Melanie Hall

Biography

Melanie Hall, who spent a quarter-century as assistant and associate head coach, became head coach of the Cornell gymnastics program in June of 2021. The five-time USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Assistant Coach of the Year (2001, '06, '07, '08, and '10), 2002 NCAA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year, and seven-time ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year, had been on the Cornell staff since 1994 under her former college coach, Paul Beckwith. Hall has been involved in all decisions surrounding the program, from recruiting and scheduling to travel and event operations. She has been instrumental in helping the team break record after record and developing 119 USA Gymnastics collegiate All-Americans and seven NCAA Regional competitors. The 2009 squad became the first-ever non-scholarship program to claim a USA Gymnastics collegiate national title. Individual records have been set on all four events and the all-around, and every team record has fallen under her tenure. The team has won seven Ivy Classic and two ECAC team titles while working on East Hill. Hall is currently the Chair of the WCGA Board of Directors and is on the USAG Nationals Coaches Committee. Hall was a former NCAA competitive gymnast at Radford University (1988-1992), a four-year letter winner and program record-holder on bars.