Billy Bales

Video Coordinator Billy Bales is in his first season at the University of Virginia. Bales joined head coach Ryan Odom’s staff at Virginia after two seasons as the director of video at VCU (2023-25) and director of player development at Utah State (2021-23).

Bales helped VCU to a 52-21 record and an appearance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. VCU finished 28-7, won the Atlantic-10 Tournament and shared the A-10 regular-season championship in 2024-25. VCU’s Max Shulga earned A-10 Player of the Year honors and Jack Clark was the A-10 Tournament MVP. In 2023-24, the Rams advanced to the NIT quarterfinals and finished with a 24-14 record.

While Bales was at Utah State, the Aggies earned a 2023 NCAA Tournament berth and made a 2022 NIT appearance. Three Utah State players received All-Mountain West Conference honors during Bales’ tenure, including 2023 first-team selection Steven Ashworth.

Bales also worked with Odom at UMBC, where he assisted with daily scheduling and social media content. During his one year with the Retrievers from 2020-21, UMBC captured the America East regular season title and finished with an overall mark of 14-6, including a 10-4 ledger in league play.

Prior to his time in Baltimore, Bales spent two seasons (2018-20) under head coach Everick Sullivan at his alma mater, Lenoir-Rhyne University. During his tenure, the Bears received an at-large bid to the school’s seventh NCAA D-II Tournament, advanced to their first South Atlantic Conference Championship game since 2005 and reached as high as No. 17 in the D-II rankings.

Bales, originally from Elizabethton, Tenn., earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management and a master’s of University Leadership from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2018. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Bears and while playing for Odom led the team to an NCAA Division II Regional Final appearance during the 2015-16 season.