Willard Bailey

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Willard Bailey
Biographical details
Born (1939-06-03) June 3, 1939 (age 84)
Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1970 Virginia Union (assistant)
1971–1983 Virginia Union
1984–1992 Norfolk State
1995–2003 Virginia Union
2005–2010 Saint Paul's (VA)
2011–2013 Virginia–Lynchburg
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1984–1989 Norfolk State
Head coaching record
Overall238–169–7
Tournaments0–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 CIAA (1973, 1979, 1981–1984, 2001)

Willard Bailey (born June 3, 1939) is and currently serving as President of Central International College* in Virginia. When Coach Bailey retired in 2013, he was the winningest football coach in the history of Virginia at all levels. Today, that record has been eclipsed -- but Bailey is still the all-time winningest football coach in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) -- the oldest Black football conference in the country. In his 40 years of coaching at four different schools, Bailey won a total of 238 games. Coach Bailey's former positions include athletic director, head football coach, as well as being a fully-tenured associate professor.

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Coach Willard Bailey was Inducted into Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2021.

Coach Bailey became an assistant football coach at Virginia Union University in 1964 and took over as head coach of VUU's Panthers in 1971, setting a school-record 151 coaching wins between 1971-83 and 1995-2003. His distinguished service as head football coach includes Virginia Union University from 1971 to 1983 and again from 1995 to 2003, Norfolk State University from 1984 to 1992, Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia from 2005 to 2010, and Virginia University of Lynchburg from 2011 to 2013, compiling a career college football record of 238–169–7. [1] [2] As a coach in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), Bailey won seven conference championships, six with Virginia Union and one with Norfolk State. His Virginia Union Panther football teams made five straight appearances in the NCAA Division II football playoffs, from 1979 to 1983, while his Norfolk State Spartan football team made one appearance in the NCAA Division II football playoffs, in 1984.

These are but a few of the players from Bailey's Virginia Union Panthers, Norfolk State Spartans, and Saint Paul's Tiger teams who went on to the National Football League, the Canadian League or the Arena League:

Bailey graduated from Norfolk State in 1962.

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Head Coaching Record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Virginia Union Panthers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1971–1983)
1971 Virginia Union4–3–24–3–13rd (Northern)
1972 Virginia Union6–33–2T–2nd (Northern)
1973 Virginia Union9–19–01st
1974 Virginia Union8–27–12nd
1975 Virginia Union7–46–1T–2nd
1976 Virginia Union7–45–3T–3rd
1977 Virginia Union10–17–12nd
1978 Virginia Union7–4–15–2–1T–2nd
1979 Virginia Union10–28–01stL NCAA Division II First Round
1980 Virginia Union9–2–15–1–12ndL NCAA Division II First Round
1981 Virginia Union 11–17–01st (Northern)L NCAA Division II First Round
1982 Virginia Union8–36–11st (Northern)L NCAA Division II First Round
1983 Virginia Union9–26–11st (Northern)L NCAA Division II First Round
Norfolk State Spartans (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1984–1992)
1984 Norfolk State10–26–11st (Northern)L NCAA Division II First Round
1985 Norfolk State6–45–22nd (Northern)
1986 Norfolk State4–63–44th (Northern)
1987 Norfolk State4–72–54th (Northern)
1988 Norfolk State5–52–44th (Northern)
1989 Norfolk State6–3–13–2–14th (Northern)
1990 Norfolk State7–35–12nd (Northern)
1991 Norfolk State7–36–1T–2nd
1992 Norfolk State3–72–4T–8th
Norfolk State:52–40–134–24–1
Virginia Union Panthers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1995–2003)
1995 Virginia Union0–8–20–6–29th
1996 Virginia Union2–81–7T–9th
1997 Virginia Union6–53–4
1998 Virginia Union8–34–3T–3rd
1999 Virginia Union8–26–12nd
2000 Virginia Union8–35–11st (Eastern)
2001 Virginia Union8–35–11st (Eastern)
2002 Virginia Union6–44–33rd (Eastern)
2003 Virginia Union6–55–2T–1st (Eastern)
Virginia Union:157–73–6111–44–5
Saint Paul's Tigers (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2005–2010)
2005 Saint Paul's4–63–44th (Northern)
2006 Saint Paul's1–81–66th (Northern)
2007 Saint Paul's5–54–33rd (Northern)
2008 Saint Paul's5–53–4T–4th (Northern)
2009 Saint Paul's4–53–45th (Northern)
2010 Saint Paul's2–82–56th (Northern)
Saint Paul's:21–3716–26
Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons (Independent)(2011–2013)
2011Virginia–Lynchburg4–6
2012Virginia–Lynchburg2–8
2013Virginia–Lynchburg2–5
Virginia–Lynchburg:8–19
Total:238–169–7
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ "All-time Game Results". Virginia Union University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
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