caption death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team coach_sport cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
hayes state yearbook pictured in '' reveille 1916 '' , mississippi 16 december 1943 bloomington , indiana 1914 1924 -- 1943 -- 1916 1931 -- 1933 1911 -- 1924 near madison , indiana 21 -- 54 -lrb- basketball -rrb- -- 22 -- 6 -lrb- football -rrb- 124 mississippi indiana a & m indiana mississippi a & m football basketball track and field 1015 football , basketball , track and field 21 november 1885 coach ec hayes.png earle c. hayes
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earle c. hayes

earle c. `` billy '' hayes -lrb- november 21 , 1885 -- december 16 , 1943 -rrb- was an american football , basketball , and track and field coach .
hayes served as the head football coach at mississippi a&m -lrb- now known as mississippi state university -rrb- from the 1914 to 1916 seasons .
during his three-season tenure , he compiled an overall record of 15 wins , 8 losses and 2 ties -lrb- 15 -- 8 -- 2 -rrb- .
at a&m he also served as the head basketball coach from 1912 to 1924 and compiled an overall record of 124 wins and 54 losses -lrb- 124 -- 54 -rrb- .
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 .
he died of pneumonia at age 59 on december 16 , 1943 in bloomington , indiana .
