UMass Lowell Athletics

Hall joined the staff in January 2024 with 21 years of collegiate experience and will serve as an assistant coach.

Hall comes to UMass Lowell from Georgia State University, where he served as the interim head coach for a portion of his final season and an assistant coach for three years (2018-22).

While at Georgia State, Hall guided the team to a 5-0 record, secured a second-place finish in the Eastern Division, and a first-round bye in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament while acting as head coach. Hall aided the progress of 1,000-point scorer and All-Conference performer, Jada Lewis.

Prior to Georgia State, Hall was the women’s basketball head coach for Winston Salem State University, dating back to 2012-16. He developed All-Conference selections, Dionna Scott and Jasmine Elum, as well as numerous dean’s list honorees. His squad was ranked second throughout all Division II for defense during the 2012-13 season and second during the 2014-15 season for defense throughout the CIAA Conference. For his notable efforts, Hall was a four-time recipient of Coach of the Week Award chosen by the conference office.

Hall also served as an associate head coach at Bethune Cookman University for two years (2010-12). While at Bethune, Hall spent a large portion of his time focusing on offensive and defensive strategies. He helped with the growth of players, including All-Conference selection, Demetria Frank.

He spent time at other distinguished universities as an assistant coach, such as Clemson University (2008-10), Providence College (2002-08), and North Carolina Central University (1998-02).  

At Clemson, Hall proudly recruited South Carolina’s all-time assists leader, Keyrra Gillespie, and developed All-ACC performer, LeLe Hardy.

While at Providence, Hall helped with the progress of Chelsea Marandola, who finished her career with 1,795 points, as well as the recruitment of Big East All-Freshman honoree, Kendria Holmes, who was the first Friar in 18 years to record back-to-back 100 assist seasons.  

Shining moments in his career at North Carolina Central were developing WNBA draft pick Amba Kongolo, as well as HBCU All-Americans Shenika Worthy and Zakia Vanhoose, and 1,000-point scorer Tiona Beatty. Hall also helped the team to several program records and back-to-back NCAA Division II Tournaments.

Besides coaching at the collegiate level, Hall has experience with AAU, having served as an assistant coach for the Carolina Flames EYBL and as a player evaluations and social media correspondent for Essence EYBL.

Hall has made time for non-profit work, including with the JD Hall Foundation, Helping Hands, and Winston-Salem Food Bank.

He values family, especially his wife Donna, his two sons Kamran and Ben, and his daughter Avery.

Hall earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from North Carolina Central University in 1998 and went on to earn his master’s in business administration from Winston-Salem State University.