Sport(s) Football 1988–1989 Middle Tennessee (LB) Titles Defensive coordinator 1985–1987 Tennessee Tech (GA) Positions Running back | 1983–1984 Tennessee Tech Team East Central University 1981–1982 Cisco J.C. Name Randy Pippin | |
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Born March 25, 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-03-25 ) 1990–1992 Trinity Valley C.C. (DC) Alma mater Tennessee Technological University | ||
Conference Great American Conference | ||
Randy Pippin (born March 25, 1963) is the current Player Relations Coordinator at University of Alabama at Birmingham. He grew up in Texas and attended Cisco College before transferring to Tennessee Technological University where he played running back from 1981 to 1984. He began his coaching career in 1985 as a graduate assistant at Tennessee Tech, and then held assistant positions at Middle Tennessee (1988–1989), Trinity Valley Community College (1990–1992) and again at Tennessee Tech (1996–1997). Pippin has also served as head coach at Trinity Valley Community College (1993–1995), Middle Georgia College (1998–2000), West Alabama (2001–2003), Northwest Mississippi Community College (2005–2007) and The Classical Academy (Colorado) (2009-2011) East TX Baptist University (2011-2012) East Central University (2012-2014) and UAB (2015-present)
Coaching career
Pippin started his coaching career as a graduate assistant on the defense at Tennessee Tech from 1985–1987. From Tech, Pippin served as linebackers coach at Murfreesboro (1988–1989) and as defensive coordinator at Trinity Valley Community College (1990–1992).
From 1993 to 1995, Pippin had his first head coaching job at Trinity Valley after being promoted from defensive coordinator. At Trinity, he compiled an overall record of 24 wins, seven losses and two ties (24–7–2). He also led the Cardinals to the 1994 NJCAA National Football Championship after defeating Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in the Tyler Shrine Bowl. After serving as offensive coordinator at Tennessee Tech for two seasons, Pippin took the position of head coach at Middle Georgia College.
At Middle Georgia, he led the Warriors to an overall record of 24 wins and ten losses (24–10) and a victory in the 1998 Mineral Water Bowl. Pippin was also noted for having Tonya Butler sign a national letter of intent to attend Middle Georgia on a football scholarship for a placekicker. At the time of her signing, Butler was the first female to earn a football scholarship in Georgia. Following the 2000 season, Pippin resigned from Middle Georgia and took the head coaching position at the University of West Alabama.
At West Alabama, he led the Tigers to an overall record of eight wins and 25 losses (8–25) during his three-year tenure. The most notable event of his tenure at West Alabama came on September 13, 2003, when Tonya Butler (who he previously signed at Middle Georgia) became the first female in NCAA history to kick a field goal in a regulation game. The goal was scored on a 27-yard attempt against Stillman with 9:41 remaining in the first quarter.
After leaving West Alabama, Pippin took became the head coach at Northwest Mississippi Community College. During his three-year stint with the Rangers, he compiled an overall record of thirteen wins and fourteen losses (13–14). From there he served as head coach at The Classical Academy before becoming defensive coordinator at East Texas Baptist University for the 2011 -2012 seasons. He then moved to East Central University where he currently serves as Defensive Coordinator