Virginia University of Lynchburg Names Head Football Coach and Athletic Director

LYNCHBURG, Virginia -- Don Lee, the former head football coach at Concordia College (Alabama) has accepted the athletics director and head football coach position at Virginia University of Lynchburg, per reports from Football Scoop.  Lee will be replacing the legendary Willard Bailey who also served in both positions from the restart of the football program in 2011 to October 23, 2013.

Bailey announced in early October that 2013 would be his last season with the Dragons. 

VUL President Ralph Reavis appointed Luther Palmer head coach on October 24, 2013.  Palmer had served the Dragons as Bailey's defensive coordinator, who defeated Lee's Concordia College Hornets 58-20 last season.

Lee's bio is posted on the Concordia College Hornets athletic website.  Read it here.  He served Concordia in the duel positions of head football coach and athletics director for three years.

You may recall that Lee had to re-build Concordia's football program and save its season, after the team lost all its equipment and uniforms in a bus fire on their trip to Miles College on September 21, 2013.  With the outpouring of gifts from the Green Bay Packers, Adidas, Rawlings, Nike and many others, the Hornets were able to complete their commitments for last season.  The Hornets lost about $70,000 in protective equipment, game uniforms and camera equipment that was destroyed in the bus fire.

Lee will take over a football program that main revenue comes from financial guarantees with higher division programs.  The school has averaged $55,000 to $60,000 in guarantees over the last three years.  The VUL Dragons are scheduled to open the 2014 season at Alcorn State on August 30, 2014;  and at Jackson State on Sept 6, 2014. 

VUL is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 86 mostly small colleges, community colleges and junior colleges, across the United States, stretching from Washington state to Maine.  The Dragons field a total of ten competitive sport programs, including baseball, softball and volleyball.

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