Lynn University Fighting Knights

Danny Randolph became the fifth women’s golf coach in program history on August 8, 2011.  In a short amount of time, he has brought the Fighting Knights back to the national spotlight. He came to Boca Raton after a successful run as the head women’s golf coach and assistant men’s basketball coach at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Ind.

The 2011-12 women’s golf season was a wildly successful one under Randolph’s direction as Lynn claimed three tournament victories, shot a program record 285 team score in a win at the Tusculum Invite, finished runner-up at the Sunshine State Conference Championship, reached the NCAA tournament for the 11th time in school history and had three players garner All-SSC accolades and one earn All-America honors.  Additionally, Randolph became the first women’s golf coach at Lynn to be named SSC Coach of the Year while also being recognized as the South Region Coach of the Year.

One of the top coaches at the NAIA level, Randolph showed immediate success at Bethel.  Taking over the women’s golf team in 2004, he led the Pilots to 43 tournament championships, five conference crowns, three NAIA Region VIII titles and six NAIA National Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish in 2009.  Additionally, over his last five years his teams were consistently ranked in the top-15 of the nation while Bethel achieved a No. 1 ranking in the 2008-09 season, the same year it finished as national runners-up.

Randolph’s team success directly correlates to the individual accomplishments as he has coached eight NAIA All-Americans, 13 NAIA Academic All-Americans and the 2008 NAIA Individual National Champion.  The Pilots also received the Buffalo Funds Team Character Award for women's golf presented by the NAIA in 2007 and 2008.

A former men’s basketball player at Bethel, Randolph was part of the 1997 and 1998 NAIA National Championship teams.  As an assistant coach, he helped lead the Pilots to the 2005 NCCAA National Championship game, 2007 NCCAA National Championship, and 2008 and 2009 NAIA Elite Eight.

Randolph earned his B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing and computer applications from Bethel in 2000 and later graduated with his Master’s in Business Administration in 2004.  He and his wife Peggy, a former volleyball standout at Bethel, have two basset hounds, Flash and Ollie.

Education

• Masters in Business Administration, Bethel College
• B.A. Business Administration, Concentrations: Marketing & Computer Applications, Bethel College