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Former Kentucky basketball coach Joe B. Hall has died at 93, the program announced Saturday. Hall coached the Wildcats from 1972-85, leading the team to the 1978 national championship and a 297-100 mark over his 13 seasons. Before his promotion to head coach, he spent seven years as an assistant under the program’s all-time wins leader Adolph Rupp.
Succeeding such a legend brought immense pressure for Hall, and the Cynthiana, Kentucky, native retired after his team was eliminated from the Sweet 16 in 1985. He was just 56 years old, but said he did not want to be an “old coach.” Hall never coached again, though he remained a visible figure around the program in the years that…
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