{{Short description|American football, basketball, and track and field coach}} {{for|the prop company|Earl Hays Press}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Earl C. Hayes | image = Coach EC Hayes.png | alt = | caption = Hayes pictured in ''Reveille 1916'', Mississippi State yearbook | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|11|21}} | birth_place = near [[Madison, Indiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|12|16|1884|11|21}} | death_place = [[Bloomington, Indiana]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[Albion College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hItYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22hayes%22|title=The M Book of Athletics, Mississippi A. and M. College|first=John Wendell|last=Bailey|date=August 15, 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1914–1916 | coach_team2 = [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi A&M]] | coach_years3 = 1931–1933 | coach_team3 = [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]] | coach_sport4 = Basketball | coach_years5 = 1911–1924 | coach_team5 = [[Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball|Mississippi A&M]] | coach_sport6 = Track and field | coach_years7 = 1924–1943 | coach_team7 = [[Indiana Hoosiers|Indiana]] | overall_record = 21–22–6 (football)<br>124–54 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = Basketball<br>4 [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association|SIAA]] regular season (1912–1914, 1916) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Earl C.''' "'''Billy'''" '''Hayes''' (November 21, 1884 – December 16, 1943) was an American [[college football]], [[college basketball]], and [[track and field]] coach. Hayes served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as [[Mississippi State University]]—from the 1914 to 1916 seasons. During his three-season tenure, he compiled an overall record of 15–8–2<ref>{{cite book |title=2006 Mississippi State Football Media Guide |editor1-first=Joe |editor1-last=Galbraith |editor2-first=Mike |editor2-last=Nemeth |year=2006 |publisher=EBSCO Media |location=Birmingham, Alabama |page=128 |url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211012443/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 }}</ref> At Mississippi A&M, he was also as the head basketball coach from 1912 to 1924, tallying aa mark of 124–54.<ref>{{cite book |title=2011–12 Mississippi State Men's Basketball Media Guide |editor1-first=Gregg |editor1-last=Ellis |year=2011 |publisher=Mississippi State Media Relations Office |location=Starkville, Mississippi |page=110 |url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/mbk/mbk_1112mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211012446/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/mbk/mbk_1112mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1924 to 1943, he coached track and field at [[Indiana University Bloomington]]. Hayes was also the head football coach at Indiana from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 6–14–4.
Hayes died of pneumonia at age 59 on December 16, 1943, in [[Bloomington, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=E. C. (Billy) Hayes, 59, Indiana Track Coach; Developer of Distance Stars, Olympic Athletes Dies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 17, 1943 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FB0716FF395C167B93C5A81789D95F478485F9 |access-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi A&M Aggies]] | conf = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | startyear = 1914 | endyear = 1916 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1914 college football season|1914]] | name = [[1914 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 6–2 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1915 college football season|1915]] | name = [[1915 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 5–2–1 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1916 college football season|1916]] | name = [[1916 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = 2–4 | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 15–8–2 | confrecord = 10–8 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana Hoosiers]] | conf = [[Big Ten Conference]] | startyear = 1931 | endyear = 1933 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1931 college football season|1931]] | name = [[1931 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]] | overall = 2–5–1 | conference = 1–4–1 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1932 college football season|1932]] | name = [[1932 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]] | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 1–4–1 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1933 college football season|1933]] | name = [[1933 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]] | overall = 1–5–2 | conference = 0–3–2 | confstanding = T–8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Indiana | overall = 6–14–4 | confrecord = 2–11–4 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 21–22–6 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
===Basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball|Mississippi A&M Aggies]] | conference = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | startyear = 1911 | endyear = 1924 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1911–12 | name = [[1911–12 Mississippi A&M Aggies men's basketball team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 9–0 | conference = 6–0 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1912–13 | name = [[1912–13 Mississippi A&M Aggies men's basketball team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 11–1 | conference = 6–0 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1913–14 | name = [[1913–14 Mississippi A&M Aggies men's basketball team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 13–2 | conference = 10–2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1914–15 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 8–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1915–16 | name = [[1915–16 Mississippi A&M Aggies men's basketball team|Mississippi A&M]] | overall = 11–5 | conference = 5–5 | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1916–17 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 6–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1918–19 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 4–3 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1919–20 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 12–5 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1920–21 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 10–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1921–22 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 12–10 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 1922–23 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 15–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1923–24 | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 13–8 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Mississippi A&M | overall = 124–54 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 124–54 }}
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