University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Women's Golf

Hayden begins his second season as head men's and women's golf coach. Prior to joining the UAFS staff, Hayden was the head mens and womens golf coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville. The 33-year-old Hayden has an extensive golf background at the collegiate level and in the private sector. Hayden spent the past two seasons at the University of Texas at Brownsville, which has recently merged with the University of Texas Pan American to form the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Ocelots womens team finished runner-up in the NAIAs Red River Athletic Conference/Kentucky Intercollegiate Conference Tournament in 2014 and finished third this past spring. The Ocelots mens team finished second in the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament in 2014 and finished sixth in the Red River Athletic Conference/Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament this past spring. Prior to becoming head coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Hayden was the director of Junior Golf for the Sun Country PGA in Albuquerque, N.M. His duties included setting up and running Junior tournaments through the Sun Country Region, which consisted of New Mexico and El Paso, Texas.  Hayden began his coaching career as head mens and womens golf coach at the University of the Southwest, a NAIA school located in Hobbs, N.M. There, he helped lead the mens program to a No. 17 national ranking in 2009. Hayden played two seasons for Phoenix Community College (2000-02) and qualified for the NJCAA National Championship Tournament each season. He went on to play at NAIA Wayland Baptist University, where he was a part of two national championship-contender teams in 2003 and 2004.