University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Will Hall to be Inducted Into North Alabama Hall of Fame
5/15/2022 10:10:00 AM | Football
HATTIESBURG, Miss -- North Alabama announced on Sunday morning that Southern Miss head football coach Will Hall will be inducted into the University of North Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 33rd class. Â Â
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The UNA Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 includes former baseball player and retired Colonel Riley Brewer, former Lion men's basketball standout Freddie Copeland, 2003 Harlon Hill Trophy winner and current Southern Mississippi Head Football Coach Will Hall, former women's basketball player and seven-time state champion head coach Jana Killen, former Lion soccer captain and current assistant coach Hollie Loud and the all-conference kicker on UNA's three football national championship teams, Jamie Stoddard.
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Following its creation in 1990, the UNA Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted at least four members each year. This year's induction brings the total number of inductees into the UNA Athletic Hall of Fame to 155.
WILL HALL
(Football 2002-03)
Hall, a native of Amory, Miss., is in his second season as head football coach at Southern Miss, after serving two years as offensive coordinator at Tulane.
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He played quarterback at North Alabama from 2002-03 and won the 2003 Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year. He was also selected first-team All-American by the Associated Press, Daktronics, Football Gazette and D2Football.com as a senior in 2003.
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That season he led UNA to a 13-1 record that included a Gulf South Conference Championship and a semifinal appearance in the Division II Playoffs. That record included the first perfect 11-0 regular-season in school history.
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He led the NCAA Division II in passing efficiency in 2003 with a 173.3 rating, completing 267 of 372 passes for 3,531 yards and 30 touchdowns - all school records.
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He was a two-time Gulf South Conference Player of the Week and a two-time Division II National Player of the Week in 2003. He played in the Cactus Bowl NCAA Division II All-Star Game following his senior season.Â
Hall set school records for most touchdown passes in a game (4), completions in a game (30), total offense in a season (3,998), passing yards in a season (3,531), completions in a season (267), pass attempts in a season (372), completion percentage in a season (71.8), touchdown passes in a season (30), touchdowns responsible for in a season (35), career passing yards (6,166), career TD passes (42), completions in a career (471), pass attempts in a season (693), career completion percentage (68.0).
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Hall has previously been inducted into the Northwest Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame.
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He played professionally for the Tupelo Fire Ants of the National Indoor Football League in 2004.
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His collegiate coaching career includes head coaching positions at West Alabama, West Georgia and Southern Miss. He was also an assistant coach at Presbyterian (2004), Henderson State (2005), Southwest Baptist (2006),
Arkansas–Monticello (2007), West Alabama (2008-10), Louisiana (2017), Memphis (2018), and Tulane (2019-20).
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He won three Gulf South Conference Championships as a head coach (2012, 2013, 2015), led four of his teams to the NCAA Playoffs and was a two-time GSC Coach of the Year.
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A 2003 graduate of North Alabama, Hall, and wife Rebecca, have two sons – Tripp and Pete.
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The UNA Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 includes former baseball player and retired Colonel Riley Brewer, former Lion men's basketball standout Freddie Copeland, 2003 Harlon Hill Trophy winner and current Southern Mississippi Head Football Coach Will Hall, former women's basketball player and seven-time state champion head coach Jana Killen, former Lion soccer captain and current assistant coach Hollie Loud and the all-conference kicker on UNA's three football national championship teams, Jamie Stoddard.
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Following its creation in 1990, the UNA Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted at least four members each year. This year's induction brings the total number of inductees into the UNA Athletic Hall of Fame to 155.
WILL HALL
(Football 2002-03)
Hall, a native of Amory, Miss., is in his second season as head football coach at Southern Miss, after serving two years as offensive coordinator at Tulane.
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He played quarterback at North Alabama from 2002-03 and won the 2003 Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year. He was also selected first-team All-American by the Associated Press, Daktronics, Football Gazette and D2Football.com as a senior in 2003.
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That season he led UNA to a 13-1 record that included a Gulf South Conference Championship and a semifinal appearance in the Division II Playoffs. That record included the first perfect 11-0 regular-season in school history.
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He led the NCAA Division II in passing efficiency in 2003 with a 173.3 rating, completing 267 of 372 passes for 3,531 yards and 30 touchdowns - all school records.
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He was a two-time Gulf South Conference Player of the Week and a two-time Division II National Player of the Week in 2003. He played in the Cactus Bowl NCAA Division II All-Star Game following his senior season.Â
Hall set school records for most touchdown passes in a game (4), completions in a game (30), total offense in a season (3,998), passing yards in a season (3,531), completions in a season (267), pass attempts in a season (372), completion percentage in a season (71.8), touchdown passes in a season (30), touchdowns responsible for in a season (35), career passing yards (6,166), career TD passes (42), completions in a career (471), pass attempts in a season (693), career completion percentage (68.0).
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Hall has previously been inducted into the Northwest Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame.
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He played professionally for the Tupelo Fire Ants of the National Indoor Football League in 2004.
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His collegiate coaching career includes head coaching positions at West Alabama, West Georgia and Southern Miss. He was also an assistant coach at Presbyterian (2004), Henderson State (2005), Southwest Baptist (2006),
Arkansas–Monticello (2007), West Alabama (2008-10), Louisiana (2017), Memphis (2018), and Tulane (2019-20).
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He won three Gulf South Conference Championships as a head coach (2012, 2013, 2015), led four of his teams to the NCAA Playoffs and was a two-time GSC Coach of the Year.
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A 2003 graduate of North Alabama, Hall, and wife Rebecca, have two sons – Tripp and Pete.
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