Like Presho, Jeff came to Seaside with an impressive resume as both a player and a coach.  Coach Featherstone’s Grossmont teams competed against him when he played at Orange Coast College in the early nineties.  He was clearly one of the top JC players playing in the premier program.  From there, he was UOP’s top offensive player in 1994 and ’95.  Jeff also participated in the Olympic Festival for two years (’94, ’95).  Prior to coming to Seaside, Jeff coached in the UOP summer camps; with Golden Bear VBC in Norcal; and at Laney College (1997/men & women).  In ’99, when he joined Seaside, Jeff was hired at Mission Bay High School to coach both boys and girls.  Jeff was also an accomplished beach player competing for four years on the AVP tour.

     In 2000, Coach Featherstone hired Jeff to be his main assistant at Grossmont College where he remained until 2005 when he became the second assistant for the UCSD women and then the first assistant for the men at UCSD the following year (2006).  At Grossmont, he had an expanded role.  His playing and coaching background prepared him to assist Coach Featherstone in practice planning, scouting, film breakdown, physical conditioning, and advanced position training.  In his first year, he helped the Griffs reach the state semis for the second year in a row, and from there the program reached the SoCal Regional Playoffs in ’02, ’03, and ’05.  Jeff’s presence really helped Coach Featherstone keep the Grossmont men’s program moving forward.

With Seaside early on, Jeff coached 16’s and 17’s while Mark Presho was coaching the 18-1 teams.  For seven consecutive years, 2000-2006, every Seaside team Jeff coached finished in the top ten at the Nationals.  It went like this : 2000 – 17-1 – 7th; 2001 – 16-1 – 7th; 2002 – 17-1 – 9th; 2003 – 16-1 – 3rd (Bronze Medal); 2004 – 17-1 – 5th; 2005 – 18-1 – 2nd at SoCal and 5th at JO’s; 2006 – 18-1 – National Champions !  A remarkable run !

Jeff was particularly effective at teaching the net game and everything that applied to attacking and blocking.  The system that Jeff and Coach Featherstone had in place at Grossmont was easily adapted to fit the abilities of the top high school club players with Seaside as well.  When Presho left for Pepperdine, and Hawks moved to Orange County, Jeff, Sonny, Matt, and Leonardo became the key guys.  They all did an outstanding job with all the teams and were very loyal to the club.  They took great pride in striving to maintain the excellence the club had earned over the years.  

     This being 2014, Jeff is currently the top assistant at the University of Hawaii and the head Women's Beach coach.  He has been in paradise since he left UOP in 2010.  The Rainbows have been steadily improving since he arrived there in 2011.

     Coach Featherstone on Jeff Hall :  “Personally, Jeff was a godsend to me for both my college position and for the club. . . He came along at a time when I needed a guy who could really help fill a lot of roles with both programs. . .  Extremely loyal and competent, Jeff really helped me jumpstart my JC program and rebuild the club at the same time.  Running a college program, recruiting, and administrating the club became very time consuming for me.  Jeff jumped in headfirst, and helped me shoulder the load. . . He, Sonny, Matt, and Leo were close friends and local beach stars as well, and the young kids loved their collective passion for the sport both indoors and out. . .Jeff was the complete package – solid recruiter, great gym coach, honest, good with parents, good role model as a player and person, and a hard worker. . . Plus, I knew he looked at coaching volleyball as a lifelong profession, not just a job. . .There was a lot of pressure on him to win it all in 2006, especially when you had Chase and Garrett on the same team, and, the competition was fierce that year; a lot of really outstanding teams. . . He gambled a little by changing setters at the Nationals, but it proved to be a deciding factor. . . .Actually, he figured out a way to get both Tyler and Alex on the floor and the team still hit for a high percentage. . .As the club director, I was a nervous wreck; after all those years, it was so sweet to win another championship. . .That win put Seaside up into the upper echelon of junior boys volleyball for good. . .As for Jeff’s future, eventually, I think he will become a DI men’s head coach somewhere. . . he’s on his way.”