Jim Hayford

Career

His career winning percentage ranks among the top 10 among all active National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III coaches at the time. On March 29, 2011, formally introduced Hayford as their head coach after 10 years at Whitworth. On June 13, 2014, signed a five years extension to keep Hayford as head coach through the 2018-2019 season.

Hayford and the Eagles played their second round matchup against Georgetown Hoyas on March 19 in Portland at approximately 7 p.m.

Socialist Workers Party, where they got trounced, 84-74, disproving Hayford"s prediction that his team would emerge from the game victorious.

Achievements

• He enjoyed success at where he won about 80 percent of his games. In addition to his success at coaching, Hayford compiled a record of 217-57 and a winning percentage of.792, eight 20-win seasons, six appearances in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Tournament (including the last five consecutive seasons), five Northwest Conference championships, three National Collegiate Athletic Association DIII Sweet 16 appearances (2008, 2010, 2011) and one Elite Eight appearance (2011). He has earned five NWC Coach of the Year awards, West Region Coach of the Year in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons. On November 24, 2014, Hayford picked up his biggest win of his EWU coaching career and the men"s basketball program by beating the Indiana Hoosiers on their homecourt, 88-86. The win snapped the Hoosiers 43 games non-conference home games winning streak, their first win against a Big Ten team and their first win against a crowd of 10,000+ fans. On March 14, 2015, Hayford led the Eagles to their second National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance in school history with a 69-65 win over the Montana Grizzlies on their homecourt.