Hayes was named the Interim Head Coach of the women's lacrosse team in the fall of 2022.
Hayes grew up in the Farmington area, graduating from Mt. Blue High School in 1992. Following his graduation from Mt. Blue, Hayes attended Bates College where he was a two sport athlete in both Football and Lacrosse. In 1994 he transferred to the University of Maine at Farmington and began an 18 year coaching career at the high school and college level in various sports and schools around the United States. Hayes graduated from UMF in 1997 with a degree in History. He earned a Master's Degree in Sport Administration from Central Michigan University in 2000.
In the world of Lacrosse, Hayes was an assistant coach at Mt. Blue High School in 1995 where he coached longtime UMF Lacrosse assistant coach Matt Reynolds '01. That same year upstart Mt. Blue won the State's Division 2 Championship. He also served as the assistant men's coach at Division 3 Hamilton College in upstate New York in 1998. In 2011, he was named the interim men's lacrosse coach for the new UMF men's program. The team went on to record their first ever NAC Conference win, set the mark for wins in a season, and make their first appearance in the NAC Tournament.
As the lead assistant at various junctures from 1996-2003 in the UMF Men's Basketball program, Hayes helped Dick Meader usher in the modern era of UMF Men's basketball. In particular, the 1999-2000 team finished the season with a 21-5 record and a rare NCAA regional ranking. In 2003, Hayes left UMF to join the staff at Division I University of Maine at Orono where the team finished with the last 20 win season in the program's history and one victory short of appearing in the NCAA field of 64. From 2004-2007, Hayes was the Head Basketball Coach at the University of New England. After building the program up at UNE (the team won 20+ games for several years after he left), Hayes moved to work as assistant at Division 3 power Whitworth University from 2007 until 2010. Each season at Whitworth saw the Pirates make the NCAA Tournament while advancing to the Sweet 16 twice. Moving back to Maine in 2010, Hayes was the Associate Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Thomas College and UMF over a period of three years.
Updated 11/15/22
