Larry Hays
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September, 2013
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| Sport(s) | Baseball, Softball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | Elida, New Mexico |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Baseball | |
| 1971–1986 | Lubbock Christian |
| 1987–2008 | Texas Tech |
| Men's basketball | |
| 1969–1975 | Lubbock Christian |
| 1978–1980 | Lubbock Christian |
| Women's basketball | |
| 1982–1983 | Lubbock Christian |
| Softball | |
| 2010 | Lubbock Christian |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1979–1987 | Lubbock Christian |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1,509–860 (Baseball) 113–137 (Men's basketball) 8–9 (Women's basketball) 54–7 (Softball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NAIA Baseball (1983) SWC Regular Season (1995) SWC Tournament (1995) Big 12 Regular Season (1997) Big 12 Tournament (1998) SAC Regular Season (2010) |
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| Awards | |
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SWC Coach of the Year (1995) Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997) NAIA Hall of Fame inductee Texas Baseball Hall of Fame inductee National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee |
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Larry Hays is a collegiate baseball, basketball, women's basketball, and softball coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Lubbock Christian University (LCU) (1971–1986) and Texas Tech University (1987–2008). Hays also served as the head coach of the LCU Chaparrals basketball (1969–1975, 1978–1980), LCU Lady Chaps basketball (1982–83), LCU Lady Chaps softball (2010), and LCU athletic director (1979–1987).
Under the leadership of Hays, the LCU Chaparrals baseball team won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Baseball World Series in 1983.
Hays was born in Elida, New Mexico, but went to school in Dora, where he played basketball and baseball in high school. He attended Lubbock Christian College and played for the men's basketball team while earning an Associates of Arts degree in 1964. He then attended Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU), in Portales, New Mexico, where he earned a Bachelors (1966) and master's degree (1969). As Hays put it, "I've always liked to say when I was at Eastern, that I averaged 30 a game. When I said that, people looked at me, and I would say '30 seconds, not 30 points."
Hays began his coaching career when he was hired as the assistant coach of the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals basketball team. He was promoted to head coach in 1969. When Lubbock Christian added baseball in 1971, Hays became the program's second head coach (he played on teams for LCC in the 1960s which were coached by Lester Perrin, the head basketball coach at the school at that time). He led the Chaparrals baseball team to an NAIA national championship in 1983. The same season, Hays served for a single season as the head women's basketball coach of the Lady Chaps. From 1979 until 1987, Hays served as the university's athletic director.
Hays served as the softball program's second head coach for after his son, Shanon Hays, resigned to take the same position with the Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team. He was succeeded by his son Daren Hays, after serving a single season as the Lady Chaps' head coach in 2010.
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