Will Hall (American football)
American football player and coach (born 1980)
Will Hall is an American college football coach who is currently the head coach at Tulane University, a position he has held since 2026, after serving as the pass game coordinator at Tulane in 2025. He previously served as the head coach for the University of Southern Mississippi from 2021 to 2024. Hall served as the head football coach at the University of West Alabama from 2011 to 2013 and at the University of West Georgia 2014 to 2016. He also served as offensive coordinator for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2017. He grew up in Mississippi and attended the University of North Alabama where he played quarterback from 2002 to 2003. He won the Harlon Hill Trophy in 2003. He began his coaching career in 2004 and held assistant coaching positions at Presbyterian, Henderson State, Southwest Baptist, Arkansas-Monticello and West Alabama.
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