[2] Coming out of college in 1989, Spradley signed with the Amsterdam Canadians, a professional basketball team from the Netherlands.
He helped the team earn promotion to Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 1994.
[7] In his first year at the helm, Spradley steered the team to promotion to Germany's top tier.
On February 8, 2017, struggling Bundesliga side SC Rasta Vechta announced the appointment of Doug Spradley as head coach,[10] but could not avoid relegation from the German top tier.
[12] Spradley was named head coach of German ProA team Tigers Tübingen prior to the 2019-20 season.
On August 14, 2022, Spradley signed a one-year contract with current BNXT League champion ZZ Leiden from the Netherlands.
[17] In June 2023, he completed another championship run with his Leiden team by winning the BNXT League.