Doc Hayes

Teams coached: SMU Mustangs
SMU record: 298-191 (.609)
Overall record: 298-191 (.609)

NCAA National Championships: 0
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967)
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 6 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967)
NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1956)
NIT Championships: 0
NIT Appearances: 0
Southwest Regular Season Champion: 8 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967)

E.O. Hayes
Born 1906
Died February 26, 1973
Hometown: Krum, Texas
Alma Mater: North Texas Teachers College (BA, 1928)
Played under head coach John Reid at North Texas in Denton, TX
Started as a teacher and coach at Pilot Point HS (TX)
Spent 17 seasons leading the boys’ basketball team at Crozier Technical HS in Dallas
- Won a state title there in 1946 and reached the state playoffs seven times in total
Arrived at SMU in 1947, where he would coach the Mustangs for the next 20 years
- Claimed eight Southwest Conference titles during his tenure and went to the NCAA Tournament six times
  - His 1955-56 squad reached the NCAA Final Four, the first (and still only) trip for the program
- Retired from coaching in 1967, spending two more years at SMU as a special associate
Spent two years as director of player personnel with the Dallas Chaparrals of the ADA
Along with his wife, Kathleen, was killed in a one-car accident in Terrell, TX; he was 67 years old
- Hayes and his wife were survived by their two sons, Richard and John
Inducted into the SMU Athletics HOF (2012), North Texas Athletics HOF (1986) and Texas Sports HOF (1972)