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Galen Hall

Followed Charley Pell. Galen Hall slid Florida from Power Program II to Power Program I in 5 seasons.

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1985–1989 · 1 stint
Florida
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerFLORIDABlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderFlorida, 1985: 9-1, Power Program I1985Florida, 1986: 6-5, Power Program I1986Florida, 1987: 6-6, Power Program I1987Florida, 1988: 7-5, Power Program I1988Florida, 1989: 4-1, Power Program II1989-0.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Florida, 5 seasons
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Power Program I → Power Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

3–5 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Vince Dooley.

Rivalry record
3–5
37.5% · 2 rivals
One-score games
7–6–1
50.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
1–4
20.0%
Rivalry ledger
Georgia1–325%
Florida State2–250%
The toughest matchup
vs. Vince Dooley1–3
4 meetings, 1985–1988
’85 L’86 W’87 L’88 L
25% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
1–4 20.0%
Power Program
9–9 50.0%
National Program
10–2 83.3%
Regional Program
4–2 66.7%

Coaching career

1985–1989
Floridacaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program I
Galen Hall slid Florida from Power Program II to Power Program I in 5 seasons.

11th-best Florida tenure of 22 by the numbers.

Followed Charley Pell (1979–1984) · succeeded by Steve Spurrier (1990–2001).

23 NFL Draft picks: Lomas Brown (1985), Lorenzo Hampton (1985), Crawford Ker (1985), Billy Hinson (1985), Tim Newton (1985), John L Williams (1986), Neal Anderson (1986), Alonzo Johnson (1986) + 15 more

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