Hayden Riley
| Sport(s) | Basketball, Baseball, Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 14, 1921 Guin, Alabama |
| Died | April 24, 1995 (aged 73) Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1941–1942 | Howard College (3 sports) |
| 1946–1948 | Alabama (basketball, baseball) |
| Position(s) | Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1948–1958 | Coffee HS |
| 1958–1960 | Alabama – (assistant) |
| 1960–1968 | Alabama |
| Baseball | |
| 1970–1979 | Alabama |
| Football | |
| 1958–1969 | Alabama – (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 102–104 (.495) - basketball 224–163–1 (.579) - baseball |
| Hayden Riley | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |
 United States
|
| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
|
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Unit | Training |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Lloyd Hayden Riley (September 14, 1921 – April 24, 1995) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide for eight seasons during the 1960s, and the Tide’s head baseball coach for ten seasons in the 1970s. Riley was also a recruiting coordinator for football at Alabama under Paul "Bear" Bryant.
Born and raised in Guin, Alabama, Riley was a four-sport athlete in high school and played football, basketball, and baseball at Howard College (now Samford University). He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 and was stationed at NAS Pensacola in the nearby Florida panhandle as a physical trainer. Following his discharge from the military, he returned to college at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in August 1948 and earned a master's degree in 1953.
Just days after earning his degree, Riley was the head coach of baseball and basketball at Coffee High School in Florence. He stayed for a decade, and his basketball team won the state championship in 1951, with high finishes in other years. One of his players at Coffee was Wimp Sanderson, a future assistant under Riley at Alabama and later the Tide's head coach. Riley was also the head football coach at CHS for three seasons, beginning in 1955. He moved to the University of Alabama in 1958 as a football assistant to Bear Bryant and an assistant basketball coach under Eugene Lambert. When Lambert left in 1960, Riley was promoted to head basketball coach. After eight seasons, Riley suffered his first losing season and resigned in 1968, and continued as an assistant athletic director. In 1970, he succeeded Joe Sewell as head baseball coach for ten seasons and stepped down due to health reasons in 1979.
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