Hal W. Nunnally (2004) - Hall of Fame - Randolph-Macon College

Hall of Fame

Hal W. Nunnally

Class

1962
Induction

2004
Sport(s)

Basketball, Administration & Coaches

Hal Nunnally began as a student at Randolph-Macon College, attending the school for three years and serving as basketball scorekeeper under head coach Paul Webb. His coaching career started at Prince George High School, where he was an assistant in 1963-64. From 1964 to 1972, Nunnally was the athletic director and head basketball coach at Tidewater Academy in Wakefield, Virginia. He returned to Randolph-Macon in 1972, and was Webb's assistant as well as the head junior varsity coach for three seasons. Nunnally took over as head coach for the 1975-76 campaign.
As the JV coach, Nunnally's teams compiled a 38-6 record over three years. His last JV squad in 1974-75 finished 14-0. Most of those players went on to be part of the 1976-77 varsity team that finished second in the NCAA Division II tournament in Springfield, Massachusetts under Nunnally's direction.
During Nunnally's 24 seasons as head coach, the Yellow Jackets had a record of 431-232 (65.0%); went to the NCAA tournament 10 times, including the runner-up finish in 1976-77; won five conference tournament championships - three in the Mason-Dixon Conference and two in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference; and enjoyed 10 seasons with at least 20 wins.
Individually, Nunnally's honors include: five-time National Association of Basketball Coaches district Coach of the Year; Virginia Sports Information Directors state Coach of the Year once; two-time Mason Dixon Conference Coach of the Year; and Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times. At the time of induction, he was one of only four coaches in the history of Virginia college basketball to win more than 400 games, and was ranked in the top 20 among all NCAA Division III coaches in victories. In addition, while Nunnally was head coach, all but two players from his teams received their degrees from Randolph-Macon.
Following his retirement in 1999, Nunnally was named a professor emeritus by the Randolph-Macon faculty. He has been a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches since 1966. In 2002, he was named an honorary member of the Catholic University Sports Club basketball team in Santiago, Chile for his service to Chilean basketball. In addition, Nunnally has been a member of the Society of St. Thomas More since 1970, and has risen to the rank of Gran Marechal in that organization.
Nunnally is a native of Petersburg, Virginia, and graduated from Petersburg High School in 1957.

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