Director and Head Coach for the Lees-McRae College Cycling Team       

Coach Tim Hall begins his 20th year of coaching in 2024-2025.  He began his coaching career in the mid-2000s at Cumberland University in Lebanon, TN, and since 2013 has been the Director of Cycling/Head Cycling Coach at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC.  

Coach Hall is a Level 1 USA Cycling certified coach.  He is twice a graduate of Cumberland University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1995) and a Masters of Business (1997).  

Coach Hall became a bicyclist in 1998 after a life-long devotion to baseball where he reached the professional level for four years from 1991-1995.  Coach Hall’s collegiate cycling teams have placed on the team podium at nationals many times, countless individual medals, and has worked with athletes who have won 12 national championships total in mountain bike, cyclocross, and road.

Coach Hall has promoted over 150 cycling race days throughout his career including mountain bike, cyclocross, road events, time trials, and several bicycling charity events.  Coach Hall believes the bicycle is a great tool for community service projects.  He is an avid supporter of Ride for Reading to promote youth literacy and bicycle safety, and has raised nearly $100,000 for the veterans organization Team Red, White, and Blue.

Coach Hall is the host of a podcast called Under the Sun. The show focuses on leadership, mindset, personal development, coaching, and the power of stories to inspire us to become our best. Find Under the Sun on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or you favorite podcast app.

A competitive racer since 2000, Coach Hall races as a Category 1 on the road, and Category 2 in cyclocross and mountain.  Outside of cycling his hobbies include hiking, reading, traveling, coffee, and philosophy. He is a native of Nashville, TN, and currently resides in Beech Mountain, NC.

Contact Info: cthperformance@gmail.com