Hayes: I’m not finished working just yet

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Bill Hayes, the soon-to-be 70-year-old athletics director at Winston-Salem State, isn’t going anywhere.

While most in his position would sit back and enjoy a care-free retirement, Hayes is wired a little differently.

“People ask me all the time when I’m going to retire,” Hayes said. “I’ll retire when I’m finished working — and I’m not finished working just yet.”

Hayes, a football coach at heart, says there are a lot more games to be played and he plans on sticking around a little longer. He’ll turn 70 on June 1 but, with a contract extension expected, Hayes is aiming to keep the highly-successful athletics program chugging along.

The Rams have won 14 league titles since moving back into the CIAA in 2010, including the last two in football and the last three in baseball.

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