A lifelong runner, Jeff found his love for distance running during his high school years as an all-state performer in east Texas. He earned a scholarship to Baylor University where he was a member of the 1994 Southwest Conference Championship team for the Bears. Jeff earned All-Southwest Conference honors in cross country and track as well as NCAA Academic All-America honors. Continuing to run while in law school, Jeff ran personal bests from the 5k to the marathon.

‍‍In 2001 he began his career in the high school ranks coaching multiple state champions, national qualifiers and NCAA scholarship athletes. Jeff coaches all distances from mile to the marathon including countless  Boston Marathon qualifiers and multiple U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon qualifiers.

In addition to serving as Bat City Track Club’s strength coach, Coach Victoria is in her fourth year at Florida State University where she she is the Strength and Conditioning coach of  Softball and Swimming & Diving team, and previously with Track & Field.  Coach Victoria has helped mentor multiple All-ACC performers and NCAA All-Americans in her career at FSU. Prior to arriving in Tallahassee, Coach Victoria served as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.
Coach Victoria earned a master’s degree in sports management from Florida State University where she completed an internship as a Strength and Conditioning Coach. Additionally, Coach Victoria served as the Director of Athletic Performance for Florida State University Schools, where she built the High School’s first Athletics Performance program.
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Coach Victoria holds a bachelor's degree in health and Fitness Promotion from Luther College where she starred on the Norse softball team and served as an intern with Luther’s Athletic Performance staff. Bailey is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is certified by the National Association of Sports Medicine as a nutrition coach.  Having completed her competitive softball career, Coach Victoria has found passion in running and has raced multiple half marathons and marathons.