Nancy & Clint's Story

Who can count Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood as their business partner? Nancy Haley can. Haley and Eastwood started sportswear brand, Tehama, one of the fastest growing sportswear companies in the nation. It was 1996 when Eastwood and Haley met while sharing wine with mutual friends at Eastwood’s Mission Ranch in Carmel, California. Eastwood, having worn some of Haley’s designs, asked her if she would consider starting a sportswear line with him. Haley, recently retired from Sport-Haley, accepted and came out of retirement!


Eastwood and Haley launched the Tehama sportswear line for men and women at the 1997 PGA show in Las Vegas. It was a huge victory. Tehama reported more than $7.5 million in sales in the first year and the brand continues to grow at an impressive double-digit rate year after year. The Tehama line has been named to The Robb Report’s “Best of the Best Apparel Brands” top five list, two years in a row and in early 2004, the company inked licensing agreements with the IZOD CLUB brand and the Arnold Palmer brand. As if that’s not enough, Haley was honored with Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in June 2003. Haley’s love of golf began when she started playing in the 80’s. She was constantly amazed at the limited selection of fashionable options for women. Haley decided to enter the sportswear industry and create lifestyle apparel that could be worn from work to play.