Brandon Hall - Safeties - Football Coaches

Brandon Hall

Title:
Safeties

Coaching Notes and Accomplishments
• Named Oklahoma's safeties coach on Dec. 17, 2021.

• A 23-year coaching veteran and an OU alumnus, he has been in charge of tutoring linebackers, outside linebackers, safeties and special teams units during his career.

• Part of a 2023 defensive staff that helped the Sooners rank second nationally in interceptions (20) and seventh in tackles for loss per game (7.5). Safety Billy Bowman led the Big 12 and ranked third nationally with his seven interceptions, and paced the country with his three interception returns for TD and school-record 238 interception return yards en route to first-team All-America honors from CBS Sports/247Sports.

• In 2022, was part of a defensive staff that helped the Sooners tie for fourth nationally in tackles for loss (104) and seventh in interceptions (17).

• Led Troy’s defense from 2019-21 after spending one year as its outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator.

• Troy’s 2021 unit ranked 24th nationally in total defense at 337.8 yards per game.

• The Trojans posted one of the best turnarounds in the nation in 2020, improving 63 spots in scoring defense and 38 spots in total defense from 2019. Troy led the country with four defensive scores, held four of its final six opponents to 20 or fewer points and finished as PFF's No. 15 defense nationally.

• In his first season at Troy, the Trojans ranked third nationally in takeaways, 10th in sacks and 16th in tackles for loss. They also ranked fourth in net punting and ninth in kickoff returns. A league-high 12 defensive players were named to the All-Sun Belt Team following the 2018 season with a trio of first-team picks.

• The Trojans finished the 2018 season with a 10-3 overall record and defeated Buffalo in the Dollar General Bowl. Troy ranked 31st nationally in total defense by allowing just 347.9 yards per game, and led the Sun Belt in red zone defense by holding opponents to points just 77.3% of the time.

• Served as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Jacksonville State from 2014-17. His four JSU teams went 31-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play (43-8 overall) and won four league titles, with no regular season losses to FCS opponents.

• Jacksonville State's defense ranked among the top 20 nationally in each of his four seasons (top five in 2016 and ’17).

• In 2017, Jacksonville State finished second nationally by allowing just 239.6 yards per game and led the country by permitting only 3.84 yards per play. In 2016, JSU ranked fourth nationally by allowing 274.9 yards per game.

• The Gamecocks earned a top-three seed in the FCS Playoffs in each of Hall's four seasons and was the No. 1 seed in 2015.

• Two-time Jacksonville State All-America defensive end Darius Jackson received the Buck Buchanan Award (top defensive honor for an FCS player) following the 2017 season. Jackson was twice named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Safety Marlon Bridges was named the 2016 OVC Freshman of the Year and earned All-America honors in each of his first two seasons.

• Served as safeties coach at Arkansas State in 2012 and as a defensive quality control assistant at Auburn in 2013, helping the Tigers reach the BCS National Championship Game against Florida State.

• While at Arkansas State in 2012, the Red Wolves won the season's final eight games and earned the Sun Belt Conference Championship for the second straight year.

• Prior to his year at Arkansas State, completed his second stint as defensive assistant at Oklahoma, serving in a quality control position for the 2011 season.

• Spent three years at Central Oklahoma (2008-10), serving as linebackers coach for one year and then as co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator.

• Hall went to UCO after spending the 2007 season as an assistant coach at Broken Arrow (Okla.) HS, where he was in charge of linebackers and helped the Tigers to the state playoffs.

• Coached linebackers at Northern Iowa in 2006, helping lead the Panthers to a 7-4 record.

• Started his coaching career as a student assistant at Oklahoma from 1998-2000. He then served for two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the linebackers. He shifted to a full-time role as defensive assistant for quality control in 2003 and served in that capacity for an additional three years.

• During his first stint at Oklahoma, the Sooners won the 2000 national championship with a perfect 13-0 record and played in two additional national championship games. Oklahoma posted a 90-25 record during Hall's nine total seasons as a student assistant, graduate assistant and quality control staffer (1998-05, ’11), and claimed victories in the Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Insight.com Bowl.