Joe Black Hayes

Joe Black Hayes Sr. (September 20, 1915 − December 9, 2013) was an American football player and coach.

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Hayes played for the Tennessee Volunteers. Hayes was an assistant under Charles "Bubber" Murphy for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders.

Joe Black Hayes died on December 9, 2013, aged 98, at a nursing home in his hometown of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was survived by his two sons, nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.