Friends of Basketball

Ed Hayes

Year Inducted: 1991

Category: Friends of Basketball

Schools / Organizations:
Bradley-Bourbonnais High School
Manteon High School

Biography: Ed Hayes has been a friend of basketball ever since his days at Bradley-Bourbonnais and as a coach at Manteno and Bradley-Bourbonnais. In 12 seasons as a coach, Hayes compiled a 205-100 record and as a coach his teams won six Southeast Suburban Conference titles, seven all-Kankakee City titles, holiday tournaments at Pekin and Kankakee, Thanksgiving tourneys at Danville Schlarman, three IHSA Regionals, one IHSA Sectional and made one state tourney trip. Hayes was the first to play on a state tourney team (1949-1950) and return to the state tourney as a coach at the same school (1972-1973). Hayes’ teams set Boilermaker records for the most consecutive wins (19), Southeast Suburban Conference wins consecutively (37) and consecutive home game wins (32). He continued to keep a keen interest in the sport of basketball even though he was no longer coaching.