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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
JACK HAYES
Jack Hayes was appointed by Hofstra
University President Stuart Rabinowitz as the
University’s new athletic director on October 4,
2004. Hayes comes to Hofstra after serving
as an associate director of athletics at the
University of Connecticut, and replaces Harry
Royle, who is heading the University’s newly
energized athletic fundraising effort as the
executive director of athletic development and
endowment.
Hayes, the seventh director of athletics at
Hofstra, oversees Hofstra’s 18 Division I
teams, an athletic administration of more than
70 professional staff, and 430 student
athletes.
Hayes’ proven expertise in enhancing
academic and athletic success of studentathletes,
strategic planning, fundraising,
marketing, university relations, facility
enhancement, budgetary management, and
Danny McCabe
Executive Associate
Director of Athletics
ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION
Cindy Lewis
Senior Associate Director
of Athletics
NCAA compliance will complement Hofstra
University’s athletic department in its quest to
further enhance its athletic program, and
assist Hofstra’s student-athletes both on and
off the field.
“We are pleased that the national search we
have conducted for our new athletic director
has resulted in the appointment of someone of
Jack Hayes’ caliber,” said President
Rabinowitz. “At Hofstra University, studentathletes
strive for excellence both on and off
the field, and Jack’s broad experience in
athletic administration and as a former
student-athlete will help Hofstra’s Athletic
Department continue its development as a
national program which recognizes that
student-athletes are students first.”
“I want to be part of an institution that is wellrespected
academically and has a history of
athletic success,” said Hayes. “At Hofstra
University, I have found an institution that
combines an outstanding reputation and the
ability to succeed in athletics, and I am very
excited about being a member of the Hofstra
University community.”
Hayes comes to Hofstra University with over
14 years of athletic administration experience,
including management positions at four
Division I institutions. His past three years
have been highlighted by leading the
University of Connecticut Division of Athletics
fund-raising efforts, where his responsibilities
included managing the operations of the
UConn Athletic Development Fund,
implementing policies and procedures for the
annual giving program, assisting with the
cultivation and solicitation of major gift
prospects, coordinating capital project
campaigns, overseeing special events, and
managing the athletic ticketing operation.
Jim Sheehan
Associate Director of
Athletics for
Communications
While at UConn, he served as a senior staff
member for a $40 million program that
supports 24 sports and 650 student-athletes.
From 1998 to 2001 Hayes served as director
of athletic administration at Fordham
University, where he was responsible for the
comprehensive internal operations of the
athletic department, including fiscal
management, facilities management, staff
training and development, ticket operations,
and NCAA compliance initiatives.
Prior to his tenure at Fordham, Hayes served
for two years as assistant director of athletics
at St. John’s University, where he managed the
fiscal operations of the athletic department
and supervised the business office. Hayes
began his professional career in college
athletics at Fairfield University, where he
served as assistant director of athletics. He
oversaw the addition of four sports programs
at Fairfield University – football, women’s
rowing, women’s lacrosse and women’s golf.
Hayes received a master’s degree in education
in 1992 with a concentration in sport
management from the University of
Connecticut. He holds a bachelor’s degree
(1989) from Providence College, where he
was a member of Providence’s NCAA Division
I lacrosse team. He was also awarded a
certificate of completion in 2001 from the
Sports Management Institute, Consortium of
the Universities of Michigan and Texas.
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Hayes
graduated from the Providence Country Day
School where he lettered in football, basketball
and lacrosse. He and his wife, Bridget, have
been married since 1999, and they have a 2year
old daughter, Katie.
Mark Cox
Associate Director of
Athletics for External
Affairs
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Dan McCarthy
Associate Director of
Athletics for University
Eligibility and NCAA
Compliance
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