Robert Bailey and his four siblings were born on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, then transplanted to Villa Rica, Georgia. After earning his BA, MEd, and EdS, he worked for many years as a high school teacher and soccer coach. He taught advanced placement American government, psychology, philosophy, and comparative religion, and was also certified as an ESL and Gifted and Talented teacher. In 1976 he was named the Georgia Coach of the Year, and was recently inducted into his school's Athletic Hall of Fame. During the 1980s he wrote an observational humor column for a weekly newspaper in Rabun County, Georgia, and is currently working as a personal fitness trainer at a local gym. After retirement, he spent three years at Mercer University supervising prospective teachers. Robert married his 8th grade sweetheart, and they have been married 53 years.
