Utah Valley University Athletics

Adam Hall enters year two of his head coach career at Utah Valley University in 2025-26, after setting the foundation for his program in 2024-25. That inaugural season for Hall included his first — and the program's sixth — All-American, with Terrell Barraclough's 5th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.

Under Hall's leadership, the Wolverines earned two top-25 dual wins and also recorded the 5th-best team GPA in the country, accomplishing a 3.45 team GPA, the highest in program history. Barraclough, along with Jack Forbes, Smokey McClure, Bridger Ricks, and Ryker Fullmer, earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors, with Barraclough and Forbes both earning Academic All-District from the College Sports Communicators. Barraclough's individual academic and athletic success also earned him Big 12 Wrestling's Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Six Wolverines also earned Academic All-Big 12 honors under Hall's tutelage: Barraclough, Haiden Drury, Forbes, Tanner Lofthouse, Kase Mauger, and Mark Takara. 

Hall joined Utah Valley's program after nine seasons at perennial ACC and national powerhouse North Carolina State, where he worked for head coach Pat Popolizio since 2015. In 2019, Hall was promoted to associate head coach.
 
During his tenure with the Wolfpack in Raleigh, NC State won six ACC Championships, including four regular season titles. Following his promotion to associate head coach, the Wolfpack won five consecutive ACC Tournament Championships. North Carolina State also finished in the top 10 in the NWCA Coaches' Poll for eight consecutive seasons. 
 
Hall's recruiting prowess is evident in NC State's consistent top rankings nationally. Since 2016, the Wolfpack had five top-5 classes and six straight top-20 classes. 
 
Entering the 2023-24 season, North Carolina State has produced 25 All-Americans, 26 ACC Champions, and four top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships with Hall on staff. The Wolfpack have finished 10th at the NCAA Championships in each of the last two seasons.
 
Before joining NC State, Hall was on staff at Columbia University where he earned his Master of Science in sports management in 2015. He received his undergraduate degree at Boise State University in health science studies in 2011, graduating cum laude while also being named to the Dean's List three times. As a senior in 2010-11, Hall was named the Pac-10 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
On the mat, Hall was a two-time NCAA All-American and two-time Pac-10 Champion at 157 pounds for the Broncos. He won 122 matches during his career at BSU, which ranks second in Boise State wrestling history. Hall finished third at the NCAA Championships in 2010 and won a team-high 32 matches as a junior. He followed that up with a fifth-place finish as a senior in 2011. His post-collegiate career also includes a fifth-place finish at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and he was also a U.S. Open place-winner in 2013 and 2014.
 
Originally from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Hall and his wife, Christine, were married in 2017 and are parents to two children, Theo and Charley.