Brad Mears (born December 24, 1970) is a University of Central Missouri professor and a retired American shot putter, who won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

His personal best throw is 21.30 meters (69 feet 11 inches), achieved in May 1999 in Greeley.

[1] As a Track and Field Athlete, Brad holds 9 Missouri All State titles for Neosho High School, and 7 All America Titles and a National Championship for the University of Central Missouri.

Olympic Weight Lifting Personal Bests (+109 group): Total 375 kilograms (827 pounds).

[4] As a professor of Pedagogy in Physical Education, at the University of Central Missouri, Brad's scholarly work has focused on human physical/structural development and function, related to the areas of Developmental Neurology, Brain Based Learning, Autism and Attention Deficit Disorder, Behavior Analysis and Child Development with over 200 publications and/or presentations worldwide.