2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com

director of Athletics
jack hayes
Jack Hayes is in his eighth year as director
of athletics at Hofstra University in 2011-12.
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 350 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 student-athletes both on and off
the field.
The Hofstra Athletic program has flourished under Hayes’ leadership,
winning 20 CAA Championships and making 33 postseason
appearances, including 25 NCAA Tournaments, since the 2004-05
academic year. In 2010-11 four Pride teams advanced to postseason
play with women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse reaching the NCAA
Tournament as at-large selections. In addition, Hofstra hosted the
NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals in 2009 and 2011, setting a James
M. Shuart Stadium attendance record in 2011.
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 for the three consecutive years.
In addition, Hofstra Athletics signed its largest
corporate sponsorship deal in department
history when it partnered with W.B. Mason in
2010.
Resources generated through fund-raising
efforts have been used to enhance programs
and facilities available to student-athletes.
Recent initiatives include the construction of
the W.B. Mason Pride Lounge on the lower
level of the Mack Sports Complex, baseball’s
Quinn Family Grandstand and the Fried Family
Student-Athlete Development Center on the second floor of the James
M. Shuart Stadium Building. Other recent renovations include locker
rooms, the wrestling room, athletic training rooms in Margiotta Hall
and the Physical Education Center, the basketball media room in the
Directors.
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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Mack Sports Complex, a press box at the
Hofstra Soccer Stadium, replacement of the
turf at James M. Shuart Stadium and the
construction of the Hofstra Field Hockey
Stadium.
In 2006 Hayes reintroduced the Hofstra
Athletics Hall of Fame after more than a
50-year absence, inducting five 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.
In September 2010 he was appointed to the
NCAA Leadership Council, which is an
advisory body to the Division I Board of
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.
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. In October 2010 Hayes
became a two-time member of Providence
Country Day’s Athletic Hall of Fame when he
was inducted along with the rest of his high
school lacrosse team.
Hayes resides in East Northport, New York,
with his wife Bridget, daughter Katie (9), and
sons Matt (6), Tommy (3) and Michael (1).