Hall of Fame
Amory native Will Hall, who played football at Northwest during the 1999-2000 seasons, broke multiple school records as a Ranger quarterback that still stand over a decade later.
His single-game records include first, second and third in passing yards during the 2000 season with 602 against East Mississippi, 514 against Holmes and 434 against Mississippi Gulf Coast. He's also first in a single-game in passing touchdowns with nine against East Mississippi, also an NJCAA record at that time. Hall had 46 pass attempts against East Mississippi and 45 against Hinds, which rank him sixth and seventh, respectively.
Hall’s 2000 single-season records include first in passing yards (3,982), pass completions (248), pass attempts (366), passing touchdowns (48), total offense (4,075 yards) and a 67.8 percent completion rate. His Northwest career records include first all-time in touchdown passes (57), a 64.7 percent completion rate, second in passing yards (5,045), fourth in pass completions (311), fifth in pass attempts (481) and second in total offense with 5,159 yards.
He played two seasons at The University of North Alabama (UNA) following his career at Northwest, winning the Division II Harlon Hill Player of the Year Award and being named an All-American after leading the Lions to a 13-1 record in 2003. He set 16 UNA records and continues to hold the record for completion percentage in a career (68 percent) and a season (71.8 percent), and his string of 168 pass attempts without an interception remains at UNA.
Hall played the 2004 season for the Tupelo FireAnts of the National Indoor Football League, passing for 2,046 yards and 44 touchdowns and also rushing for 422 yards and 13 TDs. He played under his father, Bobby Hall.
Hall started his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at Presbyterian College in 2004 and went on to coach single seasons at Henderson State, Southwest Baptist and Arkansas-Monticello. He was the offensive coordinator for the 2008-10 seasons at West Alabama and was later promoted to head coach for the 2011-13 seasons, posting a 25-11 record and leading the Tigers to back-to-back Gulf South Conference Championships and a pair of Division II playoff appearances.
On Nov. 22, 2013, Hall was named the head coach at the University of West Georgia where he’ll enter his first season with the Wolves in 2014.
