*INFORMATION COURTESY OF BLOOMSBURG AND WEST CHESTER SPORTS INFORMATION
IRVING, Texas - Danny Hale, former football coach at Bloomsburg University and West Chester University of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, will join the 2024 Induction Class of the College Football Hall of Fame, as announced by the National Football Foundation and ESPN on Monday.
Hale, one of the winningest coaches in all of NCAA Division II, retired June 28, 2013, after spending 20 seasons as the head coach of the Huskies and 25 years overall as a head coach. He spent five years as head coach at West Chester University from 1984 to 1988,
At Bloomsburg, Hale posted a record of 173-56-1 (.754) and holds the school record for most coaching victories. Overall, in 25 years as a head coach, he had a mark of 213-69-1 (.754) and ranked among the top five active coaches in NCAA Division II in winning percentage and victories at his retirement. While at West Chester, Hale totaled an overall record of 40-13 for a .755 winning percentage, including a 27-3 mark against the rest of the PSAC East. He won at least a share of the PSAC Eastern Division crown in three of his five years on campus and guided the Golden Rams to their first NCAA Tournament in 1988.
In his 20 seasons as head coach at Bloomsburg, Hale led the Huskies to 11 outright or shared Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division titles and eight NCAA post-season playoff berths. In his final 13 seasons (2000-2012), Bloomsburg was one of the most successful NCAA Division II programs with a combined record of 121-32 (.791).
Hale joins Mark Dantonio (Cincinnati (2004-06), Michigan State (2007-19) and Frank Solich (Nebraska (1998-2003), Ohio (2005-2020)) as the coaches selected in this year's class. Other notable inductees include players Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, Julius Peppers, and Alex Smith. The College Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for December 10, 2024, at the 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.