Brandon Hall (born January 15, 1976) is an

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coach who is currently the safeties coach at the

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. He was previously the coordinator at

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in Oklahoma,

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, Jacksonville State, and

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Coaching career

Oklahoma

Hall began his coaching career as an undergraduate student assistant coach for the

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team for the 1998 season. He was a member of the Oklahoma staff until 2005 in different roles. Hall was a student assistant from 1998 to 2000 under

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and then-head coach

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, a graduate assistant in the 2001–2002 season, and a defensive quality control coach from 2003 to 2005. During the 2000 football season, Hall and the Sooners won the

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, thus claiming the 2000 NCAA National Championship.

Northern Iowa

In 2006, Hall was the

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s coach at

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Broken Arrow High School

Hall was the

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and coached the linebackers at

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for the 2007 season.

Central Oklahoma

Hall spent the 2008 through 2010 seasons as the co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach, and recruiting coordinator at

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Oklahoma (second stint)

In 2011, Hall returned to Oklahoma for a season as a defensive assistant.

Arkansas State

In 2012, Hall joined

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's staff at

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as the

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coach. He helped lead the Red Wolves to their second consecutive

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championship.

Auburn

Hall followed Malzahn to Auburn as a defensive assistant. That year, the Tigers advanced to the

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Jacksonville State

Hall was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Jacksonville State from 2014 to 2017. During his tenure, he helped the Gamecocks to a perfect 31–0 record in

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(OVC) play, and a 43–8 record overall. Jacksonville State's defenses were ranked top 20 nationally in all four of Hall's seasons.

Troy

Hall joined the

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staff for the 2018 season as the

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coordinator and outside linebackers coach. His special teams ranked fourth nationally in net punting, and ninth nationally in kick return. For the 2019 season, new head coach

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promoted Hall to defensive coordinator, and he subsequently took on coaching the safeties. In 2021 he was the team's interim head coach for a game.

Oklahoma (third stint)

He was named the team's Assistant Coach / Safeties coach, announced by Head Coach

on December 17, 2021.

Personal life

Hall was raised in

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. He earned an associate degree from

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and bachelor's and master's degrees from the

. He is married to the former Crystal Latham. Together they have three children, daughters; Maddie and Charlee, and son; Will.

Head coaching record

References

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