After serving 13 years as the equipment operations manager for the University of South Alabama football program, Jeff Bailey was named Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations in February 2021.
In his new role, Bailey will help manage all athletic facilities on a day-to-day basis while assisting with all aspects of gameday operations for all 17 Jaguar sport programs.
While working with South's football team, Bailey was responsible for fitting and ordering all equipment — including practice and game uniforms, helmets, shoulder pads, shoes and cleats — for the football program.  He was in charge of maintaining inventory levels and projecting future equipment needs, assisted in coordinating the Jaguars’ practice and game day itinerary, and oversaw the program’s staff of student managers.
He came to South Alabama after serving as the equipment manager and director of football operations at Prattville High School since August 2003, where he worked for former Jaguar assistant coach Bill Clark.  At PHS his responsibilities included ordering, organizing and distributing equipment for more than 200 student-athletes on the varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams, maintaining facilities and grounds, supervising the Lions’ managers and ball boys, organizing travel arrangements and organizing public events for fund raising.
Prior to working at PHS, Bailey served as the recreation coordinator for the City of Prattville Parks and Recreation Department for six years, where he assisted in managing the city’s recreation program.  He also served as equipment manager for the Montgomery Biscuits, the Double A Minor League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, during the summer of 2005.
Bailey received his Athletic Equipment Managers Association certification — which recognizes specialized knowledge, skills and experience in athletic equipment management — in 2015.
A baseball player at Huntingdon (Ala.) College in 1983, Bailey and his wife Jan have five sons; Justin, Jarrett — a four-year pitcher for the Jaguar baseball team — Codey Owens, and twins Travis and Trevor Owens.  The couple also have seven grandchildren, Easton, Aiden, Mason, Jensen, Keaton, Ella Claire Bailey and Hudson.
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