Softball

Dick Bailey
Dick Bailey
Title: Co-Head Coach
Year: 10th Season (21st Overall)

Dick Bailey was added to the softball coaching staff prior to the start of the 2010-11 academic year.

Bailey, a 2008 Saint Joseph's College Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, served as the SJC Softball head coach for 11 seasons and posted a 244-101 (.707) record from 1985 to 1995. His winning percentage at St. Joe's ranks fourth all-time while his wins total is the fifth-highest in SJC Athletics history.

Bailey led the Royal Blue to six conference crowns, four NAIA New England titles and an NAIA Northeast Championship – which put the Monks in the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in 1994. He posted nine 20-win seasons and won three Coach of the Year honors at Saint Joseph's.

After 20 years in the United States Marine Corps, Bailey was hired as the Dean of Students at St. Joe's and worked in that capacity for 16 years.

After his tenure at St. Joe's, Bailey moved on to skipper the Colby College nine for 13 seasons and posted a 197-177-3 (.527) record as the Mules' leader and retired from coaching - briefly - with a 443-296-3 (.600) record after 23 seasons.

 

CAREER COACHING RECORD:

Year School W L W%
1985 Saint Joseph's 6 15 .286
1986 Saint Joseph's 20 15 .571
1987 Saint Joseph's 13 8 .619
1988 Saint Joseph's 22 7 .759
1989 Saint Joseph's 20 8 .714
1990 Saint Joseph's 25 6 .806
1991 Saint Joseph's 26 13 .667
1992 Saint Joseph's 23 7 .767
1993 Saint Joseph's 25 4 .862
1994 Saint Joseph's 27 9 .750
1995 Saint Joseph's 37 9 .804
1996 Westbrook 2 18 .100
1997 Colby 18 8 .692
1998 Colby 14 20 .412
1999 Colby 20 12 .625
2000 Colby 18 12 .600
2001 Colby 10 15 .400
2002 Colby 13 13 .500
2003 Colby 12 13 .480
2004 Colby 18 11 .621
2005 Colby 11 15 .423
2006 Colby 11 20 .355
2007 Colby 17 13 .567
2008 Colby 17 14 .548
2009 Colby 18 11 .621
2013 Saint Joseph's * 34 13 .723
2014 Saint Joseph's * 34 6 .850
2015 Saint Joseph's * 27 13 .675
2016 Saint Joseph's * 22 18 .550
2017 Saint Joseph's * 22 17 .564
2018 Saint Joseph's * 20 19 .513
2019 Saint Joseph's * 13 23 .361
2020 Saint Joseph's * 4 6 .400
  TOTAL 619 411 .601

* = Co-Head Coach

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