birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
newport beach , california 3 october 1949 laird hayes
 laird hayes nfl official -lrb- 1995 -- present -rrb-
laird hayes

dr. laird hayes -lrb- born in newport beach , california -rrb- is an american football official in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- since the 1995 nfl season , who wears uniform number 125 .
he currently works as a side judge .
for the 2015 nfl season , hayes is the side judge on the officiating crew headed by referee walt anderson .
hayes graduated from san marcos high school in santa barbara , california .
hayes earned his bachelor 's degree from princeton university in new jersey in 1971 .
he was awarded a master 's and doctorate in higher education from the university of california at los angeles in 1976 .
he played on football , basketball and baseball teams in high school , which prepared him for an athletic performance at princeton .
he played on the freshman football team and four years as a catcher for the princeton tigers baseball team .
hayes ' officiating career started with basketball , baseball , and football games in high school and community colleges .
in 1983 , he was elevated to the pac-10 as a football official .
this was followed with a 1995 appointment to the national football league roster of officials and his designation as a side judge .
during his career in the nfl , he has officiated in three super bowls : xxxvi in 2002 , xxxviii in 2004 , and xlvi in 2012 -lrb- where he made a call which might be consider one of the greatest calls in super bowl history -rrb- .
he also officiated at the 2006 pro bowl .
laird hayes has held the post of men 's soccer coach and professor of education and athletics at orange coast college in costa mesa , california , since 1976 and retired in november 2010 .
he also taught first aid/cpr , surfing , bowling , soccer , and weight training .
hayes is president of the quarterback and receiver camp -lrb- qbr -rrb- in its 50th year of non-contact , football fundamentals training for youth players , grades 6 through 12 .
qbr schedules six summer camps held in california , new jersey , arkansas , ohio and georgia .
