Randy Hood | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | UNC Wilmington |
Current Conference: | CAA |
Current Record: | 148–95 |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1968 |
Birth Place: | Goldsboro, North Carolina |
Player Years1: | 1987–1990 |
Player Team1: | Campbell |
Player Years2: | 1990 |
Player Team2: | Arizona League Brewers |
Player Years3: | 1990–1991 |
Player Team3: | Helena Brewers |
Player Years4: | 1991 |
Player Team4: | South Bend White Sox |
Player Years5: | 1991 |
Player Team5: | Erie Sailors |
Player Years6: | 1991 |
Player Team6: | Stockton Ports |
Player Years7: | 1992–1993 |
Player Team7: | Sarasota White Sox |
Player Years8: | 1993 |
Player Team8: | South Bend White Sox |
Player Years9: | 1993–1994 |
Player Team9: | Birmingham Barons |
Player Positions: | Outfielder |
Coach Years1: | 1996–2001 |
Coach Team1: | Campbell (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 2002–2019 |
Coach Team2: | UNC Wilmington (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2020–present |
Coach Team3: | UNC Wilmington |
Overall Record: | 148–95 |
Tournament Record: | NCAA: 1–4 |
Championships: | 2x CAA Tournament (2023, 2024) |
Randall Scott Hood (born August 9, 1968) is an American baseball coach and former player who is the current head baseball coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. He played college baseball at Campbell for coach Mike Caldwell from 1987 to 1990 and played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 5 seasons from 1990 to 1994.
Hood attended Southern Wayne High School in Dudley, North Carolina. Hood played for the school's varsity baseball team. Hood then enrolled at Campbell University, to play college baseball for the Campbell Fighting Camels baseball team.
As a freshman at Campbell University in 1987, Hood had a .290 batting average, a .365 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .420 SLG.
In the 1989 season as a junior, Hood hit 4 home runs and 10 doubles. He was named to the All-Big South Conference team.[1]
Hood had his best season as a senior in 1990, leading the team in hits (60), stolen bases (26), batting average (.366) and on-base percentage (.490).
Hood then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He would then spend 3 seasons in the Chicago White Sox organization before going to spring training with the California Angels in 1995.[2]
After failing to make the Angels in 1995, Hood joined the coaching staff at Campbell University. In the fall of 2001, Hood joined Mark Scalf's staff at UNC Wilmington.
On April 29, 2019, Hood was named the successor for the retiring Scalf.[3]
The following is a table of Hood's yearly records as an NCAA head coach.