Joe B. Hall
Hall in October 2016
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Record | 297–100 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 30, 1928 Cynthiana, Kentucky |
| Playing career | |
| 1948–1949 | Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959–1964 | Regis |
| 1964–1965 | Central Missouri |
| 1965–1972 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1972–1985 | Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 373–156 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (1978) 3× Regional Championships – Final Four (1975, 1978, 1984) 8× SEC Regular Season Championships (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982–1984) SEC Tournament championship (1984) |
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| Awards | |
| National Coach of the Year (1978) 4x SEC Coach of the Year (1973, 1975, 1978, 1983) |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012 |
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Joe Beasman Hall (born November 30, 1928) was the head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985. He previously coached at Central Missouri State University and Regis University before returning to UK in 1965 to serve as an assistant coach under Adolph Rupp.
Hall was given a difficult task, to follow in the footsteps of his legendary predecessor, Adolph Rupp. In the 1978 NCAA Tournament, he coached the Wildcats to their fifth NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1978 and Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year on four different occasions. His record at UK was 297–100, and 373–156 over his career.
Along with the 1978 title, Hall also guided Kentucky to a runner-up finish to UCLA in the 1975 NCAA tournament (which included an upset of heavily favored and previously undefeated Indiana in a regional final), a Final Four appearance in the 1984 NCAA Tournament (losing to eventual champion Georgetown), and an NIT championship in 1976. He won 8 Southeastern Conference regular season championships and one Southeastern Conference tournament championship.
Hall played one year of varsity basketball at Kentucky before transferring to the University of the South (Sewanee), where he completed his basketball playing eligibility but did not graduate. After Sewanee, Hall toured with the Harlem Globetrotters and later returned to Kentucky to complete his undergraduate studies. Hall graduated from Kentucky in 1955.
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