Olympia taps Kyle Hayes as new football coach

The Olympia High School football program has a new leader.

Olympia athletic director Lauren Bradley announced on Monday afternoon the hiring of Kyle Hayes to lead the Titans, replacing Tom Paolucci, who was not retained after going 1-8 in his second season.

Hayes will be the fourth coach in Olympia football's history.

A Miami native, Hayes has been coaching as an assistant in the very competitive South Florida region for the past 15 years, most recently working at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines. The Flanagan Falcons went 13-1 this past season.

Hayes has experience at the college level, having coached at Florida International University for two seasons, and has served as a head coach and defensive coordinator at the high school level.

He will be on campus beginning on Feb. 9 and will be teaching exception student education classes on campus.

The Titans have won just four games in the two seasons since former head coach Bob Head left the program to coach at West Orange.