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Jim Hayford (born May 5, 1967) is an American college basketball head coach for Eastern Washington University. He enjoyed success at Whitworth University where he won about 80 percent of his games. His career winning percentage ranks among the top 10 among all active NCAA Division III coaches at the time.
Whitworth University
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 NCAA Division III Tournament (including the last five consecutive seasons), five Northwest Conference championships, three NCAA 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 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.
Eastern Washington
On March 29, 2011, Eastern Washington formally introduced Hayford as their head coach after 10 years at Whitworth. On June 13, 2014, Eastern Washington signed a five years extension to keep Hayford as head coach through the 2018-2019 season. 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 NCAA tournament appearance in school history with a 69-65 win over the Montana Grizzlies on their homecourt. Hayford and the Eagles played their second round matchup against Georgetown Hoyas on March 19 in Portland at approximately 7 p.m. PST, where they got trounced, 84-74, disproving Hayford's prediction that his team would emerge from the game victorious.
Head Coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Falls (SDIC) (1999–2000) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Sioux Falls | 15–15 | |||||||
| Sioux Falls (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2000–2001) | |||||||||
| 2000–01 | Sioux Falls | 22–12 | |||||||
| Sioux Falls: | 37–27 (.578) | ||||||||
| Whitworth (Northwest Conference) (2001–2011) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | Whitworth | 20–7 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2002–03 | Whitworth | 23–4 | 13–3 | 1st | Div III Tournament | ||||
| 2003–04 | Whitworth | 19–6 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2004–05 | Whitworth | 13–11 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Whitworth | 20–7 | 13–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 2006–07 | Whitworth | 24–4 | 13–3 | 1st | Div III 2nd Round | ||||
| 2007–08 | Whitworth | 21–7 | 12–4 | 1st | Div III Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Whitworth | 23–6 | 12–4 | 2nd | Div III First Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Whitworth | 26–3 | 16–0 | 1st | Div III Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2010–11 | Whitworth | 28–2 | 15–1 | 1st | Div III Elite Eight | ||||
| Whitworth: | 217–57 (.792) | 127–33 (.794) | |||||||
| Eastern Washington (Big Sky) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Eastern Washington | 15–17 | 8–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Eastern Washington | 10–21 | 7–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Eastern Washington | 15–16 | 10–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Eastern Washington | 26–9 | 14–4 | T–1st | NCAA Round of 64 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Eastern Washington | 18–16 | 10–8 | T–5th | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2016–17 | Eastern Washington | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Eastern Washington: | 84–79 (.515) | 49–43 (.533) | |||||||
| Total: | 338–163 (.675) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||