As a young assistant coach at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte in the early 2000s, Tim Hall attended a clinic at the University of South Carolina. That day, he met Gamecocks head coach Curtis Frye.
Despite their 20-year age gap, Hall and Frye struck up a friendship. They grew so close that Hall considered Frye a mentor and confidant, someone he could reach out to with questions about any topic.
Now, the two are linked even closer, as Hall was recently hired as South Carolina's head cross country and track coach just days after Frye announced his retirement following 27 years at the helm.
As Hall moved up the ranks, including serving the past five years as Kentucky's associate head coach, he continued to look up to Frye, who coached 60 NCAA champions and more than 500 All-Americans during his ...
