Willard Bailey is a former American football college coach and an alumnus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, who graduated in 1962. He has been a head football coach for a total of 40 seasons. He served as head coach at Virginia Union University, Norfolk State, and Saint Paul's College, Virginia. Bailey has compiled a record of 230 wins, 149 losses, and 7 ties. At the end of the 2010 college football season, Bailey ranked 33rd all-time in wins among NCAA football coaches across all divisions. As a coach in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Bailey has won seven conference championships, six with Virginia Union and one with Norfolk State. His Virginia Union Panther football teams made 5 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. In a press release dated February 1, 2011, Bailey's retirement was announced. Succeeding Bailey as Saint Paul's head football coach will be former assistant coach Kevin Grisby.