Skip Hall
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1944)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|2|18}}
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| coach_years1 = 1971–1974
| coach_team1 = Kent State (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1975–1986
| coach_team2 = Washington (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1987–1992
| coach_team3 = Boise State
| coach_years4 = 1993–1997
| coach_team4 = Missouri (assistant)
| overall_record = 42–28
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| tournament_record = 2–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
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Merle "Skip" Hall (born February 18, 1944) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Boise State University for six seasons, from 1987 to 1992, compiling a record of 42–28. He replaced Lyle Setencich following the 1986 season, Boise State's first losing season in four decades. Hall was previously an assistant coach at Kent State and Washington under Don James,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FIgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3543%2C5680329 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Cour |first=Jim |agency=Associated Press |title=They're giving Don James a big assist |date=October 10, 1984 |page=22}} and later was the defensive coordinator at Missouri under Bob Stull.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ia4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D9cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1071%2C2095089 |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |location=Cape Girardeau |agency=Associated Press |title=Mizzou hires Skip Hall as new defensive coach |date=January 20, 1993 |page=2B }}
Coaching career
In Hall's second season, he led the Broncos back to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, their first appearance since 1981. Hall's best season was in 1990, when Boise State advanced to the national semifinals, falling in a high scoring game against Big Sky rival Nevada, the conference champion whom the Broncos had defeated a month earlier in Boise.
Hall gave Jim Zorn his first coaching job, as quarterbacks coach at Boise State in 1988. Former Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jim Mora is a former player of Hall's, as are Nick Saban of Alabama and Gary Pinkel of Missouri.
Business career
After 27 years of coaching college football, Hall transferred to the business arena with Aflac, recruiting, coaching, and building teams. He was a regional manager with Aflac for ten years, and was then appointed Associate Managing Director of Individual Sales for the Principal Financial Group in Boise.{{cite web |url=http://www.principal.com/global/ussales/us13a.htm |title=Principal.com - Idaho Individual Sales Offices |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Principal Financial Services, Inc. |accessdate=October 13, 2011 }} Hall also travels throughout the United States addressing business leaders on the subjects of communication, leadership, motivation and accountability.{{cite web |url=http://coach-em-up.com/ |title=Commitment to Excellence Coach-Em-Up.com |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=October 13, 2011 }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Boise State Broncos
| conf = Big Sky Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1992
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Boise State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Boise State
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking2 = 12
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Boise State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Boise State
| overall = 10–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
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| ranking2 = 10
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1991
| name = Boise State
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Boise State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Boise State
| overall = 42–28
| confrecord = 27–20
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 42–28
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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Category:Boise State Broncos football coaches
Category:Kent State Golden Flashes football coaches
Category:Missouri Tigers football coaches
Category:Washington Huskies football coaches
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