Willard Bailey

Willard Bailey
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	June 3, 1939 (1939-06-03) (age 72)
Place of birth	Suffolk, Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1983 1984–1992 1995–2003 2005–2010 2011	Virginia Union Norfolk State Virginia Union Saint Paul's (VA) V.U.L. (Lynchburg, VA)
Head coaching record
Overall	230–149–7 (.605)
Tournaments	0–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 CIAA (1973, 1979, 1981–1984, 2001)

Willard Bailey (born June 3, 1939) is a former American football college coach and an alumnus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, who graduated in 1962. He has been a head football coach for a total of 40 seasons. He served as head coach at Virginia Union University (1971–1983 and 1995–2003), Norfolk State (1984–1992), and Saint Paul's College, Virginia (2005–2010). Bailey has compiled a record of 230 wins, 149 losses, and 7 ties.^[1][2] At the end of the 2010 college football season, Bailey ranked 33rd all-time in wins among NCAA football coaches across all divisions. As a coach in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), Bailey has won seven conference championships, six with Virginia Union and one with Norfolk State.^[3] His Virginia Union Panther football teams made 5 straight appearances in the Division II football playoffs in 1979,1980,1981,1982, and 1983, while his Norfolk State Spartan football team made one appearance in the Division II football playoffs in 1984.

In a press release dated February 1, 2011, Bailey's retirement was announced. Succeeding Bailey as Saint Paul's head football coach will be former assistant coach Kevin Grisby.^[4]

These are players from Bailey's Virginia Union Panther, Nofolk State Spartan, and Saint Paul's Tiger teams who went on to the National Football League/Canadian League/Arena League:

Virginia Union:Herbert Scott, Malcolm Barnwell, Carl Bland, Pete Hunter, James Atkins.

Norfolk State: Willie Gillus, A. J. Jimerson

Saint Paul's: Greg Toler (the first player from the school to be drafted by the National Football League)

Bailey now coaches for Virginia University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg VA. V.U.L. hasn't had a football program since 1954, and they've hired Coach Bailey in 2011.^[5]

Contents 1 Head coaching record 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Virginia Union Panthers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1971–1983)
1971	Virginia Union	4–3–2
1972	Virginia Union	6–3
1973	Virginia Union	9–1	9–0	1st
1974	Virginia Union	8–2
1975	Virginia Union	7–4
1976	Virginia Union	7–4
1977	Virginia Union	10–1
1978	Virginia Union	7–4–1
1979	Virginia Union	10–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
1980	Virginia Union	9–2–1			L NCAA Division II First Round
1981	Virginia Union	11–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
1982	Virginia Union	8–3	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
1983	Virginia Union	9–2	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
Virginia Union:		105–32–4
Norfolk State Spartans (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1984–1992)
1984	Norfolk State	10–2	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
1985	Norfolk State	6–4
1986	Norfolk State	4–6
1987	Norfolk State	4–7
1988	Norfolk State	5–5
1989	Norfolk State	6–3–1
1990	Norfolk State	7–3
1991	Norfolk State	7–3
1992	Norfolk State	3–7
Norfolk State:		52–40–1
Virginia Union Panthers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1995–2003)
1995	Virginia Union	0–8–2	0–6–1
1996	Virginia Union	2–8	1–6
1997	Virginia Union	6–5	3–4
1998	Virginia Union	8–3	5–3
1999	Virginia Union	8–2	5–1
2000	Virginia Union	8–3	4–1
2001	Virginia Union	8–2	7–1
2002	Virginia Union	6–4	5–3
2003	Virginia Union	6–5	5–2
Virginia Union:		52–40–2	35–27–1
Virginia Union Total:		157–72–6
Saint Paul's Tigers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2005–Present)
2005	Saint Paul's	4–6
2006	Saint Paul's	1–8
2007	Saint Paul's	5–5
2008	Saint Paul's	5–5
2009	Saint Paul's	4–5
2010	Saint Paul's	2–8	2–5
Saint Paul's:		21–37
Total:		230–149–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

See also

• List of college football coaches with 200 wins

References

External links

• Willard Bailey at the College Football Data Warehouse

Virginia Union Panthers head football coaches Unknown (1899) J. R. L. Diggs (1900–1901) F. C. Dickey (1902) Harry E. Barco (1903) John W. Barco (1904–1907) Wessley A. Stevens (1908–1910) Harry E. Barco (1911–1912) James E. Garner (1913–1914) S. M. F. Fisher (1915–1916) Wesley A. Daniel (1917) H. L. Harris (1918) Henry B. Hucles (1919–1920) Harold D. Martin (1921–1923) Thomas W. Harvey (1924–1925) Henry B. Hucles (1926–1942) No team (1943–1944) Samuel B. Taylor (1945–1948) Bernard Smith (1949) Thomas Harris (1950–1970) Willard Bailey (1971–1983) Joe Taylor (1984–1991) Richard Macon & Willie Spence (1992) Henry Lattimore (1993–1994) Willard Bailey (1995–2003) Arrington Jones (2004–2007) Gregory Richardson (2008) Michael Bailey (2009– )

Norfolk State Spartans head football coaches Mickey Yancey (1938–1939) James Gill (1940–1941) No team (1942–1944) Leroy Porter (1945–1951) Ed Ferrell (1952–1954) Joe Echols (1955–1960) Bill Archie (1961–1966) Willie Smith (1967) Curtis Maddox (1968–1971) Bob Ledbetter (1972–1973) Dick Price (1974–1983) Willard Bailey (1984–1992) Archie Cooley (1993) Darnell Moore (1994–1998) Mo Forte (1999–2002) Willie Gillus (2003–2004) Pete Adrian (2005–)

Persondata
Name	Bailey, Willard
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	June 3, 1939
Place of birth	Suffolk, Virginia
Date of death
Place of death