captain and MVP

Lead Minnesota State Moorhead to School’s 1st NSIC Conference Tournament Championship Appearance

All-time Steals Leader in a Season

Professional

IBL: 2005, Grand Rapids Flight

2006 Holland Blast MVP

2006 IBL-ALL-STAR

2006 China: BCI Edge

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA):

Al-Hilal: 2006-2007 Ah-Ali Saudi: 2007

2007 NBA Summer Workouts with the Minnesota Timberwolves

2008 IBL-ALL-STAR

Assistant Program Director/ NLBA AAU Basketball Head Coach

Brandon Bradford

Brandon Bradford is in his 8th year with The Next Level Basketball Academy. As the Assistant Director of The Next Level Basketball Academy, Coach Bradford has been the Head Coach of the following Next Level Basketball Academy’s AAU Teams: 14U, 15U, 16U & 17U. He has also played an instrumental role as assistant coach with the 12U team & 13U team. Bradford played collegiately at Rainy River Community College in International Falls, MN, which was ranked #10 in the nation. He also played at North Dakota School of Science (NDSCS) where they were ranked #28th in the nation. Bradford has accumulated coaching experience at the semi-professional level with The Twin Cities Elite as an assistant coach. In his first season as an assistant coach in 2018 they were crowned Midwest Basketball League Champions. Brandon has also experienced coaching success as a Head Coach at the local youth level with the Fargo-Moorhead 7th & 8th Elite team going 37-8 in 2 seasons. In addition, Coach Bradford in just his 1st season as the Head Basketball Coach of the Shanley Deacon Boy’s 9th grade team lead them to a 12-2 record and an impressive tournament championship appearance! Building on his success, Bradford has been named Varsity Boys’ Basketball Assistant Coach at Valley City High School in Valley City, ND.

Volleyball

Volleyball Trainer

Natalia Kellerman

Natalia played college volleyball at Iowa Central Community College that was ranked #2 in the nation last season. She competed at the varsity level for 4 years at Oak Grove Lutheran High School in Fargo, ND. Natalia helped lead the Grovers to the North Dakota Region 1 Championship and was named to the All-Tournament Team. She was also selection to the All Region Team as a senior.