Hall to coach WSSU women's basketball

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - A.G. Hall, a veteran college assistant who played basketball at N.C. Central, is the new women's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State.

Hall, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Bethune-Cookman, replaces Steve Joyner Jr., who left WSSU after two seasons to coach at his alma mater, Johnson C. Smith.

"I'm extremely excited," Hall, 37, said by phone Thursday afternoon. "I've been waiting for this chance to be a head coach, and I'm really looking forward to the challenge."

Athletics director Bill Hayes said that WSSU's board of trustees approved Hall's hiring Thursday morning. "A.G. is a great young coach, and we're thrilled to have him," Hayes said.

Hall also spent two seasons as an assistant women's coach at Clemson and six season's as an assistant at Providence. He played for N.C. Central in the 1990s, graduating in 1998, and started his coaching career there as a graduate assistant.

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