Willard Bailey

Willard Bailey (born June 3, 1939) is a former American football coach and.  He served as head football coach coach at 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.  Bailey has compiled a record of 238–169–7. 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. His Virginia Union Panther football teams made five 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.

These are players from Bailey's Virginia Union Panther, Norfolk 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 graduated from Norfolk State in 1962.

Head coaching record

See also
 List of college football coaches with 200 wins

References

Category:1939 births
Category:Living people
Category:Norfolk State Spartans football coaches
Category:Saint Paul's Tigers football coaches
Category:Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons football coaches
Category:Virginia Union Panthers football coaches
Category:Norfolk State University alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Suffolk, Virginia
Category:African-American coaches of American football