:Vernon Haynes

{{Short description|American football and basketball player and coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Vernon Haynes

| image = Vernon Lefty Haynes.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Haynes pictured in Jambalaya 1943, Tulane yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|12|17}}

| birth_place = Arkansas City, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|5|29|1910|12|17}}

| death_place = Metarie, Louisiana, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1929–1931

| player_team2 = Tulane

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1929–1932

| player_team4 = Tulane

| player_positions = End (football)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1932

| coach_team2 = Alcee Fortier HS (LA) (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1933–1934

| coach_team3 = Warren Easton HS (LA)

| coach_years4 = 1935–1939

| coach_team4 = Ouachita Parish HS (LA)

| coach_years5 = 1940

| coach_team5 = Louisiana College

| coach_years6 = 1941–1945

| coach_team6 = Tulane (ends)

| coach_years7 = 1949–1950

| coach_team7 = Apprentice

| coach_sport8 = Basketball

| coach_years9 = 1932–1933

| coach_team9 = Alcee Fortier HS (LA)

| coach_years10 = 1942–1945

| coach_team10 = Tulane

| overall_record = 28–26 (college basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards = Football
All-Southern (1931)

| coaching_records =

}}

Vernon Carlton "Lefty" Haynes (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1973) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana College in 1940 and at The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia from 1949 to 1950. Haynes was also the head basketball coach at Tulane University from 1942 to 1945. He played college football at Tulane University, where he was a member of the 1931 Tulane Green Wave football team, which played in the 1932 Rose Bowl.{{cite news |author= |title=Vernon Haynes New Coach at La. College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34275163/the_daily_advertiser/ |newspaper=The Daily Advertiser |location=Lafayette, Louisiana |date=February 3, 1940 |page=8 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}