Now in this post I want to talk about Coach Joe B. Hall. Although
he doesn’t coach the men’s basketball team he is still very active in the
basketball community and he is still very active here in the University of Kentucky.
He was very important to Memorial Coliseum’s history.
Coach Joe B. Hall was yet another amazing men’s basketball
coach here at the University of the Kentucky. Hall took over for Rupp as head
coach for the men’s basketball team when Rupp was forced to retire in 1972.
Hall had a lot of ahead of him and that was expected of him when Rupp left.
Hall more than rose to that challenges. He was titled SEC coach of the year
three times in a row. That is absolutely astounding; imagine not only being the
best in your field but being the best for three years in a row that’s awesome.
Coach Hall had contributed something to the men’s basketball
that no one would have every thought would get this big. Midnight Madness. Coach
Hall was the first coach in Kentucky’s history to start this tradition. Then
Midnight Madness was held in Memorial Coliseum. Midnight Madness was actually
held at midnight or real close to it. In 2005 Memorial Coliseum was under construction
to build on the new training facility for the teams. While Memorial Coliseum
was being constructed on they could not allow people into the building so they
had to move the festivities of Midnight Madness to Rupp Arena. Now Midnight
Madness is held at Rupp Arena due to the large amounts of people who want to
attend it. The event now starts at about 7pm instead of midnight.
Joe B. Hall was also the coach that made the jump from
playing in memorial Coliseum to the men’s basketball team playing at Rupp
Arena, in the 1970’s.
Works cited.
Web. 31 Oct. 2014. <http://www.ukathletics.com/>.
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