Bluefield College Men's Cross Country

Bailey joined the Bluefield College baseball program as a pitching coach prior to the 2015 season, bringing collegiate and minor league playing experience as well as several years of instruction to the position. In 2016 Bailey guided the Rams pitching staff to 28 wins and a berth in the AAC tournament as they amounted 349 strike outs and had a team ERA of 4.54. The Rams pitching staff finished with 14 complete games and 5 shut outs. Senior Right Hander Thomas Huddleston finished 8th in the AAC with 80 strike outs and 6th in the league with only 14 walks. After the 2016 season Huddleston signed professionally with Roswell Invaders of the Pecos Professional Baseball League.  Junior RHP Christian Sinnott finished 10th in the league with an ERA of 3.60.  Reliever Chaz Miller pitched for the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plains summer league which is one of the best leagues in the country. Miller set the Owls single season saves record with 14 and was voted 1st team All Coastal Plains League. Bailey took the reins of the pitching staff in 2015, providing helping develop the staff through his training and instruction. He also called pitches for the Rams. The highlight of Bailey's first season with the program was Chaz Miller's no-hitter in the NCCAA Mid-East Regional. The 2015 Rams also led the Appalachian Athletic Conference in strikeouts with 166 in league play and finished third overall in the league with 361 Ks in all games. A native of Christiansburg, Va., Bailey played college ball at nearby Concord University and also played four years of Minor League baseball. He was drafted in the 35 th  round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Oakland Athletics. While at Concord, Bailey was a three-year letterwinner, earning All-Conference relief pitcher honors in both 2008 and 2010. He made a school record 70 appearances, scoring 10 wins and 11 saves. As a freshman in 2008, Bailey helped the team post a then-school record of 35 wins by hurling a 5-2 record with five saves and a 3.98 ERA. During his four-year Minor League career, Bailey posted an ERA of 3.89, highlighted by his 2010 season with the Vermont Lake Monsters (5-0, 2.34 ERA). Bailey is also the founder of the Southwest Virginia Prospect Camp, which brings in local colleges to recruit local prospective student-athletes. Sixteen players that have attended the camp since 2010 are now competing at the collegiate level. He has also recently served as the pitching coach at Christiansburg High School, running daily operations for pitchers, organizing throwing programs, and creating off-season workouts.