Phone: (773) 702-4640
E-mail: hallc@uchicago.edu

Chris Hall begins his seventh season as the University of Chicago's head coach for men’s and women’s cross country and track & field in 2007-08. During the past six years, his teams have experienced tremendous growth and become recognized as among the top programs in the NCAA Division III.

Hall has guided the men's and women's cross country programs to the NCAA Division III championships twice since his arrival in 2001.

The men's team placed ninth -- the highest finish in the program's history -- in 2005, following a 16th place showing the previous year. Hall's women's teams finished 18th in 2003 and 19th in 2006.

The men's and women's track & field programs have been consistently ranked in the top-20 during the past two years with a highest national finish of seventh (women's outdoor) in 2006

Hall's cross country and track & field teams have also enjoyed tremendous success at the conference level as demonstrated by University Athletic Association championships in men's cross country (2002, 2004) and men's indoor track & field (2002) as well as a dozen UAA runner-up performances (men's cross country 2001, 2003, 2005; women's cross country 2003; men's indoor track & field 2003; men's outdoor track & field 2002; women's indoor track & field 2003, 2006, 2007; and women's outdoor track & field (2003, 2005, 2007).

Hall’s men’s cross country teams have featured two All-Americans and 20 All-UAA performers since 2001, while the women have boasted four All-Americans and 13 All-UAA runners.

In track & field, Hall’s men’s teams have produced two NCAA Division III individual champions, 19 All-Americans, 29 national qualifiers, and 36 UAA champions. During that time, the women’s teams have featured seven All-Americans, 18 national qualifiers, and 30 UAA champions.

Hall’s men’s track & field teams have posted four NCAA Division III top-25 team finishes, twice during the indoor season and twice during the outdoor campaign. Hall led the Chicago men to the 2002 UAA indoor championship, following which he was named the UAA Coach of the Year.

Hall is most pleased, in terms of the development of the teams, is the growth in numbers and quality. Upon his arrival at Chicago in 2001, the women's cross country/track & field squads finished last in the UAA with approximately 20 athletes. Within five years the team numbered about 50 and was ranked as high as seventh in the country. The men's teams have been consistently ranked among the top-20 each year.

The Midwest Region Coach of the Year in cross country and indoor track & field in 2004, Hall has also been part of the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year on three occasions. He currently serves as the Midwest Region representative and is the vice-president of the NCAA Division III track and cross country coaches association.

Hall arrived at Chicago after serving as head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track & field coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 1992-2001. He was named the head men’s track & field coach prior to the 1995 season.

During his tenure at Wisconsin-Stout, Hall’s teams produced 28 All-Americans and two national champions. In 1996, Hall’s men’s outdoor track & field team finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Championship, marking the school’s best-ever national track & field finish. Also in 1996, he was chosen the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Track Coach of the Year.

Prior to his appointment at UW-Stout, Hall served as assistant women’s cross country coach at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) from 1991-92 and as assistant cross country and track & field coach at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse from 1989-91.

Hall was an All-American distance runner at UW-LaCrosse, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in kineselogy in 1989 and 1990, respectively.