1972-73 to 1984-85
297-100
74.8% win rate
Overall
297-100
Conference
172-62
Win %
74.8%
Seasons
13
Hall stepped into arguably the most impossible job in sports โ succeeding Adolph Rupp โ and delivered a national championship in 1978, his sixth season. His 297-100 record over 13 years (1972โ1985) maintained Kentucky's status as a blue-blood program. The 1978 title is forever linked to Jack 'Goose' Givens' masterful 41-point performance in the championship game against Duke. Hall also reached the 1975 title game, falling to John Wooden's UCLA in what became Wooden's final game as a coach. He recruited and developed future NBA players like Sam Bowie, Mel Turpin, and Kenny Walker. A Kentucky native and former Rupp player himself, Hall understood the weight of Big Blue Nation's expectations better than anyone.
| 1981-82 | 22-8 |
| 1980-81 | 22-6 |
| 1979-80 | 29-6 |
| 1978-79 | 19-12 |
| 1977-78 | 30-2 |
| 1976-77 | 26-4 |
| 1975-76 | 20-10 |
| 1974-75 | 26-5 |
| 1973-74 | 13-13 |
| 1972-73 | 20-8 |
| Career | 297-100 |