Joe B. Hall

Joe B. Hall

File:Joe-B-Hall.jpg
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Record	297–100
Biographical details
Born	(1928-11-30) 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
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship: (1978) Regional Championships – Final Four (1975, 1978, 1984) SEC Regular Season Championship (8 times)
Awards
National Coach of the Year (1978) SEC Coach of the Year (4 times)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2012

Joe Beasman Hall, better known as Joe B. 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.

On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, the University of Kentucky unveiled a statue of Hall outside of the Wildcat Coal Lodge to commemorate his accomplishments at UK and his contributions toward the Wildcat Coal Lodge. The university says the bronze sculpture was produced over a period of eight months, beginning as a clay sculpture, then was cast in bronze. It was created by sculptor J. Brett Grill of Columbia, Mo.

Hall co-hosted a radio sports talk show with former University of Louisville basketball head coach Denny Crum from March 2004 to October 2014. The Joe B. and Denny Show ended on October 30, 2014 after WVLK-FM, the Lexington station from which Hall did his portion of the show, announced a change in format.

College record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kentucky (SEC) (1972–1985)
1972–73	Kentucky	20–8	14–4	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1973–74	Kentucky	13–13	9–9	T-4th
1974–75	Kentucky	26–5	15–3	T-1st	NCAA Runner Up
1975–76	Kentucky	20–10	11–7	T-4th	NIT Champions
1976–77	Kentucky	26–4	16–2	T-1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1977–78	Kentucky	30–2	16–2	1st	NCAA Champions
1978–79	Kentucky	19–12	10–8	6th	NIT 1st Round
1979–80	Kentucky	29–6	15–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1980–81	Kentucky	22–6	15–3	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
1981–82	Kentucky	22–8	13–5	T-1st	NCAA 1st Round
1982–83	Kentucky	23–8	13–5	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1983–84	Kentucky	29–5	14–4	1st	NCAA Final Four
1984–85	Kentucky	18–13	11–7	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Kentucky:		297–100	172–62
Total:		297–100
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coach

External links

• University of Kentucky Coaching Record at BigBlueHistory.net