Marcus Hall-Oliver - Edge - Staff Directory

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Marcus Hall-Oliver

Title:
Edge
Phone:
559-278-3015

THE HALL-OLIVER FILE

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
High School: Central High School

EDUCATION
Minnesota State
Bachelors degree in sport management (2014)

COACHING HISTORY
Fresno State
2025-Present: Edge
Stony Brook
2024: Safeties
JMU
2022-23: Safeties
2020-21: Defensive Tackles
University of Sioux Falls
2017-18: Defensive Line
Eastern Michigan
2016: Graduate Assistant
Minnesota State
2013-15: Graduate Assistant

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Linebacker
2009-10: Nebraska-Omaha
2011-12: Minnesota State

Last Updated: March 9, 2026

Marcus Hall-Oliver was added to Fresno State's coaching staff in January 2025 as the Edge coach.

In the summer of 2025, Hall-Oliver was selected for the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Cleveland Browns. Hall-Oliver was a key piece to a defensive staff that led one of the top defenses in the FBS as Fresno State ranked 10th in the country allowing an average of 285.7 yards per game in 2025. Fresno State was 16th nationally in scoring defense, allowing 18.8 points per game. The success of the Bulldogs' defense in 2025 was its best since at least the 1992 season. Fresno State has not allowed fewer than 300 yards of offense to its opponent in the last three decades.

Junior defensive end Jahzon Jacks was the FBS leader with four fumble recoveries in 2025. It was the most by a Bulldog in a season since at least 2005.

He came to the Valley from Stony Brook. Stony Brook football added Hall-Oliver to first year head coach Billy Cosh's coaching staff as the safeties coach ahead of the 2024 season.

Hall-Oliver joined 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.

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.