Randy Hedberg

Randy R. Hedberg (born December 27, 1954) is a college football coach and a former professional football player, a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers. Hedberg was born and raised in Parshall, North Dakota, southwest of Minot, and graduated from [http://www.parshall.k12.nd.us/ Parshall High School] in 1973. He played college football at Minot State College, an NAIA school, from 1973-76. He was a four year letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball for the Beavers, and earned a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1977. He earned a master's degree from UND in 1987. [http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hedberg_randy00.html]

Hedberg was selected in the eighth round (196th overall) in the 1977 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. He saw significant playing time in his rookie season in 1977, where he appeared in seven games and started in four. Cut by the Bucs the following year, he was briefly with Oakland and Green Bay, but did not see any regular season playing time. Hedberg was selected as #31 in Sports Illustrated 50 Greatest Sports Figures in North Dakota. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1999/states/northdakota/]

Following his playing career, he was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Minot State, from 1979-81, and its head coach from 1982-89, compiling a 45-23-2 (.657) record in 8 seasons. He then became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Central Missouri State (1990-95) and at North Dakota (1996-98). He returned to the head coaching ranks in 1999 at St. Cloud State, a Division II program in central Minnesota, compiling a 47-51 (.480) record in nine seasons. His overall record as a head coach is 92-74-2 (.554) in 17 seasons.

Hedberg is currently the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Southern Illinois, hired in February 2008.

Hedberg was inducted into Minot State's hall of fame in 1985. [http://www.msubeavers.com/documents/094.pdf]

External links

* [http://www.bucpower.com/randy-hedberg.html Buc Power.com] - Randy Hedberg
* [http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hedberg_randy00.html SIU Salukis.com] - Randy Hedberg - bio
* [http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020108aac.html SIU Salukis.com] - press release - Randy Hedberg - 01-Feb-2008
* [http://www.msubeavers.com/documents/094.pdf Minot State Beavers Hall of Fame] - Randy Hedberg - inducted 1985
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEDBERAN01 Database football.com] - Randy Hedberg