Steve Hall, who spent the last four seasons at Duquesne, has been named assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff, Youngstown State Head Coach Jerry Slocum announced.

Hall replaces Byron Thorne, who left in March to pursue business opportunities outside of basketball.

Hall, one of the most highly decorated high school coaches in the Detroit area in the 2000s, helped Duquesne to three postseason tournaments, including the NIT in 2008-09, the first round of the CBI in 2009-10 and the quarterfinals of the CBI in 2010-11.

The Detroit, Mich., native, who won Class D state titles at Detroit Rogers in 2003, 2004 and 2005, came to Duquesne after leading Detroit Northwestern to its first Detroit Public School League (PSL) championship since 1978 in 2008.

Hall was also named coach of the year by both the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press in 2008. He was also named Coach of the Year by the Detroit News in 2002 and 2005 and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.

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