Shanon Hays

Last updated
Shanon Hays
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Grand Canyon
Conference WAC
Record136-42
Biographical details
Born (1968-02-12) February 12, 1968 (age 56)
Playing career
1988–1990 Texas Tech (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995-96 Frank Phillips (men's basketball)
1996-99 Abilene Christian (men's basketball)
1999-01 Texas Tech (men's basketball) (AC)
2003-04 Midland College (men's basketball)
2004-06 Houston (men's basketball)
2006-09 Lubbock Christian (softball)
2010-14 Texas Tech (softball)
2016-18 Colorado Christian (softball)
2019-21 Oklahoma Christian (softball)
2022-pres. Grand Canyon (softball)
Head coaching record
OverallSoftball
NAIA: 111–16–5 (.860)
NCAA: 493–206–0 (.705)

Men's Basketball
NCAA: 58–26–0 (.690)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2x WAC regular season (2022, 2024)
  • 3x WAC Tournament (2022, 2023, 2024)
Awards
  • 2x WAC Coach of the Year (2022, 2024)
Records
  • Most wins by a coach at Texas Tech (186)

Shanon Hays (born February 12, 1968) is an American softball coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes. Previously, he was the head coach at Texas Tech and remains the winningest coach in program history. He also has held several positions as a men's basketball coach and an athletic director.

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Early years

Hays played college baseball and basketball at Lubbock Christian University where he lettered in both sports in 1987. [1] He transferred to Texas Tech where he played under his father Larry Hays. [2]

Coaching career

Hays began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 1991-92. He then held a pair of high school head coaching positions, first at Sundown High School in 1992-93 for boys basketball, then at Lubbock Christian High School in 1993-94 and 1994–95, leading both the baseball and boys basketball programs. At Lubbock Christian, he went 50-15 as the basketball coach and led the program to the private school state championship game. He led the baseball program to two state tournament appearances and played in the state championship game in his second season. [3]

Basketball

Hays spent one season as the head coach at Frank Phillips College in the 1995-96 season. He inherited a 4-25 team and went 19-10 in his one season, earning Western Junior College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors. [3]

Hays took the reins of the Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball program in 1996-97 and led the Wildcats for three seasons. He went 58-26 leading the program. [4] Chris Beard was an assistant on his staff in his first season at Abilene Christian. [5]

He left Abilene Christian in 1999 to join James Dickey's Texas Tech coaching staff for two seasons. He was not retained when Texas Tech hired Bob Knight in 2001.

After briefly leaving the coaching world for a career in pharmaceutical sales and then an athletic director post, Hays took over as the head coach of Midland College on April 16, 2003. [6] He went 27-7 in his one season. [7]

Hays returned to the Division I ranks as an assistant coach at Houston, hired by Tom Penders. [8] He spent two seasons with the program in what would be his last position in men's basketball.

Softball

Hays' first opportunity in the softball coaching ranks came in 2006 where he started the softball program at Lubbock Christian University. He was named the head coach on October 24, 2006. [1] In the program's inaugural season in 2008, they went 58-9-2 and claimed an NAIA National Championship. [9]

Texas Tech named Hays its seventh softball head coach on June 8, 2009. [10] He guided the Red Raiders for five seasons and remains the school's winningest coach. He resigned on May 13, 2014. [11]

Hays took over as the head coach at Colorado Christian University on December 1, 2016, and spent three years leading the program. [12]

He was named the head coach at Oklahoma Christian University in 2018 and guided the Eagles for three seasons. [13]

Hays was named the head coach at Grand Canyon on June 11, 2021. [14] He wasted no time reviving the Lopes program, posting a 39-16 overall record, winning the WAC's regular-season and tournament championships, and leading the program to its first appearance in the NCAA Division I softball tournament. [15] Hays led the Lopes to tournament appearances again in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, GCU upset UCLA for the program's first NCAA tournament win. [16] In 2024, GCU returned to Los Angeles and won two games in the NCAA tournament. [17]

Athletic administration

At age 34, Hays became the athletic director at Abilene Christian University on June 1, 2002. [3] After less than a year in the post, he resigned, citing that "coaching is in my blood, and it's been hard to be away from it." [6]

Softball head coaching record

The following table lists Hays' softball head coaching record at the NCAA level. [18]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Texas Tech (Big 12 Conference)(2010–2014)
2010 Texas Tech 38-187-11t-6th NCAA Regional
2011 Texas Tech 42-165-138th NCAA Regional
2012 Texas Tech 41-1713-105th NCAA Regional
2013 Texas Tech 30-264-14t-6th
2014 Texas Tech 35-198-104th
Texas Tech:186–96–0 (.660)37–58 (.389)
Colorado Christian (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2017–2018)
2017Colorado Christian 29-2317-156th
2018Colorado Christian 43-1530-82ndNCAA Regional
Colorado Christian:72–38 (.655)47–23 (.671)
Oklahoma Christian (Heartland)(2019–2019)
2019Oklahoma Christian 40-1619-11t-1stNCAA Regional
Oklahoma Christian (Lone Star Conference)(2020–2021)
2020Oklahoma Christian 21-56-2----
2021Oklahoma Christian 38-926-42ndNCAA Regional
Oklahoma Christian:99–30 (.767)51–17 (.750)
Grand Canyon (Western Athletic Conference)(2022–pres.)
2022 Grand Canyon 39-1619-51st NCAA Regional
2023 Grand Canyon 47-1317-72nd NCAA Regional
2024 Grand Canyon 50-1323-31st NCAA Regional
Grand Canyon:136–42 (.764)59–15 (.797)
Total:493–206 (.705)

      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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References

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  2. ↑ "2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hays returns to ACU as school's director of athletics". Abilene Christian University Athletics. 22 April 2002. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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  5. ↑ "Chris Beard named Men's Basketball head coach". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  6. 1 2 "Hays named coach at Midland College". Midland Reporter-Telegram. 2003-04-17. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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  12. ↑ "Shanon Hays Named Head Softball Coach at CCU". Colorado Christian University Athletics. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  13. ↑ "Hays takes the reigns of OC softball". Talon News. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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