He served as the head football coach at Auburn University in 1894, compiling a record of 1–3, but also leading the team to the highest point total in school history, a 94–0 victory over Georgia Tech.

[1] At the time of the 1880 United States Census, he was attending school at Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio.

The score remains the highest single game point total, and the greatest margin of victory, in the history of Auburn Tigers football.

In June 1895, at the Western Intercollegiate Amateur Association meet in Chicago, Hall won the shot put event with a record-breaking distance of over 44 feet.

[16] Hall held the University of Michigan shot put record (44 feet 3 inches) until 1904 when it was broken by Olympic gold medalist Ralph Rose.

[7] In February 1898, Hall was hired as the head football coach at Michigan after Gustave Ferbert announced that he would not return.

At the time of his hiring, the Detroit Free Press wrote of Hall: "His ability to coach the line men is unquestioned, and his general knowledge of the game will make him a splendid man for the position.

[23] At the time of the 1910 United States census, Hall was living in a rooming house operated by Victoria Doty in Springfield, Missouri.