Stony Brook football added Marcus Hall-Oliver to first year head coach
Billy Cosh's coaching staff, as Hall-Oliver will coach the safeties beginning for the 2024 season, the program announced on Feb. 23, 2024.
Hall-Oliver joins the Seawolves as a successful run as a part of James Madison's coaching staff from 2020-2023, where the Dukes appeared in two FCS playoff semifinals before an impressive transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision as a part of the Sun Belt Conference. JMU totaled a record of 38-8 across those four seasons.
"Excited to bring Marcus here to Stony Brook. He brings passion and detail to the safeties room. He will do a great job developing these young men on and off the field," said head coach
Billy Cosh.
Hall-Oliver coached the defensive tackles for the 2020-21 season at JMU before switching to safeties for his final three seasons in Harrisonburg, also serving as the program's recruiting coordinator in his final two. He coached First Team All-American and Buck Buchanan Award finalist Mike Greene on the defensive line along with a pair of All-SBC selections at the safety position.
He also served as JMU's defensive coordinator in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, the program's first FBS bowl appearance, coaching the defensive line in that game.
Prior to his time in Harrisonburg, Hall-Oliver coached the defensive line at the University of Sioux Falls, with the Cougars finishing 16-7 across the 2017 and 2018 seasons and reaching the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2017.
In student assistant and graduate assistant stops, Hall-Oliver coached at his alma mater from 2013-15, working with the linebackers and cornerbacks before coaching at Eastern Michigan in 2016 as a graduate assistant.
Hall-Oliver played at Nebraska-Omaha for two seasons before finishing his collegiate career at Minnesota State, making 25 consecutive starts to finish his career. He was a two-time All-NSIC performer with the Mavericks. The Omaha, Neb. native graduated with a degree in sport management from MSU in 2014.
