Randy Norton
Head Coach
Randy Norton enters his 10th season as the UAB women's basketball team in the 2022-23 season.
Since Norton arrived on campus in 2013, he has guided the Blazers to at least 15 wins in seven of the last eight seasons. From 2017-2020, he led the Green and Gold to three consecutive 20 win seasons for the first time in school history. He led UAB to its first C-USA Regular Season title in 2017-18. Norton was named the 2017-18 C-USA Coach of the Year after leading the Blazers to a record-setting 27-7 overall record and a 13-3 conference record. The Blazers have finished with 12 or more conference wins from 2017-2020.
The Blazers have also found success in the classroom under the direction of Norton. The team has recorded 14 straight semesters with a 3.0 GPA and have earned the Conference USA Academic Excellence Award three times (2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21).
Norton Notes:
- 163-112 overall record in eight seasons
- 2017-18 Conference USA Coach of the Year
- Guided the team to its first-ever Conference USA Regular Season title in 2017-18
- Coached 10 All-Conference USA Team members, including four first-team selections in Karisma Chapman (2013-14), Janae Smith (2014-15), Rachael Childress (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) and Deanna Kuzmanic (2017- 18)
- Responsible for three of UAB’s five largest wins inside Bartow Arena (Miles, 106-48, 12/28/16, Tuskegee, 105-50, 12/30/17, and Mississippi Valley State, 80-33, 12/05/15)
- Ranks third in wins among first-time head coaches hired for the 2013-14 season
Playing Career
A 1986 graduate of the University of Iowa, Norton played both basketball and baseball for the Hawkeyes. On the hardwood, he was a guard on 1979 Big Ten Conference title team and the 1980 team that advanced to the NCAA Final Four.
On the diamond, Norton was a four-year letterwinner for the Hawkeyes. He spent three seasons in the Montreal Expos (now Washington Nationals) organization before moving into coaching.
Personal
An Iowa City, Iowa, native, Norton and his wife Claire, have four children: Tom, Carly, Allie and Nick along with nine grandchildren. Tom and Allie graduated from Truman State, Carly graduated from St. Ambrose, where all three played college basketball. Nick is a graduate from UAB and was a three-year starter at point guard for the men’s basketball team before finishing his career at Drake University. Nick is currently on the men's basketball staff at Drake as Assistant Director of Operations.
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