Randy Tuggle

Randy Tuggle

Phone: (336) 272-7102, ext. 335
Email: randy.tuggle@greensboro.edu
Position: Head Coach

Randy Tuggle enters his third year leading the Greensboro College men's and women's cross country teams in 2011.

In his second year leading The Pride, GC notched a pair of third place finishes on both the men's and women's side at the Hagan Stone Classic and Greensboro Cross Country Invitational.  The women's team finished the year with a sixth place performance at the USA South Athletic Conference Championship.

Tuggle was hired head coach of the Greensboro College women's basketball and men's and women's cross country teams in May, 2009.

Tuggle arrived at Greensboro College in 2001 after spending three years as an assistant coach at Northwest Guilford High School, his alma mater, where he ran cross country in addition to playing basketball for the Vikings. Prior to his time at Northwest, Randy was an assistant coach at Western Guilford High School where the Hornets were Piedmont Triad 3A Conference champions and advanced in the State Play-offs. He also helped start the NC Lady Gators AAU program, a team that placed 6th at Nationals

As a longtime native of the Greensboro area, tuggle was a four-year letter winner for the Spartans of UNC-Greensboro. His junior year he played an integral role with a Spartan squad that qualified for the NCAA national tournament and was selected team captain his senior season.

In addition to athletes, Tuggle has strong connections to the Greensboro business community. Active in local mortgage and real estate field since 1980, he most recently was a loan officer at Suntrust Bank. From 1997-2007, he was self employed with Homestead Mortgage/Acceptance.

Tuggle, who enjoys golf in his spare time, and his wife Susan have two children: Jimmy and Lauren Childrey. Lauren resides in the Gate City with her husband, Ryan.