David Bailiff
American football player and coach (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Edward Bailiff (born May 26, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach at Texas A&M University–Commerce from 2019 to 2022; prior to that he was the head coach at Rice University in Houston, Texas from 2007 to 2017. During his tenure as head coach, the Rice Owls played in four bowl games, winning three of them, and won the 2013 Conference USA football championship, the first outright conference title for Rice in 56 years. He also coached at his alma mater, Texas State University, where he led the Bobcats to the NCAA Division I-AA National Semifinals in 2005.
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Current position | |
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Title | Special Assistant to the head coach |
Team | Texas State |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1958-05-26) May 26, 1958 (age 66) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1977–1980 | Southwest Texas State |
Position(s) | Offensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1982–1984 | New Braunfels HS (TX) (DL) |
1988 | Southwest Texas State (GA) |
1989–1991 | Southwest Texas State (DL) |
1992–1996 | New Mexico (DL/RC) |
1997–1999 | Southwest Texas State (DC) |
2000 | Southwest Texas State (AHC/DC) |
2001 | TCU (AHC/DL) |
2002–2003 | TCU (DC/DL) |
2004–2006 | Texas State |
2007–2017 | Rice |
2019–2022 | Texas A&M–Commerce |
2023–present | Texas State (spec. asst. to the HC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 101–108 |
Bowls | 3–1 |
Tournaments | 2–1 (NCAA D-I-AA Playoffs) 2–1 (NCAA Division II Playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Southland (2005) 1 C-USA (2013) 2 C-USA West Division (2008, 2013) | |
Awards | |
2× C-USA Coach of the Year (2008, 2013) | |
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