Rick Bailey returns in 2011-12 for his second season as the head women's golf coach at Denison University.

2010-11 marked the first season that women's golf was officially sponsored by the North Coast Athletic Conference.  Bailey led Denison to a fourth-place finish in the innagural year and sophomore Chelsea Lee earned All-NCAC honorable mention.

Bailey has played an integral role in the women’s golf program since it was a burgeoning club sport in 2002. 

From 2002 through 2006 Bailey was the head coach of the Denison women’s golf club team.  In 2006-07 he moved into the role of assistant coach with the varsity program.  Over the past five seasons he has provided the on-course instruction for the program and has traveled with the team to various tournaments around the state.

Bailey is a Certified PGA Professional and is currently the Assistant Golf Professional at Granville Golf Course.  In 2008 he was awarded the Southern Ohio PGA Member Assistant of the Year award and is currently serving on the Southern Ohio PGA education committee.  An accomplished amateur golfer, Bailey is an eight-time club champion at Moundbuilders Country Club in Newark, Ohio.  He has also participated in the Ohio Amateur, the Ohio Mid-Amateur as well as qualifiers for the United States Golf Association Mid-Amateur.