Brandon Bailey (American football)

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Brandon Bailey
Current position
TitleDefensive Coordinator/LB Coach
Team Georgia Southern
Biographical details
Born (1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 (age 28)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016 Tulane (GA)
2017 Richmond Hill High School (Co-DC/LB)
2018 Arkansas–Monticello (DB)
2019–2020 Texas A&M (GA)
2021Texas A&M (Defensive Analyst)
2022 Buffalo (DC/DB)
2023–present Georgia Southern (DC/LB)

Brandon Bailey (born August 19, 1994) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Georgia Southern Eagles.

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Early life and college

Bailey grew up in Macon, Georgia and graduated from Georgia Southern University with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education in May 2016. He also worked with the Eagles football program as a student assistant while he attended college. [1]

Coaching career

Bailey started his coaching career at Tulane where he served as a graduate assistant. [1] From there he would go to Richmond Hill High School as their Co-Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach where he would stay for one year. [1] Next Arkansas–Monticello hired Bailey as their defensive backs coach where he would coach during the 2018 season. He was also their defensive coordinator for the first seven games of the season helping them to a 5–2 record. [1] His next stop would be with the Texas A&M Aggies as a graduate assistant, a position he would hold with the Aggies for one year. [2] He then became a defensive analyst for the Aggies for the 2021 season. [1] On January 27, 2022, Bailey was hired by the Buffalo Bulls as their defensive coordinator, becoming the youngest Division I defensive coordinator. [3] [4] Bailey led the Buffalo defense that finished in fourth in the MAC in scoring. Buffalo also forced 28 turnovers on the year, more than double as many as the previous season, and the Bulls also finished second in the FBS with 15 fumbles recovered and tied for the league lead in interceptions with an outstanding number of 13, the 28 takeaways were the seventh most in the whole country. He also helped safety Marcus Fuqua tie for the national lead in interceptions with seven in route to being named to the Associated Press All-America Third Team, becoming just the third Buffalo player to achieve an AP All-American in the Bulls FBS era. [1] Then after his one outstanding year with the Bulls, he was hired by Georgia Southern as their defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BRANDON BAILEY". Georgia Southern Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Samuels, Doug. "The Scoop - Wednesday February 20, 2019". Football Scoop. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Farner, Keith. "MAC program to hire Texas A&M graduate assistant as defensive coordinator, per report". Saturday Down South. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Samuels, Doug. "Sources: Buffalo working to hire Brandon Bailey as one of youngest coordinators in college football". Football Scoop. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Lamar, Joey. "Georgia Southern acquires Buffalo's Brandon Bailey". WSAV TV. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Lenzi, Rachel. "UB football to lose defensive coordinator Brandon Bailey to Georgia Southern". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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