Stacey Hairston | |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1967 |
Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Ohio Northern University |
Player Years1: | 1989 |
Player Team1: | Dallas Cowboys |
Player Years2: | 1990–1992 |
Player Team2: | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Player Years3: | 1993 |
Player Team3: | Seattle Seahawks |
Player Years4: | 1993–1995 |
Player Team4: | Cleveland Browns |
Player Positions: | Defensive back |
Coach Years1: | 1996–2002 |
Coach Team1: | Ohio Northern (DB/ST) |
Coach Years2: | 2003 |
Coach Team2: | Ohio Northern (interim HC) |
Coach Years3: | 2004–2007 |
Coach Team3: | Ohio Northern (DC/ST) |
Coach Years4: | 2009–2010 |
Coach Team4: | Edmonton Eskimos (DB) |
Coach Years5: | 2012 |
Coach Team5: | Bluefield (DC) |
Coach Years6: | 2013–2016 |
Coach Team6: | Wilmington (OH) |
Coach Years7: | 2017 |
Coach Team7: | Urbana (DC) |
Overall Record: | 5–45 |
Stacey Hairston (born August 16, 1967) is an American former gridiron football coach and player. He was most recently the defensive coordinator at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio, in 2017. Hairston was head football coach at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio from 2013 until 2016.[1] He served as the interim head coach at Ohio Northern University for one season, in 2003.
Hairston played college football and was on the diving team at Ohio Northern University.[1]
Hairston was with the Dallas Cowboys for the 1989 season.[1]
From 1990 to 1992 Hairston played with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1]
Hairston spent a brief period of time with the Seattle Seahawks in 1993, but was waived.[2]
Hairston played for the Cleveland Browns for the 1993 season and 1994 season (Hairston was on the injured reserve for the 1995 season).[2]
For the vast majority of his career Hairston was a coach at Ohio Northern University culminating as being named interim head coach in 2003. Hairston has also been on the coaching staff of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football league and of Bluefield College. Hairston was also the women's golf coach at Ohio Northern and is a six handicap as a player.[2]
Hairston became the coach at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio for the 2013 season, which plays in the Ohio Athletic Conference (the same conference as Ohio Northern).[1] In his first two seasons, the Quakers compiled a record of 0–20. Hairston's first victory as head coach of Wilmington came in first game of the 2015 season, a 14–10 win over non-conference opponent Bluffton. His teams lost every game remaining that year and were winless the following season, in 2016. Hairston resigned from his post at Wilmington on November 18, 2016, having collected record of 1–39 over four seasons with no wins in conference play.