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Joe Beasman Hall (born November 30, 1928 - January 15, 2022) was a former head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, from 1972 to 1985.

Contents

1 Biography

2 Head coaching record

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

Biography

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.

Hall previously coached at the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) in Warrensburg, Missouri and Regis University before returning to Kentucky in 1965 to serve as an assistant coach under 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 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, a Final Four appearance in the 1984 NCAA Tournament (losing to eventual champion Georgetown), and an NIT championship in 1976. He won eight Southeastern Conference regular season championships and one Southeastern Conference tournament championship.

On 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, Missouri. 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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season

Team

Overall

Conference

Standing

Postseason

Regis Rangers (Independent) (1959–1964)

1959–60

Regis

10–11

1960–61

Regis

10–10

1961–62

Regis

10–11

1962–63

Regis

15–9

1963–64

Regis

12–9

Regis:

57–50

Central Missouri State Mules (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1964–1965)

1964–65

Central Missouri State

19–6

9–1

T–1st

NCAA College Division Regional Third Place

Central Missouri State:

19–6

9–1

Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1972–1985)

1972–73

Kentucky

20–8

14–4

1st

NCAA University Division Elite Eight

1973–74

Kentucky

13–13

9–9

T–4th

1974–75

Kentucky

26–5

15–3

T–1st

NCAA Division I Runner-up

1975–76

Kentucky

20–10

11–7

T–4th

NIT Champion

1976–77

Kentucky

26–4

16–2

T–1st

NCAA Division I Elite Eight

1977–78

Kentucky

30–2

16–2

1st

NCAA Division I Champion

1978–79

Kentucky

19–12

10–8

6th

NIT First Round

1979–80

Kentucky

29–6

15–3

1st

NCAA Division I Sweet 16

1980–81

Kentucky

22–6

15–3

2nd

NCAA Division I Second Round

1981–82

Kentucky

22–8

13–5

T–1st

NCAA Division I First Round

1982–83

Kentucky

23–8

13–5

1st

NCAA Division I Elite Eight

1983–84

Kentucky

29–5

14–4

1st

NCAA Division I Final Four

1984–85

Kentucky

18–13

11–7

T–3rd

NCAA Division I Sweet 16

Kentucky:

297–100

172–62

Total:

373–156

      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 Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach