| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fayetteville State |
| Conference | CIAA |
| Record | 53–29 |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1992 | North Carolina A&T |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2002 | North Carolina A&T (RB/OLB) |
| 2004–2005 | James B. Dudley HS (NC) (DC) |
| 2009 | W. J. Keenan HS (SC) (DC) |
| 2010–2013 | Winston-Salem State (DB/ST) |
| 2014–2015 | Winston-Salem State (DC) |
| 2016–present | Fayetteville State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 53–29 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 CIAA (2022) 6 CIAA Southern Division (2017–2019, 2021–2023) | |
| Awards | |
| CIAA Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Richard L. Hayes Jr. is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Fayetteville State University, a position he has held since 2016. [1]
Hayes is the nephew of Bill Hayes, former football coach and college athletics administrator. [2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville State Broncos (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Fayetteville State | 4–6 | 4–3 | 2nd (Southern) | |||||
| 2017 | Fayetteville State | 6–5 | 5–2 | T–1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2018 | Fayetteville State | 6–3 | 5–1 | 1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2019 | Fayetteville State | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Fayetteville State | 8–2 | 7–0 | 1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2022 | Fayetteville State | 9–3 | 7–1 | 1st (Southern) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2023 | Fayetteville State | 8–2 | 8–0 | 1st (Southern) | |||||
| 2024 | Fayetteville State | 4–5 | 3–4 | T–7th | |||||
| Fayetteville State: | 53–29 | 45–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 53–29 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||