Jim Hayford

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Jim Hayford
Biographical details
Born (1967-05-05) May 5, 1967 (age 57)
Amherst, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater Azusa Pacific
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987Contra Costa Christian HS
1988–1990 Berean Christian HS
1990–1999 Azusa Pacific (assistant)
1999–2001 Sioux Falls
2001–2011 Whitworth
2011–2017 Eastern Washington
2017–2021 Seattle
Head coaching record
Overall424–230 (college)
Tournaments8–6 (NCAA Division III)
0–1 (NCAA Division I)
1–3 (CBI)
0–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 NWC regular season (2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
6 NWC tournament (2003, 2007–2011)
Big Sky regular season (2015)
Big Sky tournament (2015)
Awards
5× Northwest Conference Coach of the Year
Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year (2015)

Jim Hayford (born May 5, 1967) is an American college basketball head coach who most recently coached at Seattle University. [1] He previously coached at Eastern Washington University and Division III Whitworth University where he won about 80 percent of his games. His career winning percentage ranks among the top 10 among all active NCAA Division III coaches at the time.

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On November 11, 2021, Hayford resigned after it was reported that he had twice repeated racial slurs. [2]

Whitworth University

In addition to his success at coaching, Hayford compiled a record of 217-57 and a winning percentage of .792, eight 20-win seasons, six appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament (including the last five consecutive seasons), five Northwest Conference championships, three NCAA DIII Sweet 16 appearances (2008, 2010, 2011) and one Elite Eight appearance (2011). He has earned five NWC Coach of the Year awards, West Region Coach of the Year in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. [3] [4]

Eastern Washington

On March 29, 2011, Eastern Washington formally introduced Hayford as their head coach after 10 years at Whitworth. [5] On June 13, 2014, Eastern Washington signed a five years extension to keep Hayford as head coach through the 2018-2019 season. [6] On November 24, 2014, Hayford picked up his biggest win of his EWU coaching career and the men's basketball program by beating the Indiana Hoosiers on their homecourt, 88-86. The win snapped the Hoosiers 43 games non-conference home games winning streak, their first win against a Big Ten team and their first win against a crowd of 10,000+ fans. [7] On March 14, 2015, Hayford led the Eagles to their second NCAA tournament appearance in school history with a 69-65 win over the Montana Grizzlies on their homecourt. [8] Hayford and the Eagles played their second round match-up against the Georgetown Hoyas on March 19 in Portland at approximately 7 p.m. PST, where they lost 84-74.

Seattle

On March 29, 2017, Jim Hayford was hired as the new men's basketball head coach at Seattle University to replace Cameron Dollar. [1]

In his first year as head coach, Hayford compiled a 20–14 record, the Redhawks' first 20-win season since 2008 and first 20-win season in Division I play since the 1960s. [9] The Redhawks fell to Central Arkansas in the first round of the 2018 CBI tournament. [10] In his second year as head coach, Hayford compiled an 18–15 record, marking the Redhawks' first back-to-back 18+ win seasons since 2008–09 and 2009–10. [11] The Redhawks fell to Presbyterian in the first round of the 2019 CIT tournament. [11]

On November 11, 2021, Hayford resigned after it was reported that he had twice repeated racial slurs. Assistant coach Chris Victor was named interim head coach. [2]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Sioux Falls Cougars (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference)(1999–2000)
1999–00Sioux Falls 15–15
Sioux Falls Cougars (Great Plains Athletic Conference)(2000–2001)
2000–01Sioux Falls 22–12
Sioux Falls:37–27 (.578)
Whitworth Pirates (Northwest Conference)(2001–2011)
2001–02Whitworth 20–712–42nd
2002–03Whitworth 23–413–31st NCAA Division III First Round
2003–04Whitworth 19–612–42nd
2004–05Whitworth 13–119–74th
2005–06Whitworth 20–713–32nd
2006–07Whitworth 24–413–31st NCAA Division III Second Round
2007–08Whitworth 21–712–41st NCAA Division III Sweet 16
2008–09Whitworth 23–612–42nd NCAA Division III First Round
2009–10Whitworth 26–316–01st NCAA Division III Sweet 16
2010–11Whitworth 28–215–11st NCAA Division III Elite Eight
Whitworth:217–57 (.792)127–33 (.794)
Eastern Washington Eagles (Big Sky Conference)(2011–2017)
2011–12 Eastern Washington 15–178–84th
2012–13 Eastern Washington 10–217–139th
2013–14 Eastern Washington 15–1610–107th
2014–15 Eastern Washington 26–914–4T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2015–16 Eastern Washington 18–1610–8T–5th CBI Quarterfinal
2016–17 Eastern Washington 22–1213–52nd CBI First Round
Eastern Washington:106–91 (.538)62–48 (.564)
Seattle Redhawks (Western Athletic Conference)(2017–2021)
2017–18 Seattle 20–148–64th CBI First Round
2018–19 Seattle 18–156–10T–7th CIT First Round
2019–20 Seattle 14–157–7T–5th
2020–21 Seattle 12–114–55th
Seattle:64–55 (.538)25–27 (.481)
Total:424–230 (.648)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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