2024 First Pitch Saturday Camp

Coach Grayson Bailey is in his 7th season on the coaching staff at Cox High School and his fourth season as the Junior Varsity Head Coach. He played at Cox High School his senior year in 2010 where he was 1st team Beach District, Eastern Region, Tidewater, and AAA honorable mention all-state. He was one of the team captains and finished with .538 batting average and 8-2 record on the mound with a 1.45 ERA. He played as a two-way player at Louisburg Junior College and then moved on to pitch for East Carolina, Lee University, and Old Dominion University. At Lee, he was an Academic All-American and led the team in era and strikeouts out of the bullpen where they were runners up in NCCAA World Series two years in a row. At Old Dominion he led the team in ERA and received a win against the defending national champions, University of Virginia. He also won two Coastal Plain League Championships with the Peninsula Pilots and is top five in Strikeouts in Pilot history. Throughout his college career he has been invited to pro tryouts and was offered a contract to play in Europe. He also is the assistant/pitching coach for the Old Dominion Hitters 2019 team where they were ranked top 70 in the country by Perfect Game. He was the assistant/pitching coach for both varsity and JV last year. He helped coached JV to a 9-1 record and team ERA of 2.08. He helped varsity compile a 22-5 record (ERA 2.51) as they were Coastal Conference and Tournament Champions, Region 6A South Champions, and 6A State Finalists.