Carissa Bradford enters her second year with the Regis College men's and women's volleyball program as an assistant coach in the 2024-25 academic year.

Bradford played a significant role in helping the women's volleyball team put together the best season in program history (26-8) as the Pride went 14-1 in regular season GNAC play and advanced to the championship match of the GNAC Women's Volleyball Tournament. She also helped the men's team win 10 matches and advance to the GNAC Men's Volleyball Tournament for the third straight year.

Bradford was a Division I volleyball student-athlete for four years, starting her collegiate career at the University of the Pacific in 2019. After spending the 2020-21 season at Tennessee, she transferred to South Alabama where she played her final two seasons. In 2021, she led her team with 344 kills, featuring a span of six straight matches with 10 or more kills. During the 2022 season, Bradford collected 66 kills and 19 total blocks, including an 11-kill performance, three-block performance at Southern Mississippi Sept. 23, 2022. 

Originally from Porter Ranch, Calif., Bradford received her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of South Alabama in the spring of 2023.