David Bailiff

David Bailiff
Bailiff at 2017 C-USA Media Days
Current position
TitleSpecial Assistant to the head coach
TeamTexas State
ConferenceSun Belt
Biographical details
Born (1958-05-26) May 26, 1958 (age 66)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1977–1980Southwest Texas State
Position(s)Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1984New Braunfels HS (TX) (DL)
1988Southwest Texas State (GA)
1989–1991Southwest Texas State (DL)
1992–1996New Mexico (DL/RC)
1997–1999Southwest Texas State (DC)
2000Southwest Texas State (AHC/DC)
2001TCU (AHC/DL)
2002–2003TCU (DC/DL)
2004–2006Texas State
2007–2017Rice
2019–2022Texas A&M–Commerce
2023–presentTexas State (spec. asst. to the HC)
Head coaching record
Overall101–108
Bowls3–1
Tournaments2–1 (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
C-USA Coach of the Year (2008, 2013)

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.