Kentucky Wildcats coaching legend Joe B. Hall died at the age of 93 Saturday just hours before the Cats tipped off a 107-79 win at Rupp Arena over No. 22 Tennessee.
Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Hall started his playing career at UK in 1948 before leaving to finish his career at Sewanee (now the University of the South).
After a five-year coaching stint at Regis College and a one-year stop at Central Missouri State, Hall became an assistant on Adolph Rupp’s Kentucky staff, and in 1972, became the team’s head coach after Rupp reached the then mandatory retirement age of 70 years old.