Dr. Scott Hall has served as the Assistant Director of Track and Field since September of 2003. He is widely recognized as one of the top combined event coaches in the country, having coached both heptathletes and decathletes over the 6,000 and 8,000 point barriers, respectively. Additionally, he has coached a total of 84 All-Americans and 10 NCAA Champions. This season, he will be responsible for coaching the sprints and combined events.

Since coming to Wake Forest, Hall has worked with sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws, and combined event athletes. Under his tutelage, numerous athletes have earned spots on the Wake Forest All-Time Top Ten Performance List. With the Deacons, Hall has had 11 NCAA Finals qualifiers, and three athletes have earned a total of seven All-America designations.

In 2011, Hall directed Ben Lincoln to an NCAA Championships berth in the javelin, and Lincoln finished 23rd overall. Prior to the NCAA Championships, Hall guided Lincoln to a third-place finish in the event at the ACC Championships, en route to Lincoln earning All-ACC honors for the second consecutive season. Lincoln also placed eighth at the NCAA Regionals in order to advance to the Championships.

In addition to Lincoln, javelin throwers Luke Hadden and Trey Blanton, and combined event athletes Alex Hill, Scott McCullough, and Gwen Ricco all scored for the team at the ACC Championships.

The 2010 season saw the Demon Deacon 1600-meter relay team reach the NCAA Championships. Brent LaRue placed ninth in the 110-meter hurdles with a school record time of 50.20 to earn All-America honors. LaRue also claimed an ACC title in the event. Then a freshman, Lincoln placed 14th in the javelin at the NCAA East Regional after placing third at the ACC Championships.

Lincoln, Hadden, and Thomas Sensing went on to combine for three scoring spots at the ACC Championships. Additionally at these Championships, Hall guided Alex Hill to a fourth-place finish in the decathlon, and Caroline Vaughn placed third in the pentathlon at the ACC Indoor Championships with a new school record of 3,758 points.

During the 2009 season under Hall's guidance, Michael Bingham captured the NCAA Indoor title in the 400-meters with the fastest time in the world that season. Bingham went on to finish second at the Outdoor Championships, and later that summer, he placed seventh in the World Championships with a personal-best 400m time of 44.74. Bingham's successes continued in 2009, as he claimed a silver medal as a member of Great Britain's 1600-meter relay team.

Also in 2009, Brent LaRue earned All-America honors in the heptathlon, and the 1600-meter relay which LaRue was a part of earned All-ACC outdoor honors. Tyler Dodds and Alex Hill attained ACC scoring honors in the decathlon, and Thomas Sensing claimed second place in the javelin at the ACC Championships to earn All-ACC honors and set a school record. Sensing also scored in the shot put and discus events, and he was the only NCAA athlete to qualify for the NCAA Regionals in all three events. Then a freshman, Sarah Brobeck placed seventh in the javelin at the ACC meet.

In addition to success on the track during the past three seasons, Hall's teams have also excelled in the classroom, as the men's track squads achieved a perfect APR ranking in both 2009 and 2010.

During the 2008 indoor season, Molly Kennedy placed fourth in the pentathlon at the ACC Championships, en route to setting a new school record. Kevin Marion placed fifth in the 60-meters in a school record time of 6.77, and he also placed fifth in the long jump at the ACC meet. Jon Reid and Allan Lunkenheimer scored in the 400-meters during the indoor season, as well.

In the outdoor season of 2008, Carly Mauch placed second in the javelin at the ACC meet to claim All-ACC honors. Molly Kennedy also collected All-ACC honors by placing third in the heptathlon, and she also set the school record in the triple jump. During that season, Thomas Sensing placed seventh in the shot put at the ACC Championships.

In 2007, the Deacons produced more ACC point scorers, and sent a team-record 18 individuals to the NCAA East Regional. Michael Bingham earned All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor 400 meters.

The Deacons finished third in 2006 in the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, their best finish since a third place showing in 1999. Hall worked with a group of sprinters that won the 4x100 and the 4x400 meter relays. The 400 meter relay team set a school record with a time of 39.28, which stood as the fifth-best mark in ACC history at the time. Bingham claimed the ACC title in the 200 meters in 2006.

For Hall's efforts, he was named the 2006 NCAA Division I East Region and National Sprints/Hurdles Coach of the Year as the Deacs dominated the sprints and rewrote several school records at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

Scott Hall with Michael Bingham

In 2005 as a freshman, Bingham became the second Demon Deacon to reach the NCAA Championship under the guidance of Hall. Bingham also won the 2005 ACC Championship in the event and was the U.S. Junior Champion as well as the bronze medalist at the Junior Pan American Games. Additionally, he won championships in the 200-meter dash (outdoor), 4x100-meter relay (outdoor) and 4x400-meter relay (indoor/outdoor) in 2006.

In 2004, the men's track team improved from a ninth place finish at the indoor meet to a seventh place mark during the outdoor season. The women moved from seventh to fifth from indoor to outdoor championships. More than a dozen school records were set in several of the events which Hall coaches, including the long jump, 60-meter high hurdles, pole vault and 100-meter hurdles during the outdoor season. Cassie Richards claimed the ACC long jump title and qualified for the NCAA Championships.

In 2003, Hall directed the men's cross country program to a fifth place finish in the ACC Tournament -- one spot better than in 2002 -- and eighth place at the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Prior to his arrival at Wake Forest, Hall was at the University of Northern Colorado as the Director of the Track and Field program for 18 years. Subsequently, Hall was named North Central Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year for winning the cross country title in 2000. In 1997, Hall was selected as the North Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year.

During his tenure at the University of Northern Colorado, Hall built the track and field team into a top-25 program on the NCAA Division II level. Coach Hall was honored by his peers as the North Central Conference Track Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1991. In 2000, he was selected as the USTCA Women's Regional Coach of the Year.

In his 18 years, Hall coached 51 North Central Conference Champions, 119 NCAA Division II national qualifiers, 77 All-Americans, and nine national champions. With the Deacons, Hall has coached 11 NCAA Championship qualifiers and a pair of All-Americans.

Hall graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, with a degree in physical education. He competed as a multi-event athlete on six ICAC championship teams and served as team captain for two years.

Having earned his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho State University in 1981, Coach Hall received his doctorate degree in mechanical kinesiology at Northern Colorado in 1993. Hall was also an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Northern Colorado. He served as head coach of the 1995 U.S. Decathlon Team that competed against Canada, in addition to serving as an assistant coach for the North squad at the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival.

In the summer of 2002, Hall was named head coach for the USA vs. Germany decathlon meet. He served as an assistant coach for the United States at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

In addition, Hall was the head manager for the Thorpe Cup in 2008. Hall coached the USA team in the USA vs. Germany Heptathlon in Manhattan, Kansas. He was also selected as the head manager of the 2009 Junior Pan American Games team for the United States. In 2010, Hall served as the manager of Team USA at the Junior World Championships.

Hall also works regularly with post-collegiate Olympic hopefuls. Brad Mears won the shot put title at the 1999 Pan Am Games and placed ninth at the 2000 Olympic Trials with a throw of 65-9.5. Aaron Banks, another of Hall's pupils, finished 12th in the same event at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials with a new personal-record of 61-11. From 1996-2004, Hall directed the career of heptathlete Kim Schiemenz, who posted a heptathlon score of 6,209 in 2003, which was the second-best U.S. score and ranked ninth in the world. She also represented the USA in the 2002 World University Games, in the 2003 IAAF World Championships, and the 2004 World Indoor Championships.

From 2005-2008, Hall worked with Chris Boyles, who was the 2006 Multi-Stars Champion and a member of the U.S. Thorpe Cup team in 2006-07. Boyles also represented the U.S. in the 2007 Pan Am games in Rio de Janiero, and he totaled a new personal-record of 7,855 points.

From 2006-2009, Hall guided Lela Nelson, an NCAA heptathlon champion in 2004, to a USATF Pentathlon title in 2006. In 2007, Nelson represented the U.S. at the Thorpe Cup and finished first in the heptathlon. She was ranked third in both the long jump and the heptathlon in the U.S. during that season. In 2008, Nelson represented the U.S. in the long jump at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.

Since 2008, Hall has worked with Chris Helwick, who placed sixth in the decathlon at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. Helwick finished fouth in the Thorpe Cup with a personal record of 8,143 points, and in 2009 he finished third at the NACAC Combined Events Championships. Helwick's success under Hall continued to come, as he went on to place second in the Thorpe Cup in 2010 and second in the NACAC Combined Events Championships in 2011.

Since 2011, Hall has worked with Jangy Addy, who represented Liberia in the 2008 Olympic Games with a 23rd-place finish in the decathlon. After retiring, Addy resumed training and placed ninth in the IAAF Combined Events Grand Prix in Ratingen, Germany, with a new Liberian national record.

Hall currently serves as Chair of the USATF High Performance Committee (Olympic Development) for the decathlon and heptathlon.

Hall is married to the former Virginia Reid (Gin Reid) Blair (Wake Forest '77). He has two children: Michaela (25), a former track (hammer throw) and soccer letter winner at Western Carolina, and Daley (18), a post-graduate football player (kicker/punter) at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy.