University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Callen Haydon joined the Central Oklahoma coaching staff in 2023 as an assistant coach. The former Broncho standout, record holder, and All-MIAA point guard works in player development for UCO.

In his first season as a coach, Haydon helped Central Oklahoma to the MIAA Basketball Championship Quarterfinals. The Bronchos went 20-11 in 2023-24, hitting the 20-win mark for the third year in a row – all with Haydon a part of the program. That marked just the third time in school history there were three consecutive 20-win seasons (1990-91 – 1992-93; 2006-07 – 2010-11; 2021-22 – 2023-24). 

In 2024-25, Central Oklahoma went 19-13 and was one shot away from a fourth consecutive 20-win season and a third trip to the national tournament in four seasons with Haydon in the program. UCO lost in the MIAA Basketball Championship finals 72-71, just missing the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.

The Bronchos went 10-9 in the MIAA last season and finished fifth in the league standings. UCO was given the No. 8 seed in the league's postseason tournament based on Key Performance Index (KPI). Central won three games in three days to reach the championship, beating No. 9 seed Emporia State, No. 1 seed Washburn, and No. 4 seed Pittsburg State before falling in the title game to No. 2 seed Fort Hays State in its fourth game in as many days. 

Haydon spent three years at Central (2020-23) after the El Reno High School product transferred from Connors State College following his junior college tenure.

Haydon led Central Oklahoma to the 2022 MIAA Basketball regular season championship with an 18-4 record in the league. It was the first league title for the Bronchos since joining the MIAA in 2012.

Haydon averaged 15.0 points per game during his career that spanned 61 games. He was a 49.4 percent field-goal shooter and a 42.8 percent 3-point shooter. Haydon also logged an 89.3 career free-throw percentage mark and averaged 5.5 assists per game for his career.

His name appears in the Central Oklahoma record book several times. Haydon has single game records for best 3-point field-goal percentage (100 pct., 5-for-5) and best free-throw percentage (100 pct., 10-for-10). He set a single season record for free-throw percentage in 2021-22, making 114 of 124 attempts from the line during the season for a 91.4 percent mark.

Haydon’s 13 assists against Newman in 2021-22 are the fifth-most in any game by a Broncho. And his 182 assists that season are the fourth-most in any season by a Broncho.

Haydon earned All-MIAA honors in 2020-21 (Third Team) and 2021-22 (Second Team).