Will Hall
Will Hall went 73–53 as a head coach, 2011–2026, at West Alabama, West Georgia, Southern Miss and Tulane. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–3); by them his record is 72–53. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2011–13 at West Alabama; 2014–16 at West Georgia. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 73–53 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 10, 1980
- Alma mater
- North Alabama 2003
- Best season
- 2022 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | West Alabama * | 8–4 | T–2nd | NCAA Division II First Round L | ||
| 2012 | West Alabama * | 9–4 | 1st | NCAA Division II Second Round L | ||
| 2013 | West Alabama * | 8–3 | T–1st | |||
| 2014 | West Georgia * | 12–3 | 3rd | NCAA Division II Semifinal L | ||
| 2015 | West Georgia * | 12–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division II Semifinal L | ||
| 2016 | West Georgia * | 7–4 | 5th | |||
| 2017–20: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 3–9 | T–6th (West) | |||
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 7–6 | T–3rd | LendingTree Bowl W | ||
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 3–9 | 6th | |||
| 2024 | Southern Miss coached seven of 12 games | 1–6 | ||||
| 2025: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2026 | Tulane | 3–3 (Wikipedia: 2–3) | ||||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Conference games | 29 | 9–20 | 31% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| At home | 25 | 11–14 | 44% |
| On the road | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 11–6 | 65% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 33 | 6–27 | 18% |
His own 50 games on file, 2021–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Desormeaux 2022–2024 | 2–1 | Louisiana | 3 | |
| Butch Jones 2022–2024 | 1–2 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Kane Wommack 2021–2023 | 0–3 | South Alabama | 3 |
Will 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 |
|---|---|---|
| South Alabamaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Troyseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Riceseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Texas Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Presbyterian | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2005 | Henderson State | Assistant coach | |
| 2006 | Southwest Baptist | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2007 | Arkansas–Monticello | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2008–10 | West Alabama | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2011–13 | West Alabama | Head coach | |
| 2014–16 | West Georgia | Head coach | |
| 2017 | Louisiana | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2018 | Memphis | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2019–20 | Tulane | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2021–24 | Southern Miss | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Tulane | Passing game coordinator | |
| 2026–present | Tulane | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tommy SpanglerPresbyterian
- Gwaine MathewsArkansas Monticello
- Bobby WallaceWest Alabama
- Mark HudspethLouisiana
- Mike NorvellMemphis
- Willie FritzTulane
- Jon SumrallTulane
Assistants who became head coaches
- Josh AldridgeLiberty
- Cadillac WilliamsAuburn
- Reed StringerSouthern Miss
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Spangler | Presbyterian | 2004 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Gwaine Mathews | Arkansas Monticello | 2007 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Bobby Wallace | West Alabama | 2008–10 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Mark Hudspeth | Louisiana | 2017 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Mike Norvell | Memphis | 2018 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| Willie Fritz | Tulane | 2019–20 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jon Sumrall | Tulane | 2025 | Passing game coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Aldridge | West Georgia, 2014–16: defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | Liberty | |
| Cadillac Williams | West Georgia, 2016: graduate assistant | Auburn | |
| Reed Stringer | Southern Miss, 2021–24: assistant head coach | Southern Miss |
Other assistants under him (11)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Williams | West Georgia, 2014: linebackers coach; Southern Miss, 2021–22: cornerbacks coach; 2023: inside linebackers coach; 2024: linebackers coach and defensive run game coordinator | |
| Scott Symons | West Georgia, 2014–16: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Austin Armstrong | West Georgia, 2016: graduate assistant; Southern Miss, 2021–22: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mark Criner | Southern Miss, 2021–24: outside linebackers coach | |
| Sam Gregg | Southern Miss, 2021–23: offensive coordinator | |
| Dan O’Brien | Southern Miss, 2023: defensive coordinator | |
| Chip Long | Southern Miss, 2024: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Clay Bignell | Southern Miss, 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Nate Fuqua | Tulane, 2026: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Russ Callaway | Tulane, 2026: offensive coordinator | |
| Tayler Polk | Tulane, 2026: defensive coordinator |
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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Louisiana | offensive coordinator | $160,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Hall’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 41% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 27.2 seconds a play, 2021–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 10 g | Southern Miss | 13 of 85 15% | 38% | 45% | 28.7 | −0.22 | |
| 2022 13 g | Southern Miss | 19 of 110 17% | 45% | 46% | 26.7 | −0.06 | |
| 2023 12 g | Southern Miss | 25 of 106 24% | 47% | 47% | 27.2 | −0.04 | |
| 2026 6 g | Tulane | 7 of 50 14% | 24% | 49% | 25.7 | 0.00 | |
| All 41 g | 64 of 351 18% | 41% | 47% | 27.2 | −0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.