Former QB Hired as Strength & Conditioning Coach

Adam Hall, who ranks in the top 10 of nearly every Aztec career passing list and was nominated for the 2003 Davy O’Brien Award, has been named the football team’s strength and conditioning coach, San Diego State head coach Rocky Long announced Monday.

From Longhorn to Aztec

Hall, 30, returns to the Mesa after working with the football team at the University of Texas. During the 2010 season, Hall was the Longhorns’ graduate assistant on the offensive side of the ball. Last season, he served as the program’s recruiting coordinator.

“I am excited to announce that Adam Hall, someone who has both played for and worked at San Diego State, has joined our Aztec staff,” Long said. “Adam has seen the progression we have made in the weight room and I look forward to him continuing to develop the student-athletes we have in this program.”

Prior program experience

Hall worked at SDSU as the assistant strength and conditioning coach from January 2009 until May 2010, during Long’s first 16 months with the Aztecs. Hall assisted then strength and conditioning coach Aaron Wellman with all workouts.

Hall started his collegiate playing career at Texas, before transferring to San Diego State after his freshman campaign. As an Aztec, he needed just three seasons to become a 5,000-yard passer, one of only nine players to accomplish that feat at SDSU.

He ended his career with 423 completions, 5,173 passing yards and 24 touchdowns. In the school’s career record book, he ranks ninth in attempts, eighth in completions and ninth in passing yards.

He also produced two of the nine best individual passing games in school history, throwing for 516 yards and three touchdowns against Arizona State on Sept. 14, 2002, and 506 yards at Idaho on Sept. 21, 2002. His 60 attempts against the Sun Devils are a school-record that still stands today. In addition, he led the Mountain West Conference in passing efficiency his junior season.

More about Hall

Hall earned a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State. He becomes the second full-time member of the football staff to have played at SDSU, joining another former quarterback, Aztec Hall of Famer Brian Sipe.

At Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, Hall was a decorated prep athlete earning first-team 5A all-state honors by the Associated Press and was named a second-team all-state selection by the Texas Sportswriters Association.

Hall replaces Rick Court, who left SDSU to accept a similar position at Ohio State. To date, this is the only change on the full-time football staff from last season.