A native of the Palmetto State, Rico Hall enters his second year on Marshall Tague's staff.
Hall starred for West Florence High School, where he graduated in 2005. He obtained his bachelor's degree from USC Aiken, gaining valuable experience as a student assistant and player for the Pacers. Beyond intercollegiate sports, he played for Beit Sahour Basketball Club in Israel, Almaty Club Bee-Line, and on three Athletes in Action tours with one of those teams placing third in the Central Asian New Life International Tournament in Kyrgyzstan.
Hall has had a hand in training the next generation of players in a variety of settings. He helped found the Drive School of Basketball in Kazakhstan to develop collegiate and professional players. He served as an assistant coach for the women's program at Eastern University, contributing to the team's first double-digit win season and coaching Shante Jones, a NCAA Division III All-America honorable mention player. He has also worked basketball camps for Duke University, Impact Basketball in Sarasota, Fla., and the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Youth Basketball Camp in Charlotte.
After USCA, Hall obtained his master's degree in business and organizational leadership from Eastern and is currently in pursuit of a master's in clinical counseling here at CIU. He also holds a personal trainer certification obtained in 2010.
His life verse is I Peter 4:10, of which he says, "Basketball is a gift I've been given. I want to use that gift to bring others to a closer relationship with the Lord."
