David "Trey" Hayes

Highlights:

  • 2022 TISCA Theron Pickle Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2020, 2021, & 2022 5A Girls State Championship Team - Lubbock High
  • NFHS Boys State Coach of the Year - 2011
  • NFHS Girls State Coach of the Year - 2020

Biography

Trey Hayes graduated from Lubbock Coronado High School as a two-time All-state swimmer and team
captain. He swam for Northeast Louisiana University for John C. Pittington. He was a two-time team
captain, school record holder and conference champion. He graduated with a degree in Social Studies
Education with a minor in physical education and health. Trey began his teaching and coaching career in
Amarillo Independent School District teaching sixth grade social studies and assistant swim coach for the
district. In 1998, he was hired by Lubbock Independent School District as the head middle school swim
coach. He served in that role for three years before getting hired as the head high school swim coach for
the for the Lubbock ISD in 2001. In 2010, Trey was hired as co-aquatic director for the Pete Ragus
Aquatic Center, while continuing to serve his duties as the head swim coach. In his time as head coach,
his teams have won 56 district team championships (28 girls and 28 boys), three of his four schools have
won a team district championship. They have won 24 regional team championships (14 girls and 10
boys). His Lubbock high girls have won three 5A UIL State Championships. He has been selected as the
district coach of the year 55 times (28 girls and 27 boys). He has been selected as the regional coach of
the year 36 times (16 girls and 20 boys). He was selected as the NFHS state boys swim coach of the year
in 2011 & Girls NFHS coach of the year 2020. He has been selected the TISCA 5A State swim coach of the
year in 2016, 2020 and 2022. He has been named the TISCA State Coach the Meet three times. This year
he was named THSCA 5A Boys Coach of the year. His athletes have set six state records. He has coached
a total of eighteen High School All-Americans in fifty-two events, including FINA World Champion
Madisyn Cox.
He has been married to April for 29 years. Together they have two children, Tyler, who attends Texas
Tech University and Reagan, who just finished swimming for Incarnate Word University.