Meet the Owner
Coach Ollie Bailey — Chicago Hall of Famer, NAIA National Player of the Year, and Founder of OB Athletics & OB Dreamteam.
The only player in NAIA history named National Player of the Year and National Champion in the same season.
Inducted into the Chicago High School Basketball Hall of Fame, Coach Ollie Bailey built a career defined by championships, scoring titles, and developing the next generation of athletes — from college and pro ball overseas to coaching in Mumbai and founding OB Athletics in Las Vegas.
From Rutgers to a national title
He played at Rutgers University in the Big East Conference from 2004–2007 and was named Big East All-Freshman in 2004–05. After his junior season he transferred to Oklahoma City University, where he was named 2008 NAIA National Player of the Year, NAIA First Team All-American, Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Sooner Athletic Newcomer of the Year — and helped lead OCU to the 2008 NAIA National Championship.
Thirteen countries. Ten years. Four titles.
After college he played professionally overseas in thirteen countries over ten years, winning four championships — three in the Dominican Republic and one in Cyprus. He was named Player of the Year in Venezuela in 2013 and earned two league MVPs in the Dominican Republic (2011 and 2012). He retired in 2019 after a decade abroad.
Ten scoring titles across South America
Across his pro career he collected ten scoring titles (leading scorer) throughout South America and remains on the Dominican Republic all-time top-twenty-five scoring list. Those titles came in the Dominican Republic (six), Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Career highlights
Inducted into the Chicago High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
National Player of the Year, First Team All-American, and conference Player & Newcomer of the Year — all in the same championship season.
Three titles in the Dominican Republic and one in Cyprus across a ten-year overseas career.
Dominican Republic MVP in 2011 and 2012; Venezuela Player of the Year in 2013.
Building the next generation
In 2020 he became Head Coach at Corvuss American Academy in Mumbai, India, winning back-to-back championships in 2021 and 2022 and developing four MVP award winners in two years. He then founded OB Athletics — where he is Founder/Owner — and the girls and boys club basketball program OB Dreamteam, also as Founder/Owner.
