- Larry Hays
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Name = Larry Hays
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Birthplace =Elida, New Mexico
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Sport =Baseball
College = Texas Tech
Title =Head coach
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 1,509–860
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CoachYears = 1987-2008
CoachTeams = Texas Tech
FootballHOF =Larry Hays was the head coach of the
Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team from 1987 to 2008.Early life
Hays was born in
Elida, New Mexico , but went to school in Dora, where he played basketball and baseball in high school. After graduating from high school in the early 1960s, Hays attendedEastern New Mexico University in Portales. He was on the school's basketball team but played very little. As Hays put it, "I've always liked to say when I was at Eastern, that I averaged 30 a game. When I said that, people looked at me, and I would say '30 seconds, not 30 points."Citation|last=Winfield|first=Mickey|title=Tech's Hays retiring|newspaper=Clovis New Journal|pages=12|year=2008|date=July 2008]After receiving a bachelor's degree from ENMU, Hays went on to Texas Tech in
Lubbock, Texas where he earned his master's degree and pursued a Ph.D. He met all of the requirements of the latter but was hired to coach before completing his dissertation and never returned to the task.Coaching career
Lubbock Christian
Hays began his coaching career when he was hired as the assistant basketball coach of the
Lubbock Christian University Chapparals. He was later promoted to head coach and when the university added baseball, he coach both teams for eight years before focusing exclusively on the latter. He led the Chaps to an NAIA national championship in 1983.Texas Tech
Hays became the head coach at Texas Tech in 1987. In his time there, he led the Red Raiders to three conference championships and nine NCAA tournament appearances and posted a winning season every year but his first and final.
As of
March 1 ,2006 , he had 1,425 career wins. This is the fourth highest mark for all active and inactive NCAA baseball coaches. In 2005, Hays became the fourth coach ever to gain 1,400 wins.800 wins at Texas Tech
On
March 21 ,2008 , Hays won his 800th game when the Red Raiders defeated the #13 Texas Longhorns by a score of 7–5. [ [http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/03/14/Sports/Larry.Hays.Earns.800th.Win.At.Tech.75.Over.Texas-3278715.shtml Larry Hays earns 800th win at Tech 7-5 over Texas] ]1,500 career wins
On
April 2 , 2008, Hays became just the fourth coach in NCAA baseball history to win 1,500 games, 805 with the Red Raiders, with a 10-5 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in his 22nd year as Texas Tech's head coach. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3326343&campaign=rsssrch&source=texas+tech+red+raiders Texas Tech's Hays becomes fourth coach to 1,500 wins] ] [ [http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/040208aab.html Hays Earns His 1,500th Career Win As Tech Tops TAMU-CC] ] [ [http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/04/03/Sports/Hays-Earns.1500th.Win.With.Sweep.Of.AmCc-3299336.shtml Hays earns 1,500th win with sweep of A&M-CC] ]Retirement
On
June 2 ,2008 , Hays retired from the coaching after 38 years, 22 of which were spent at Texas Tech. [ [http://www.lcuchaps.com/story.aspx?storyid=668 Larry Hays Retires From Coaching] ] [ [http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingsports/ci_9454690 Texas Tech baseball coach steps down after 38 years] ] His final record stands at 1,509 wins and 860 losses. He will remain on the Tech staff in a developmental role.References
External links
* [http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/hays_larry00.html Bio at Texas Tech Athletics]
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