Joshua Bailey joined the Mountaineer Football Staff as the assistant director of player transition and recruiting communications in September 2022.
At West Virginia, Bailey assists in providing guidance to each freshman student-athlete to ensure his transition to college life is successful. He begins regular interaction with the parents and or guardians to keep communication open at all times. Bailey provides direction to committed student-athletes on initial academic eligibility material submission, serves as a liaison for WVU’s admission and housing application process and is responsible for yearlong programming for incoming student-athletes through the Bridge program.
Bailey assists the director of the 5th Quarter Program with the coordination and execution of the Big Brother program. He assists the recruiting department with virtual recruiting visits, junior days, unofficial and official visits for potential student-athletes and guardians. Bailey handles the execution of the defensive recruiting communication plan, ensuring the coaches have all relevant information.
Bailey came to West Virginia after serving as a recruiting intern for football at Georgia from May – August, 2022. As an intern, he would assist student-athletes and their families during on-campus visits.
He also served as a team operations associate for the Georgia Swarm (2021-22) and an operations intern at Georgia Southern for two years (2018-20).
Bailey participated in the football operations development series, hosted by the Philadelphia Eagles and was a utility ambassador for the Atlanta Braves.
A native of Mableton, Georgia, Bailey earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management with a minor in business administration from Georgia Southern in 2020.
