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Mr. James "Kelley" Hall (Deceased)
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Home Phone: 337-993-8908 Coach James Kelley Passes Away at age 51. * * * * * * * * * 1. Athletic Department Announcement * * * * * * * * * * Courtesy: RaginCajuns.com Coach Hall was a very popular figure within the Ragin’ Cajuns athletic department. His good nature and love of competition made him a special man in the lives of everyone who knew him. * * * * * * * * * * * Obituary: Former Ragin’ Cajuns head women’s basketball coach J. Kelley Hall, 51, suddenly passed away on Thursday afternoon after suffering a heart attack at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Hall, born January 13, 1959, is the winningest coach in program history, turning around a program that had amassed just 45 wins in the 1990’s to 86 wins over his five seasons. UL finished either first or second in the Sun Belt West division four straight seasons under Hall. The Cajuns program was 21-34 in his first two seasons, but posted a mark of 65-28 (.699) in his final three seasons. “We are deeply saddened to hear of Coach Hall’s passing,” Ragin’ Cajuns athletics director David Walker said. “He was well liked by everyone. Our sympathies and prayers go out to Meredith and their children.” The 2005 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year transformed Louisiana into a Sun Belt-power, finishing the 2006-07 season with a 25-9 record. The Cajuns were Sun Belt West Division Champions, Sun Belt Tournament Runner-Up and accepted a rare mid-major at-large berth in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. It was the first-ever NCAA Tournament invitation in UL history. Hall, a master of the match-up zone, was regarded as one of the finest defensive coaches in the women’s college game. In his career at UL, the Cajuns held the opposition to 58.7ppg on 36.3 percent shooting. Hall’s Cajuns set eight individual and 12 team records, including most victories in a season (25, 2006-07), most home wins in a season (13, 2004-05), most consecutive home wins in a season (13, 2004-05) and most consecutive home wins overall, notching 22-straight wins from February 5, 2004 through January 5, 2006. Over his five seasons, Hall coached five 1,000-point scorers, one Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, two Sun Belt Conference Newcomers of the Year and eight All-Sun Belt performers. One of Hall’s many highlights came when the Ragin’ Cajuns traveled to the University of South Carolina’s Thanksgiving Tournament in 2006 and won the championship, defeating the Gamecocks by 15 on the SEC team’s home hardwood. Later that same season, UL went to SBC-power Western Kentucky and defeated the Hilltoppers 77-64 in E.A. Diddle Arena. Hall was hired to be the Cajuns 10th head coach in school history on April 5, 2002. He had coaching stops at Louisville, as Associate Head Coach & Recruiting Coordinator (2000-02), and Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator positions at Auburn (1996-2000), Cal State Fullerton (1994-96), Mississippi State (1992-94), the University of Alabama (1983-84) and Troy (1982-83). He left the Cajuns to serve as head coach at the University of Cincinnati from 2007-09. The Selma, Alabama native honed his X’s and O’s as a head coach in the highly competitive junior college ranks. Hall averaged 26 wins per year during a seven-year stint as the head coach at Truett-McConnell Junior College, while also capturing three state championships and four second-place finishes. In 1984-85, Hall helped start the women’s basketball program at Gordon Junior College where he led the team to a first-year record of 19-7. Hall and his wife Meredith were married on May 19, 2001. They are the proud parents of daughters Brynley Michele and Jordyn Kelley and son Aubrey Oneal. Obituary J. Kelley Hall posted Sept. 5, 2010 from the Myrtle Beach Suns News James Kelley Hall, 51, of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 2, after suffering a heart attack, at his home. He was born on January 13, 1959, in Selma, AL, to Raymond and Jeanette Hall, of DeFuniak Springs, FL. He graduated from Troy State with a BA, and thereafter began his first of almost thirty years in basketball. Between 1982 and 2009, he served on the court at ten different colleges; however, for the past year and a half, he was enjoying being a full-time husband and father, spending time with his immediate and extended families, playing golf, walking on the beach, and hunting shark’s teeth. Published in The Sun News on September 5, 2010 Read more: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/myrtlebeachonline/obituary.aspx?n=james-kelley-hall&pid=145066402&fhid=4143#ixzz0yh1AjUVt * * * * * * * * * * * Head Women’s Basketball Coach at UL since 2002. Women’s Basketball: Halls leave UL for Cincinnati Former women’s basketball coach to take over Bearcats Dan McDonald J. Kelley Hall will get a rare opportunity in the coaching profession – the chance to bring a second program out of the doldrums. The 48-year-old Hall was introduced at a press conference at UC’s Lindner Athletics Center on Wednesday afternoon, after interviewing for the position last weekend. “I was looking for a job that has a chance to win a national championship,” Hall said at that press conference. “We can do it here. We can do it in the Big East.” Turning the Bearcats into a conference contender won’t be easy, but that task pales next to the one Hall inherited when he accepted the UL position five years ago to the day on April 5, 2002. “I’m looking at it as half-full,” Hall said of his new post, “where before it was empty. There was not a drop in it.” The Cajuns hadn’t had a winning season in 15 years when Hall took over in the 2002-03 season, and had only five winning seasons in the program’s history. In the decade of the 1990s, UL’s women won only 45 games and lost 226. After 8-19 and 13-15 seasons in Hall’s first two years, UL has posted three straight winning campaigns and a three-year mark of 65-28. Those three years also included the program’s first two league titles, with UL winning the Sun Belt Conference’s Western Division title twice including last season. UL just completed its winningest season in history at 25-9 and was an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament, another program first. “With the success of our program over the last few years,” said UL interim athletic director David Walker, “it’s understandable that universities across the country would show an interest in Coach Hall. What he and (wife and co-head coach) Meredith have accomplished in only five seasons is a tribute to their abilities and their dedication.” Hall said one of his biggest regrets was not having more opportunity to work with Walker. “He cares about the coaches and his people and he cares about the program,” Hall said. “He doesn’t have an ego about the other stuff.” Walker said the search for a replacement would begin immediately and that the program is in better shape to attract qualified candidates than when Hall took over the program. UC athletic director Mike Thomas said that Hall’s contract is for five years with details being negotiated, but Hall said the annual salary is a significant increase from the combined $117,936 salary that he and his wife earned in this fiscal year. A UC release said that Hall was one of 10 candidates interviewed by the school. “I talked to people on the NCAA selection committee, and one of the things they told me was that you don’t want to play a Kelley Hall team because they play defense and they rebound at a very high level,” Thomas said. “And they’re very athletic. They’re fun to watch.” Hall came to UL from a position as associate head coach at Louisville, and also served as an assistant at Auburn, Cal State Fullerton, Mississippi State, Alabama and Troy along with eight years as head coach at Gordon and Truett-McConnell Junior Colleges. “He’s been at this for a long time and has had great success,” Thomas said. “He’s worked at a lot of great programs.” Originally published April 5, 2007 Bruce Brown There’s a bounce in J. Kelley Hall’s steps around Earl K. Long Gym these days, and one reason for that is his contract. The head coach of Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajun women’s basketball program is operating under a new four-year contract, the first multi-year deal in the history of UL women’s athletics. “The University of Louisiana System Board of Trustees approved coach Hall’s contract in their meeting on Aug. 26,” said David Walker, UL’s interim athletic director of a deal negotiated under Nelson Schexnayder. “The thing we were battling here is, other coaches would tell recruits, ‘They don’t pay him, so he won’t be there long’ or ‘They won too much so he won’t be there long,’ ” said Hall, whose annual salary is in the $82,000 range. “But now we can go into recruits’ houses knowing that the University has made a significant commitment. It’s always nice to have that security. I’ve always known where the program was at when I took over, and I know where I’ve got it now. “I’ve always had confidence in what we were doing here.” Hall’s Cajuns posted a 22-9 record in 2004-2005 and won the Sun Belt Conference’s Western Division, breaking new ground as a postseason presence, and then reached the championship finals of the Sun Belt Tournament against Middle Tennessee. That mark elevated Hall to a three-year mark of 43-43, already No. 2 in school history for career wins by a Cajun women’s basketball coach. All-Sun Belt center Anna Petrakova led a senior class that included Bernette Tolston and Tiffany Washington, and this year’s Cajuns are missing Melissa Bratton (maternity leave) and Alexandra Kotta (junior college this year), but there’s a chance the 2005-2006 squad could be better than a year ago. “On paper,” Hall said, “this is the best team we’ve had to start Year Four. There’s no question the talent is there, but chemistry is a big thing and we need to get them all on the same page.” The Cajuns are already going through individual NCAA-allowed drills to sharpen their games for a season that begins with home exhibitions against Everyone’s Internet (Nov. 1) and the Jackson Babes (Nov. 5) before the Nov. 11 Preseason NIT date with SMU in Dallas. Originally published September 7, 2005 (Copied & pasted from the Athletic Website) Sept. 22, 2004 J. Kelley Hall Position: Head Coach Experience: Second season at Louisiana-Lafayette Career Record: J. Kelley Hall enters his second season as the head coach of Louisiana�s Ragin� Cajuns women�s basketball program. Last season, in his first year at UL Lafayette, he guided the Cajuns to an 8-19 record, while posting a 4-11 record in the Sun Belt Conference. He was hired by Louisiana-Lafayette Director of Athletics Nelson Schexnayder on Friday, April 5, 2002, to instill a sense of credibility in the program and provide new leadership and direction to a program that has long desired a winning season. �I�m very pleased and excited that someone of Mr. Hall�s background and experience has decided to join us,� Schexnayder said at the press conference to announce Hall�s hiring. �I am most excited about his overall desire to be here with Louisiana-Lafayette. He is a welcomed addition to our staff.� �My wife and I are pleased to be joining this (UL Lafayette Athletics Department) team,� Hall said after being introduced as the 10th head coach in Ragin� Cajuns women�s basketball history. �This is a great opportunity for my first Division I head coaching job.� If past accomplishments are going to be any indication of his success here at Louisiana-Lafayette, Hall may make strides never seen before in Cajuns� women�s basketball history. Before Louisville, Hall spent four seasons in the Southeastern Conference as the recruiting coordinator at Auburn. Hall�s first recruiting class at Auburn ranked as high as fourth in the nation by Blue Chip Magazine. That class included All-Americans Shana Askew, Tasha Hamilton and Conswella Sparrow. In his second class, every player was named an All-American by USA Today and the class was ranked fifth overall in the country. Hall�s third recruiting class at Auburn reached nationally-ranked status as well. He rounded out his stay at Auburn with a class ranked in the Top 10 by USA Today, Blue Star and All-Star recruiting services. In that class, he signed Carol Smith who was named the Rawlings NJCAA Ntional Player of the Year. Prior to his arrival at Auburn, Hall spent two seasons at Cal State- Fullerton working as an assistant and recruiting coordinator. White at CSF, he was able to coach the NCAA�s leading scorer, Koko Lahanas. Hall also spent time at Mississippi State from 1992-94, one of three assistant coaching stints in the SEC. Hall began his coaching career at his alma mater, Troy State, in 1982. While with the Trojans, he was an assistant coach for that one season. Following the 1982 campaign, Hall moved on to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a volunteer assistant position at the University of Alabama during the 1983-94 season. He then became a head coach for the first time in his career, taking over the reigns of Gordon Junior College from 1984-85. He guided his team to a 19- 7 mark and a third-place finish in the Georgia Junior College Athletic Association. Hall�s next stop in the JUCO head coaching ranks was at Truett-McConnell Junior College in Cleveland, Ga., where he spent seven seasons. He compiled an impressive 185-49 record that included three state junior college championship teams and four runner-up finishes. In 1991 and 1992, he was named the GJCAA Coach of the Year. He also coached five NJCAA All-Americans. While at Truett-McConnell, he also served as director of athletics, physical education instructor, assistant dean of students and the chairman of the health and physical education department. Hall received his bachelor�s degree in secondary education from Troy State in 1982. He is married to the former Meredith Michele Sisson and they have a daughter, Brynley Michele.
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