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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Jack Hayes is in his seventh year as director of athletics at
Hofstra University in 2010-11. 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 studentathletes
both on and off the field.
The Hofstra Athletic program has
flourished under Hayes’ leadership,
winning 19 CAA Championships and making 28 postseason
appearances, including 21 NCAA Tournaments, since the 2004-
05 academic year. In 2009-10 four Pride teams qualified for
postseason play, while in 2008-09 the Pride wrestling team won
the CAA Championship for an eighth consecutive year and 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.
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 third consecutive year in 2009-
10. Resources generated through fundraising
efforts have been used to enhance
programs and facilities available to
student-athletes. Recent initiatives include
the construction of 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 Fitness Center, the basketball media room
50 — 2011 Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse
jack hayes
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
in the 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 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.
In September 2010 he was appointed to the
NCAA Leadership Council, which is an
advisory body to the Division I Board of
Directors.
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 (8), and sons Matt (5) and Tommy
(2).