Don Hall (American football) explained

Don Hall
Birth Place:Kincaid, Illinois, U.S.
Death Date:c. 2004 (aged 79)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1942
Player Team2:Pacific (CA)
Player Years3:1946–1947
Player Team3:Pacific (CA)
Player Positions:Center
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1950–1953
Coach Team2:Stockton (chief assistant)
Coach Years3:1954–1958
Coach Team3:Stockton
Coach Years4:1959–1963
Coach Team4:Cerritos
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:c. 1955
Coach Team6:Stockton
Coach Sport7:Golf
Coach Years8:c. 1955
Coach Team8:Stockton
Admin Years1:1963–1978
Admin Team1:Cerritos
Overall Record:67–22–5 (football)
94–48 (baseball)
Bowl Record:3–1
Championships:Football
4 Big Seven/Eight (CA) (1955–1958)
2 WSC (1959–1960)

Baseball
1 Big Seven (CA) (1954)

Don Hall (– c. 2004) was an American junior college football coach and college athletics administrator. served as the head football coach at Stockton College—now known as San Joaquin Delta College—from 1954 to 1958 and Cerritos College in Norwalk, California from 1959 to 1963. Hall was also the athletic director at Cerritos from 1963 to 1978.[1]

Hall was born in Kincaid, Illinois and grew up in Richmond, California. He attended the College of the Pacific—now known as the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he played football as a center in 1942, 1946, and 1947. He was captain of the 1946 Pacific Tigers football team, the final team coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg at Pacific. During World War II, Hall served as an officer and a bomber pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. He went to Stockton College in 1950 and worked as Earl Klapstein's chief assistant before succeeding him as head football coach n 1954.[2] Hall also coached baseball and golf at Stockton College. His baseball teams had a record of 94–48 and shared the Big Seven Conference title in 1954.[3]

Hall was inducted into the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. He died around 2004 at the age of 79. Hall's grandson, Korey Hall, played in the National Football League (NFL).[4]

Head coaching record

Football

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Cerritos College College athletic director submits resignation after 15 years . La Mirada Review . . January 28, 1959 . 29 . May 16, 2024 . .
  2. News: Sprague . Tom . Don Hall Named Grid Coach For Mustangs . . . March 24, 1954 . 31 . May 15, 2024 . .
  3. News: Remington . Ben . Mustangs Lose Don Hall to Cerritos College . . . January 28, 1959 . 29 . May 15, 2024 . .
  4. News: Highfill . Bob . Packer's roots at Pacific . . . February 4, 2011 . May 16, 2024 .
  5. Web site: . Year-by-Year Football Records . Cerritos College Athletic . May 16, 2024 .