20 Facts About Galen Hall

Galen Hall is a native of Pennsylvania, and an alumnus of Penn State University, where he played college football.

Galen Hall was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1940, and grew up in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania.

Galen Hall was raised by his grandparents, following the death of his father several months before he was born.

Galen Hall attended Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, where he was the starting quarterback for coach Rip Engle's Nittany Lions in 1960 and 1961.

Galen Hall was named the outstanding player in the sole playing of the US Bowl, a college all-star game played in Washington, DC in 1962.

Galen Hall signed as a backup quarterback with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League in 1962 and appeared in three games.

Galen Hall signed with the New York Jets of the American Football League in 1963 and appeared in 13 games, including his only two career starts at the end of the campaign as Coach Weeb Ewbank attempted to jumpstart the slumping squad.

In 1966, Galen Hall joined the staff as a receivers coach under head coach Jim Mackenzie at Oklahoma.

Galen Hall was an assistant with the program for the next 17 years under three head coaches - Mackenzie, Chuck Fairbanks, and Barry Switzer.

Switzer had been the Sooners' offensive coordinator before taking the head job for the 1973 season, and he promoted Galen Hall to fill his old position.

Galen Hall remained Oklahoma's offensive coordinator for a decade, during which time they boasted one of the most prolific offenses in college football.

Unlike the option attacks he had run at Oklahoma, Galen Hall was tasked with installing a balanced I-formation offense for the 1984 season to take advantage of the skills of senior quarterback Dale Dorminy and a veteran offensive line.

Injuries on the practice field thrust redshirt freshman Kerwin Bell into the starting quarterback position a few days before the season opener, forcing Galen Hall to adjust his gameplans and playcalling.

Galen Hall was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year and university president Marshall Criser named him the permanent head coach at the end of the season.

The new allegations were primarily related to Galen Hall paying several of his assistants out of his own pocket as well as paying the legal expenses related to the child-support obligations of one of his players, allegations that he still denies.

Galen Hall continued his coaching career in 1991 as the offensive coordinator of the Orlando Thunder, a charter franchise of the new World League of American Football, where he was reunited with former Florida Gator quarterback Kerwin Bell.

From 1995 to 2000, Galen Hall served as head coach for the Rhein Fire, a new franchise of NFL Europe, which was a reconfigured WLAF consisting exclusively of teams based in Europe.

In 2001, Galen Hall returned to coaching in the US where he was named head coach of the XFL's Orlando Rage.

The XFL folded after a single season, and in 2002, Galen Hall joined the staff of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys as running backs coach, where he was reunited with former Florida Gator running back Emmitt Smith.

In late 2004, Galen Hall returned to his alma mater, Penn State, to become the offensive coordinator and running backs coach under head coach Joe Paterno, who had been an assistant coach at Penn State during his college days.