Dale Hall
Dale Hall went 16–11–2 as a head coach, 1959–1961, at Army. Share
- Record
- 16–11–2 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1960 6–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Army | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1960 | Army | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1961 | Army | 6–4 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 2–8–2 | 25% |
| At home | 16 | 12–4 | 75% |
| On the road | 9 | 3–4–2 | 44% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 14–7 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–4–2 | 38% |
His own 29 games on file, 1959–1961, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Engle 1959–1961 | 1–2 | Penn State | 3 | |
| Wayne Hardin 1959–1961 | 0–3 | Navy | 3 |
Dale Hall’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Penn Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Navyseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Villanovaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Californiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Idahoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949–50 | Purdue | Assistant coach | |
| 1951 | New Hampshire | Assistant coach | |
| 1952–55 | Florida | Assistant coach | |
| 1956–58 | Army | First assistant | |
| 1959–61 | Army | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Stuart HolcombPurdue
- Bob WoodruffFlorida
- Red BlaikArmy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank LauterburToledo, Iowa
- Tom HarpCornell, Duke, Indiana State
- Chuck KlausingIndiana (PA), Carnegie Mellon
- James ValekIllinois
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Holcomb | Purdue | 1949–50 | Assistant coach | |
| Bob Woodruff | Florida | 1952–55 | Assistant coach | |
| Red Blaik | Army | 1956–58 | First assistant |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Lauterbur | Army, 1959–61: offensive line coach | Toledo, Iowa | |
| Tom Harp | Army, 1959–60: backfield coach | Cornell, Duke, Indiana State | |
| Chuck Klausing | Army, 1961: assistant coach | Indiana (PA), Carnegie Mellon | |
| James Valek | Army, 1961: assistant coach | Illinois |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.