Steve Bailey

Biography

Six-time BIG EAST Coach of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025) and 2024-25 GCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year Steve Bailey enters his 16th season as the head men's golf coach at Marquette University in 2025-26. A native of Virginia Beach, Virginia and previously a member of the coaching staff at Northwestern, Bailey has elevated the Marquette program with championship results, quality recruiting, academic excellence, facility upgrades, key fundraising, and a push to host events at Wisconsin's finest golf courses. Bailey leads MU into to the 2025-26 season as a program having achieved numerous milestones: five BIG EAST team titles (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025), five individual BIG EAST medalists, a national top-25 ranking for the first time in 2017-18, and program-best top-50 national end-of-season rankings in 2018-19 and 2024-25. The 2024-25 season was one for the record books as the Golden Eagles shattered the program's scoring average record with a 283.67 mark, -1.27 strokes to par per round, and won five team events, including MU's sixth BIG EAST crown at Callawassie Island. Led by BIG EAST Player of the Year Patrick Adler, fellow All-BIG EAST First Team selections Max Lyons and Johan Widal and league freshman of the year Vincent Cervantes, a second team selection, MU placed eighth in the NCAA Urbana Regional. Cervantes led the way for MU in 15th place with a 3-under 210 and MU recorded its best regional score at 11-over 863. During the 2024-25 campaign, Adle

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