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Jack Hayes is in his sixth year as
director of athletics at Hofstra
University in 2009-10. Hayes
was appointed by Hofstra President
Stuart Rabinowitz as the University’s
director of athletics on October 4,
2004. Hayes came to Hofstra after
serving as an associate director
of athletics at the University of
Connecticut for three years.
Hayes, the eighth director of athletics
at Hofstra, leads a department that
includes 17 Division I teams, 90
coaches and administrative staff
members and 400 student-athletes.
Hayes’ proven expertise in enhancing
academic and athletic success of
student-athletes, strategic planning,
fund-raising, marketing, university
relations, facility enhancement,
budgetary management, and NCAA
compliance complements Hofstra
University’s athletic department in its
quest to further enhance its athletic
program, and assist Hofstra’s studentathletes
both on and off the field.
The Hofstra Athletic program has
flourished under Hayes’ leadership, winning 18 CAA Championships
and making 24 postseason appearances since the 2004-05
academic year. In 2008-09 the Pride wrestling team won the CAA
Championship for an eighth consecutive year, while the men’s
lacrosse program advanced to the NCAA Tournament as an at-large
selection. In addition, Hofstra hosted the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse
Quarterfinals in 2009, which saw nearly 12,000 people fill James M.
Shuart Stadium for the event.
Hofstra Director of Athletics Jack Hayes
recent renovations include locker
rooms, the wrestling room, athletic
training rooms in Margiotta Hall
and the Physical Fitness Center, the
basketball media room in the Mack
Sports Complex and a press box at the
Hofstra Soccer Stadium.
In 2006 Hayes reintroduced the
Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame
after more than a 50-year absence,
inducting four classes since that
time. He also led an effort to retire
the uniform numbers of prominent
Hofstra student-athletes with 20
jersey retirement ceremonies held
during the 2008-09 academic year.
Active on a national level, Hayes
served on the NCAA Division I
Lacrosse Committee from September
2006 to September 2008.
Hayes came to Hofstra with
more than 14 years of athletic
administration experience, including
management positions at four
Division I institutions –
Connecticut, Fordham, St. John’s
and Fairfield.
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 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.
Hayes has placed a significant emphasis on fund-raising during his
tenure. Pride Club membership reached all-time highs, both in terms
of the number of contributors and funds raised as the organization
topped the $1 million mark in each of the last two years. Resources
generated through fund-raising efforts have been used to enhance
programs and facilities available to student-athletes. Recent initiatives
include the construction of Hofstra’s new field hockey stadium, as
well as the replacement of the artificial turf in Shuart Stadium. Other
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Hayes graduated from the
Providence Country Day School where he lettered in football,
basketball and lacrosse. He was inducted, as a member of his high
school basketball team, into the Providence Country Day Athletic
Hall of Fame in October 2004.
Hayes resides in East Northport, New York, with his wife Bridget,
daughter Katie (7), and sons Matt (4) and Tommy (1).
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS
1937-42 John Bartlett MacDonald
1942-45 John Archer Smith (Interim)
1945-48 John Bartlett MacDonald
1948-51 John Archer Smith
1951-74 Howard “Howdy” Myers
1974-75 Dick Thiebert
1975-87 Bob Getchell
1987-97 Jim Garvey
1997-04 Harry Royle
2004-pres. Jack Hayes
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