Randy Pippin

Randy Pippin
Current position
Title	Senior analyst
Team	Jacksonville State
Conference	C-USA
Biographical details
Born	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1981–1982	Cisco
1983–1984	Tennessee Tech
Position(s)	Running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987	Tennessee Tech (GA)
1988–1989	Middle Tennessee (DE)
1990–1992	Trinity Valley (DC)
1993–1995	Trinity Valley
1996–1997	Tennessee Tech (OC)
1998–2000	Middle Georgia
2001–2003	West Alabama
2005–2007	Northwest Mississippi
2008–2010	Classical Academy (CO) (interim HC)
2011–2012	East Texas Baptist (DC)
2012–2014	East Central (DC)
2015–2022	UAB (DPR)
2023–present	Jacksonville State (sr. analyst)
Head coaching record
Overall	8–25 (college); 61–31–2 (junior college)
Bowls	4–0 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 NJCAA National (1994); 1 TJCFC (1994)

Randy Pippin is an American college football coach and former player. He is a senior analyst at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, a position he has held since 2023. Pippin has served as head football coach at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, from 1993 to 1995, Middle Georgia College, from 1998 to 2000, the University of West Alabama, from 2001 to 2003, and Northwest Mississippi Community College, from 2005 to 2007. He led his 1994 Trinity Valley valley team to an NJCAA National Football Championship.

Early life and playing career

Pippin grew up in Texas and attended Cisco College before transferring to Tennessee Technological University, where he played college football as a running back from 1983 to 1984.

Coaching career

Pippin started his coaching career as a graduate assistant on the defense at Tennessee Technological University, from 1985 to 1987.^[1] From Tech, Pippin served as linebackers coach at Middle Tennessee State University, from 1988 to 1989, and as defensive coordinator at Trinity Valley Community College, from 1990 to 1992.^[1]

From 1993 to 1995, Pippin had his first head coaching job at Trinity Valley after being promoted from defensive coordinator. In 1994, he was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year and led the Cardinals to the NJCAA National Football Championship, defeating Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in the Tyler Shrine Bowl.^[2]^[3]

After serving as offensive coordinator at Tennessee Tech for two seasons, Pippin took the position of head coach and athletic director at Middle Georgia College.^[1] At Middle Georgia, he led the Warriors to an overall record 24–10 and a victory in the 1998 Mineral Water Bowl.^[4] 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.^[5] At the time of her signing, Butler was the first female to earn a football scholarship in Georgia.^[5]

Following the 2000 season, Pippin resigned from Middle Georgia and took the head coaching position at the University of West Alabama.^[6] At West Alabama, he led Tigers to an overall record of 8–25 during his three-year tenure, but won give games in his second season including victories over Delta State, West Georgia and North Alabama, a feat that has not been done before in program history. On September 13, 2003, when Tonya Butler, who Pipping has previously signed at Middle Georgia, became the first female in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to kick a field goal in a regulation game.^[7]^[8] The goal was scored on a 27-yard attempt against Stillman with 9:41 remaining in the first quarter.^[7]

After leaving West Alabama, Pippin spent a year as a dean, athletic director, and head football at Cottage Hill Christian Academy in Mobile, Alabama, before he was hired as head football coach at Northwest Mississippi Community College. During his three-year stint with the Rangers, his teams participated in postseason championship games his second and third years. His second-year team won the North Division with a perfect 6-0 record. From there he served as head coach at The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, while directing the Glazier Football Coaching Clinics nationally. He then became the defensive coordinator at East Texas Baptist University for the 2011 and 2012 seasons while taking on the Texas and Oklahoma Nike Coach of the Year Clinics.^[1] He then moved to East Central University, where as defensive coordinator he orchestrated the best rushing defense in school history. East Central participated in a postseason bowl game for the first time in more than 20 years. Pippin then joined Bill Clark at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) serving in various coaching, recruiting, and administrative roles as the UAB Blazers football program was brought back from a hiatus following the 2014 season.

Pippin has authored two books C.H.A.O.S., a defensive football instructional manual, and Deep in the Heart, about the history of football in Southern United States and the return of the UAB football program after a hiatus in 2015 and 2016.

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
West Alabama Tigers (Gulf South Conference) (2001–2003)
2001	West Alabama	1–10	0–9	12th
2002	West Alabama	5–6	3–6	T–8th
2003	West Alabama	2–9	1–8	12th
West Alabama:		8–25	4–23
Total:		8–25

Junior college


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Trinity Valley Cardinals (Texas Junior College Football Conference) (1993–1995)
1993	Trinity Valley	8–1–2	4–1–1	3rd	W Real Dairy Bowl
1994	Trinity Valley	12–0	6–0	1st	W Tyler Shrine Bowl
1995	Trinity Valley	5–5	3–3	T–3rd	L TJCFC semifinal
Trinity Valley:		24–7–2	13–4–1
Middle Georgia Warriors (Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association) (1998–2000)
1998	Middle Georgia	9–3			W Mineral Water Bowl
1999	Middle Georgia	5–6
2000	Middle Georgia	10–1			W Golden Isles Bowl
Middle Georgia:		24–10
Northwest Mississippi Rangers (Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges) (2005–2007)
2005	Northwest Mississippi	1–6	1–5
2006	Northwest Mississippi	6–4	6–0
2007	Northwest Mississippi	6–4	5–1
Northwest Mississippi:		13–14	12–6
Total:		61–31–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Football Coaching Staff: Randy Pippin". East Texas Baptist University. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ Perkins, Chris (December 3, 1994). "Trinity Valley aims for junior college title". The Dallas Morning News. p. 7B.
^ Carter, Al; Bill Nichols (January 10, 1995). "Junior colleges likely will benefit from NCAA ruling". The Dallas Morning News. p. 9B.
^ "Middle Georgia 41, Northwest Miss. 3". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. December 5, 1998.
^ ^a ^b Carvell, Michael (February 4, 1999). "Middle Georgia signs Butler". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 6D.
^ Youngblood, Shane (December 13, 2000). "UWA hires 'proven winner'". The Tuscaloosa News. p. C1. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Carroll, Andrew (September 14, 2000). "UWA's Tonya Butler aims for NCAA history". The Tuscaloosa News. p. C1. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ Rosen, Karen (October 17, 2003). "Pioneer still gets her football kicks". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 8D.