Randy Hinson
Claude Randolph Hinson Sr (July 23, 1912 – May 24, 2006) was a United States Army colonel and college football and baseball coach.
.png.webp) Hinson in 1940 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1912 Kershaw, South Carolina |
| Died | May 24, 2006 (aged 93) Fairfax, Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| Football, baseball | |
| 1933–1936 | Clemson |
| Position(s) | Back (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Baseball | |
| 1939–40, 1946–47 | Clemson |
| Football | |
| 1944–1947 | Clemson (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–19–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SoCon: 1947 | |
| Awards | |
| SoCon Coach of the Year (1947) | |
Born in Kershaw, South Carolina, in 1912, Hinson attended Clemson College, where he played football and baseball. He graduated from Clemson with a degree in agricultural economics in 1936. In 1939 and 1940, he returned to Clemson to coach the baseball team and the freshman football team, before joining the United States Army. During World War II, he served as an adviser to the French expeditionary force in North Africa and in Italy with the 755th Tank Battalion.[1]
After the war, he returned to Clemson as baseball and football coach. In 1947, the baseball team won the Southern Conference championship, and qualified for the inaugural NCAA baseball tournament. Hinson was named SoCon baseball coach of the year.[2]
Hinson then returned to the Army, serving in the Korean War, working with the International Military Sports Council in Germany, and was infantry representative to the U.S. Army Engineer School, retiring in 1964. Hinson taught U.S. government and coached golf at Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia, until 1979. He died in Fairfax, Virginia, in 2006.[1]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson Tigers (Independent/Southern Conference) (1939–40, 1946–47) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Clemson | 10–7 | |||||||
| 1940 | Clemson | 12–2–2 | |||||||
| 1946 | Clemson | 12–5 | |||||||
| 1947 | Clemson | 24–5 | 13–2 | 1st | NCAA Eastern Playoff | ||||
| Total: | 58–19–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Claude Randolph Hinson Sr. Army Colonel, Coach". The Washington Post. June 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- Blackman, Sam; Bradley, Bob; Kriese, Chuck; Vandervort, Will (2013). Clemson: Where the Tigers Play. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-61321-356-8.