Hall of Fame
Bailey was a two-sport athlete and a longtime holder of the Lafayette career sacks record in football and the discus record in track and field. He was a two-time ECAC All-Star in 1993 and 1994, when he also secured All-Patriot League First-Team laurels at defensive end.
The Lakewood, N.J., native helped lead his team to a pair of Patriot League titles (1992, 1994) as the Leopards racked up a 16-3-1 mark over four seasons of conference play. Bailey held the Lafayette career sacks record for nearly three decades, finishing his career with 25, a mark that was not eclipsed until 2022. Bailey, who served as a team captain as a senior, currently ranks second in career sacks and is tied for fourth for sacks in a season (nine in 1993 and 1994). Upon his graduation, he played for the Connecticut Coyotes of the Arena Football League.
Bailey's football credentials alone likely would have led to his enshrinement, but they only tell part of the story for the two-time ECAC/IC4A qualifier and two-time Patriot League champion in track and field. In 1995, the team captain won the Patriot League discus title by 21 feet to set a new school record. His school record stood from 1995 to 2016 and snapped a 42-year-old mark. Bailey's 1995 performance in the Penn Relays led to a second-place finish. He was named a Strength and Conditioning All-American prior to graduation. After graduation, Bailey was a Highland Games world champion and world record holder in the 20-pound weight-over-bar event.
Bailey graduated with a degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Lafayette in 1995, earned his doctoral degree in Education from East Stroudsburg in 2020 and was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters from Lafayette in 2022. Since 2013, Bailey has served as the principal at Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pa. In 2021, he was selected as the state's Secondary School Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. Bailey has been integrally involved with the Lafayette football program and the greater Lafayette community as a speaker and mentor.
