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Dr. Scott Hall assumed the position of Assistant Director of Track and Field and Men's Cross Country Coach at Wake Forest in the fall of 2003. He has since been named the Men's Track and Field Head Coach, but retains his Assistant Director of the overall program title. This year, he will work with men's sprints and hurdles, jumps, and combined events. In 2003, Hall directed the men's cross country program to a fifth place finish in the ACC Tournament -- one spot better than in 2002 -- and eighth place at the NCAA Southeast Regional. In 2004, the men's track team improved from a ninth place finish at the indoor meet to a seventh place mark during the outdoor season. The women moved from seventh to fifth from indoor to outdoor championships. More than a dozen school records were set in several of the events which Hall coaches, including the long jump, 60-meter high hurdles, pole vault and 100-meter hurdles during the outdoor season. Cassie Richards claimed the ACC long jump title and qualified for the NCAA Championships. In 2005, freshman Michael Bingham became the second Demon Deacon to reach the NCAA Championship under the guidance of Hall. Bingham also won the 2005 ACC Championship in the event and was the U.S. Junior Champion as well as the bronze medalist at the Junior Pan American Games. Additionally, he won championships in the 200-meter dash (outdoor), 4x100-meter relay (outdoor) and 4x400-meter relay (indoor/outdoor) in 2006. For Hall's efforts, he was named the 2006 NCAA Division I East Region and National Sprints/Hurdles Coach of the Year as the Deacs dominated the sprints and rewrote several school records at the ACC Outdoor Championships. This season, Hall will work specifically with the sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and combined event athletes. These areas will be bolstered by some outstanding new recruits and should be an area of improvement for the Deacons. Prior to his arrival at Wake Forest, Hall was at the University of Northern Colorado where he coached the women's cross country team for nine years and was the Director of the Track and Field program for 18 years. Subsequently, Hall was named North Central Conference Coach of the Year for winning the cross country title in 2000. In 1997, Hall was selected as the North Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year. During his tenure at the University of Northern Colorado, Hall brought respect to track and field as a top-25 program on the NCAA Division II level. Coach Hall was honored by his peers as the North Central Conference Track Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1991. In 2000, he was selected as the USTCA Women's Regional Coach of the Year. In his 18 years, Hall coached 51 North Central Conference Champions, 119 NCAA Division II national qualifiers, 77 All-Americans, and nine national champions. In addition, more than 100 new school records were set. With the Deacons, Hall has coached six NCAA Championship qualifiers. During Hall's tenure at Northern Colorado, his track and field athletes were named to the North Central Conference All-Academic At-Large Team 10 times. Three athletes since 1990 were named to the GTE Academic All-America team. The Bears' team grade point average annually exceeded that of the university average, and each team earned the U.S. Track Coaches Association All-Academic honor. In addition, seven athletes earned NCAA post-graduate scholarships with honors. Hall graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, with a degree in physical education. He competed as a multi-event athlete on six ICAC championship teams and served as team captain for two years. Having earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho State University in 1981, Coach Hall received his doctorate degree in mechanical kinesiology at Northern Colorado in 1993. Hall was also an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Northern Colorado. He served as head coach of the 1995 U.S. Decathlon Team that competed against Canada in addition to serving as an assistant coach for the North squad at the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. Hall currently serves on the USA Track and Field High Performance Committee volunteering as the chair for the decathlon and vertical jumps as well as the National Chair for Olympic Development activities for the decathlon. In the summer of 2002, Hall was named head coach for the USA vs. Germany decathlon matchup. He served as an assistant coach for the United States at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Additionally, Hall works regularly with post-collegiate athletes. One of these athletes, Brad Mears, won the shot put title at the 1999 Pan Am Games and placed ninth at the 2000 Olympic Trials, while Aaron Banks, another of Hall's pupils, finished 12th in the same event. Hall directed the career of heptathlete Kim Schiemenz, who posted a heptathlon score of 6,209 in 2003, which was the top U.S. score and ranked among the top ten in the world. She also represented the USA leading the way to two world championships and participating in the World University Games. Hall also guides current volunteer assistant coaches Chris Boyles and Lela Nelson in multi-events. Boyles was a Multistars Champion in 2006 and earned the No. 5 American ranking and No. 17 world ranking in the decathlon with 7,855 points. Nelson was the 2004 NCAA heptathlon champion with 5,903 points and won the 2006 USATF pentathlon title. Hall has two children, a daughter, Michaela (21), a junior track athlete at Western Carolina and a son, Daley (14), who enjoys a variety of sports. |
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