J.T. Haywood Field House
The J.T. Haywood Field House opened in the summer of 2013. The facility houses locker rooms, teams rooms and indoor hitting facilities for both baseball and softball. The softball coaches' offices are also housed in the facility.
The facility was named for long-time Samford University faculty member and former coach John T. Haywood Jr. Haywood is a 1961 Samford graduate and taught on the faculty from 1962 until his retirement in 1995. He revived Samford’s baseball program in the 1980s and served as head coach for five years. He also developed an extensive intramurals program for the university. He was inducted into Samford’s baseball hall of fame in 2007.
“We are excited to announce the building of our new indoor hitting and locker room facility for our baseball and softball programs as well as our new softball stadium,” Samford director of athletics Martin Newton said. “These state-of-the-art facilities have been a work in progress, and I’d like to thank all of those who have spent tireless hours and provided funds to make this project happen.”
The Haywood facility was part of a larger project that included a 200-seat softball stadium, re-orientation of the current softball field and a new press tower with concessions and restrooms. Bradford Building Co. of Birmingham was the general contractor for the project.
