Super Bowl invites Hayes

Laird Hayes, the men’s soccer coach at Orange Coast College and NFL

side judge, has been selected to work Super Bowl XXXVIII Feb. 1 in

Houston.

Hayes, in his ninth season as an NFL official, will work his

second Super Bowl when the Carolina Panthers battle the New England

Patriots. The Newport Beach resident was selected for the Super Bowl

two years ago in New Orleans when the Patriots defeated the St. Louis

Rams.

Super Bowl officials are chosen on merit, not seniority. Crews are

broken up following the NFL season and only invited officials work

playoff games.

Hayes and wife Maggie have two children.

-- Bryce Alderton