The 2022 season marks Hajek’s sixth season as the UCCS Baseball Head Coach.
The 2021 season was one to remember for Hajek and the UCCS Baseball program as the Mountain Lions won their first ever RMAC Tournament Championship and made the program's first NCAA Regional appearance after posting a program best record of 30-13 and RMAC record of 22-10. Hajek led the Mountain Lions into the program record books with the highest winning percentage (.698), and most conference wins (22) in program history. UCCS' offense was also one of the best in the nation as the Mountain Lions notched season bests in batting average (.348), slugging percentage (.612), and doubles per game (2.81 runs per game) which all ranked top-5 in the nation. During the regular season, UCCS mounted an 11-game win streak before the impressive conference tournament run that led to defeating then No. 1 ranked Colorado Mesa University twice, of which included an 18-9 win over the Mavericks in the championship game. The historical season came with numerous awards as Hajek coached seven All-RMAC selections, 13 RMAC All-Academic selections, and six all-region selections. Hajek also coached three All-Americans in Evan Richards, Matt McDermott, and Jake Anderson with McDermott and Anderson being voted CoSIDA Academic All-Americans as well.
Before the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19, Hajek and the Mountain Lions were off to their best start in program history as they held an overall 11-7 record and 4-0 RMAC record. Coming off a series sweep of Colorado Christian University, UCCS had extended their winning streak to nine games as they registered a perfect home record of 9-0. The Mountain Lions outscored their opponents 104-71 with a .307 team batting average on the offensive side as they held opponents to a .238 batting average while fanning 125 batters. Though there was no All-RMAC team for the 2020 season, Hajek coached 13 RMAC All-Academic selections including Matt Clarke who was voted to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team.
In 2019, UCCS posted their second straight winning season as they went 28-24 with a 20-16 conference record and punching their ticket to the RMAC tournament for the third consecutive year. The Mountain Lions received national votes for top-25 ranking and cracked the top-10 regional rankings twice over the course of the season, both marking program firsts. UCCS tallied eight student-athletes on the RMAC All-Academic list, four on the All-RMAC Team, including Matthew Clarke and Matt McDermott who went on receive All-American Honors.
Hajek and the Mountain Lions recorded their first winning record in program history at a record of 28-23 with a conference record of 20-15 in 2018. The Mountain Lions' strong second season performance gave them the No. 3 seed in the RMAC Tournament and back-to-back appearances in the conference tournament. Hajek coached seven RMAC All-Academic players and seven All-RMAC players, including 2018 MLB Draftee Zach Hall. Hall was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 19th round as an outfielder and became the first player in program history to be drafted. Hall was a part of Hajek's first recruiting class at UCCS and was awarded All-American honors for the 2018 season.
The Mountain Lions won 22 games in the first season of 2017 and tied for fourth in the conference standings.
Hajek coached three conference players of the week, the RMAC Freshman of the Year in Colin Ludwig, All-RMAC First Team reliever Joe Slocum, Second Team and Gold Glove selection starter Colin Cicere, and Gold Glove second baseman Efrain Medina. UCCS started the inaugural season with a 4-3 victory at sixth-ranked Cal Poly Pomona.
Hajek was hired in November 2015 and spent the 2015-16 season recruiting the first class of student-athletes. The Mountain Lions competed in an on-campus home in the 2018 season at Mountain Lion Park.
Hajek spent 10 years playing professional baseball, with parts of two seasons at the top level with the Houston Astros. He followed with a 12-year coaching career within the Colorado Rockies organization.
Hajek played during the 1995 and 1996 seasons for the Houston Astros as an infielder. He also played within the organizations of the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres and Rockies, ending his career as a member of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 1999. He was also selected as a three-time Pacific Coast League All-Star with the Las Vegas Stars and Tucson Toros.
Hajek started coaching in 2004 with the Asheville Tourists, the Class A affiliate of the Rockies. After two-and-a-half seasons, he moved to Advanced A Modesto Nuts for one-and-a-half seasons. Hajek then went on to the Class AA Tulsa Drillers, spending four seasons at Tulsa before he was named as the Colorado Rockies Infield Coordinator for the 2012 season.
In 2013, Hajek was assigned to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox coaching staff. He remained with the Sky Sox for two seasons before he went to the Albuquerque Isotopes when the Rockies changed affiliations after the 2014 season. Hajek was a Hitting Coach for 11 seasons and was the Infield Coordinator for one year that involved working with all Rockies infielders below the Major Leagues, which included current Rockies Gold Glove infielders Nolan Arenado and DJ LeMahieu.
Hajek also has been a private instructor for the last 20 years in Colorado Springs. He has been a featured speaker at the Colorado State High School Baseball Coaches Convention three times and spoke at the European Baseball Coaches Convention in Prague in 2011.
Hajek was a two-time Division II All-American at California State Polytechnic University, where he graduated with a degree in architecture. He spent six years at an architecture firm working on commercial design projects.
