"Larry Hays" is a collegiate baseball, basketball, women's basketball, and softball coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Lubbock Christian University (LCU) (1971–1986) and Texas Tech University (1987–2008). Hays also served as the head coach of the LCU Chaparrals basketball (1969–1975, 1978–1980), LCU Lady Chaps basketball (1982–83), LCU Lady Chaps softball (2010), and LCU athletic director (1979–1987).

Under the leadership of Hays, the LCU Chaparrals baseball team won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) NAIA Baseball World Series/Baseball World Series in 1983.

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Our hope was we could give them a normal fall (semester) ? go to class, go work out and have a regular schedule. We think we did that.

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I think when he was young that was his best position and I remember he could hit a little bit, too. This is something we're looking at. Catching depth is a real problem for us this year. (Tim) Ahern, a key guy that was supposed to be our No. 2 catcher, got hurt and we don't have him for the year so we're searching.

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That doesn't happen very often; everything kind of went to script. It all goes back to the job Morgan did Friday night. When that Friday guy goes out and burns up a lot of innings, it really helps the rest of the weekend.

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To come in here and put up a shutout, the way these guys hit, that says a lot.

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Hopefully that was a coming-out party for some of these guys. When you're young and new and all the different things that these guys go through, it takes a little while to get in the comfort zone. Maybe we're seeing signs of that.

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Brooks was one of the greatest competitors we ever played against.

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With Tomlin and Hynes out we're looking for something. If those two guys come back healthy the fact that we're finding some other people - Butler had a good outing last night -- it's going to help us later on hopefully. Richardson's had two great games in a row. We need him to be ready to go next Thursday and do it again.

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The main thing is his mentality and his aggressiveness. That old linebacker comes in handy behind the plate.

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People were more worried then about who was going to block and who was going to tackle. As far as keeping your job, guys were still trying to win. That competition is still there, but the demands on the coaches have changed.

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