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Alumnus Glenn Hall hired as La Salle-Peru boys basketball coach · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Alumnus Glen Hall hired as LaSalle Peru boys basketball coach.
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  Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. After playing
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  basketball at LaSalle Peru under Luke Yaklick and coaching at
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  his alma mater under John Seneca, Glen Hall feels ready
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  to take over the program. Hall that is a chance Wednesday,
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  as he was hired as the cavaliers next head coach
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  at the Board of Education meeting as an alumsnist, I
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  think this is one of those moments that you can't
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  really put into words, said Hall, a two thousand and
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  five LP graduate. It's a special thing when you become
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  a coach, and it's even more special to be a
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  part of a program that you grew up in. Being
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  part of John's staff and being coached by Luke Yaklick.
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  I think those two things have made me not only excited,
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  but prepared for the opportunity. Hall takes over for Seneca,
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  who guided the Cavaliers to a fifty eight to thirty
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  nine record and three regional championships in his three seasons.
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  Hall was on Seneca's staff for all three seasons. Hall
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  also has coached junior high basketball at PERU Parkside. Hall
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  said he thinks being on the staff will ease his
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  transition to head coach. I think that was the whole idea,
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  not only when I applied, but when John and I
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  spot is the natural progression to maintain what we've done.
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  Hall said, We've been super successful the last three years,
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  winning regional championships. I think John and I are very
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  similar minded, and I think the transition should be smooth.
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  When it comes to that standpoint. The Calves will look
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  similar under Hall as they did the last three seasons
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  under Seneca. I'm a hard nosed defensive mentality with a
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  fast paced offense, Hall said about his coaching philosophy, What
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  you saw last year will be very similar to what
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  you'll see this year. The goal is to make everything
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  transition in that way where we play really tough nosed
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  defense and we move our process offensively through transition and
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  then through a similar offense that we had last year.
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  Tall said he hopes to help the program take the
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  next step. Obviously, John has set the stage, Hall said,
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  I'd like to win a sectional game. It'd be ideal
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  to win a conference championship. We haven't been able to
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  do that in the last three years. We want to
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  not just maintain, but progress on what we've done the
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  last three years. Hall credits Yaklik, the current Lincoln Way
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  East coach and former University of Michigan assistant and Illinois
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  Chicago head coach, for inspiring him to become a teacher
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  and coach. I think his impact on me is probably
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  the reason why I got into teaching and coaching. Hall said,
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  he has been influential on me as a teacher and
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  as a coach. He drove who I was as a
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  player and has driven who I am as a coach.
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  He's a very defensive minded man. He understands the idea
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  of progression and creating something great. We're lucky enough that
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  we're going to get to play him this summer. It's
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  kind of full circle. I love that man. He's a
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  great due. I think he deserves a lot of credit
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  for who I am, not just as a coach, but
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  just a man in general.