joe beasman hall (november 30, 1928 – january 15, 2022) was an american college basketball coach. he was the head basketball coach at the university of kentucky from 1972 to 1985. as coach of the wildcats, the team were the ncaa division i champions in 1978. he was the national coach of the year in 1978, and was a four-time southeastern conference (sec) coach of the year.