Larry Hays

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Larry Hays

Biographical Information[edit]

Larry Hays was a long-time college coach. He went 695-381-1 at Lubbock Christian College and 813-479-3 at Texas Tech University, setting school records for wins at both places. He is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame. He was the 5th coach to 1,400 wins, following Augie Garrido, Cliff Gustafson, Gene Stephenson and Chuck Hartman.

Hays also spent 2010 as the head softball coach at Lubbock Christian, replacing his son Shanon, who was head coach in 2008-2009. Larry was then replaced by another son, Daren Hays as softball coach. Daren had also previously been head baseball coach at Lubbock Christian. In 2015, Larry was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Source: Texas Tech bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record[edit]

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Notes
1971 Lubbock Christian College 28-16
1972 Lubbock Christian College 31-14
1973 Lubbock Christian College 35-14 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1974 Lubbock Christian College 41-17 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1975 Lubbock Christian College 36-24 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1976 Lubbock Christian College 49-17 NAIA District Tournaments
1977 Lubbock Christian College 44-27 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1978 Lubbock Christian College 47-24 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1979 Lubbock Christian College 42-24 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1980 Lubbock Christian College 54-34 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1981 Lubbock Christian College 38-40 NAIA CWS
1982 Lubbock Christian College 64-21 NAIA CWS
1983 Lubbock Christian College 56-27 NAIA CWS
1984 Lubbock Christian College 51-14 NAIA District Tournaments
1985 Lubbock Christian College 38-29 NAIA District Tournaments
1986 Lubbock Christian College 41-39 NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1987 Texas Tech University 21-28 7-14
1988 Texas Tech University 34-25-1 7-14
1989 Texas Tech University 32-22 9-12
1990 Texas Tech University 31-29 5-16
1991 Texas Tech University 42-18 9-12
1992 Texas Tech University 29-25 15-19
1993 Texas Tech University 43-15 11-7
1994 Texas Tech University 40-17 12-6
1995 Texas Tech University 51-14 16-8 CWS Regionals
1996 Texas Tech University 49-15 15-9 CWS Regionals
1997 Texas Tech University 46-14 23-7 CWS Regionals
1998 Texas Tech University 44-20 18-11 CWS Regionals
1999 Texas Tech University 42-17 18-8 CWS Regionals
2000 Texas Tech University 36-26 18-12 CWS Regionals
2001 Texas Tech University 43-20-1 19-10-1 CWS Regionals
2002 Texas Tech University 42-20 16-11 CWS Regionals
2003 Texas Tech University 30-25 8-18
2004 Texas Tech University 40-21 17-9 CWS Regionals
2005 Texas Tech University 34-25 9-16
2006 Texas Tech University 31-26-1 9-16-1
2007 Texas Tech University 28-27 8-18
2008 Texas Tech University 25-30 9-18