Sport(s) Football Name Lee Hayley 1950–1952 Auburn Role American football player | 1963–1966 Auburn (assistant) Positions End 1967–1971 North Carolina (DC) | |
Died September 20, 1997 (age 67) 1956–1962 McNeese State (assistant) | ||
Lee Hayley (c. 1930 – September 20, 1997) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
A native of Ensley, Alabama, Hayley enrolled at Auburn University where he played college football from 1950 to 1952. He was captain of the 1952 Auburn Tigers football team under head coach Ralph Jordan.
Hayley served in the military after graduating from Auburn. He then began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Auburn in 1955. From 1956 to 1962, he served as an assistant football coach at McNeese State and, from 1963 to 1966, an assistant coach at Auburn. From 1967 to 1971, he was the defensive coordinator at the University of North Carolina. From 1972 to 1981, he was the athletic director at Auburn. From 1981 to 1994, he served as senior associate athletic director at the University of Georgia.