Ram Ramblings: End of an era with retirement of Bill Hayes

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  Bill Hayes has a good-size ego. Donald Reaves, the chancellor of Winston-Salem State, also has a good-size ego.

Whether those egos clashed one time too many is something we may never know.

What we do know is that Hayes, who at age 70 doesn’t act like it except for the occasional afternoon nap, is no longer the athletics director at WSSU.

Hayes decided to retire after four years in what could only be termed as a very successful run.

I wasn’t around for the end of the Big House Gaines era in ...

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