Hall Takes Over As Men's Cross Country Coach
9/4/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Sept. 4, 2003
WINSTON-SALEM, NC-- Dr. Scott Hall has been named the new men's cross country coach at Wake Forest University. Hall replaces Gary Sievers who resigned his post as cross country coach and assistant director of the track and field program in early August after three years with the Demon Deacons. Hall will also be an assistant coach for the track and field team. He will work with the men's distance runners, pole vaulters and help with multi-event athletes.
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. He was named the North Central Conference Coach of the Year after winning the cross country title in 2000. In 1997, Hall was selected as the North Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year. In his 17 years at Nothern Colorado, Hall coached 51 North Central Conference Champions, 119 NCAA Division II national qualifiers, 60 All-Americans and nine national champions.
Hall graduated from St. Lawrence University in 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. Hall earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho State University in 1981 and received his doctorate degree in mechanical kenesiology at Northern Colorado in 1993.
Hall was the 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. He serves on the USA Track and Field Men's Developmental Committee as well as the National Chair for Olympic Development activities for the decathlon. Hall was named head coach for the USA vs. Germany decathlon matchup held in the summer of 2002 and was recently named an assistant coach for the team that will represent the United States at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
