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02/26/2013
Shipp is a former NFL linebacker who led the Miami Dolphins to the 1985 Super Bowl and who has spent the past 22 years coaching college football, including four national championship games.
12/08/2012
Thirteen different postseason awards were handed out to football student-athletes
08/31/2012
His intensity during practice, matched only by the hard work he asks of his defensive linemen, reveals a drive for perfection that permeates throughout the group.
08/22/2012
The 2012 Kick-Off Reception was held August 22 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort
08/22/2012
The 2012 Kick-Off Reception was held August 22 at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort
Teaching The Game Of Life: Striving For Profection (by Thomas Lennerberg, ASU Media Relations)
Randolph enters his second season as Associate Head Coach and Co-Defensive Coordinator for the Sun Devils. He will serve as the linebackers coach, among other duties, after he spent 2012 coaching the defensive line.
Randolph played a big part in mentoring defensive lineman Will Sutton, who became ASU's sixth winner of the Morris Trophy, and the 18th consensus All-American and first since 2007. Sutton also became the fifth player to win the Pac-10/12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year award.
Notables from 2012:
- 117 tackles for loss, tied for second-most in school history
- Led the nation with an average of 9.00 TFL per game
- 52 sacks, tied for second-most in school history
- Ranked second in the nation with 4.00 sacks per game
- The defense had a hand in 165 of the 499 points (33.1 percent) scored for ASU this season
- Five players recorded double-digit TFLs for only the second time in school history
- Sutton and Carl Bradford combined for 44 TFLs, the most for a duo in school history
- 16.3 percent of the plays run by opponents did not advance past the line of scrimmage
He spent 2011 at the University of Pittsburgh and helped the Panthers average 3.31 sacks per game, which ranked third in the nation.
Prior to his arrival at Pitt, Randolph spent four seasons at Tulsa, playing an instrumental role in the Golden Hurricane's emergence as a perennial bowl team. Tulsa won 36 games during that time, including three bowl victories. He helped mold a defense that led the country in interceptions in 2010 (24) and ranked third in turnovers forced (36).
In 2006, Randolph served under Graham as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Rice. His efforts helped produce one of the most impressive revitalizations in recent college football history. The Owls earned their first bowl berth in 45 years after a 7-5 regular season that included victories in six of their final seven games.
Prior to Rice, Randolph was the defensive ends coach at Alabama (2003-05), where he helped the Crimson Tide boast one of the nation's toughest defenses. In 2005, Alabama led the country in scoring defense (10.7 points/game) while ranking second in total defense (255.1 yards/game), fifth in pass defense (160.8 yards/game) and ninth in rushing defense (94.3 yards/game).
Randolph also distinguished himself on the recruiting trail during his time in Tuscaloosa and was named one of the country's top 25 recruiters by Rivals.
He also spent time at West Virginia in 2002, coaching the defensive line. His other collegiate coaching stops include Toledo, Illinois State, Valdosta State and his alma mater, Tennessee-Martin.
An all-conference linebacker at Tennessee-Martin, Randolph went on to a decorated professional playing career in the Canadian Football League. He played eight seasons with Winnipeg (1988-95) and then served two years as a team captain and player-coach with the Montreal Alouettes (1996-97). Randolph helped Winnipeg to Grey Cup championships in 1988 and '90 before receiving induction into the Blue Bombers' Hall of Fame in 2002.
Randolph earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology from Tennessee-Martin in 1990.
