Dean Bailey

Dean Bailey
Bailey as Melbourne coach
Personal information
Full name	Dean Bailey
Nickname(s)	Bails
Date of birth	(1967-01-18)18 January 1967
Date of death	11 March 2014(2014-03-11) (aged 47)
Original team(s)	North Ringwood (EFL)
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1986–1992	Essendon	53 (19)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2008–2011	Melbourne	83 (22–59–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2011.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dean Bailey (18 January 1967 – 11 March 2014) was an Australian rules football player and coach. He played for the Essendon Football Club and was the senior coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as an assistant coach at Essendon and Port Adelaide and the Strategy & Innovation Coach at the Adelaide Football Club (Adelaide Crows).^[1] Bailey died of lung cancer on 11 March 2014.^[2]