Football
- Title:
- Director of Football Operations
- Email:
- haydon@uncaa.unc.edu
- Phone:
- 919-962-6000
Joe Haydon began serving as Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Event Management in February 2025.
Haydon joined the UNC staff in 2004 and served as the football team’s director of operations, a position he began in 2006. In 2024, Haydon was promoted to Associate Athletic Director for Football Operations. He coordinates team travel, serves as the liaison with the compliance office, handles the onboarding of incoming football student-athletes and works with the NCAA on student-athlete admissions and eligibility.
A native of Wayland, N.Y., Haydon played basketball at Division III Rochester Institute of Technology. He was the team captain and earned Academic All-America honors as a senior.
After spending two years in the telecommunications business, Haydon attended Carolina’s sports administration graduate program. He worked as an intern in the football office in 2004, was hired as the assistant director of football operations in 2005 and was promoted to Director in 2006.
Haydon and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Bryce and Chase.
