Clayton Randall begins his first academic year as the Associate Athletic Director for External Operations on May 6. Randall joins the Northern State staff following seven years with the Herreid School District.
Randall’s role will focus primarily on the Northern State ticket operations, including season tickets, special events, corporate sponsorship agreements, and athletic fundraising initiatives. In addition, he will assist with game and sport administration for the department. Randall will serve as the tournament director of the Annual Wolves on the Water Fishing Tournament scheduled for May 31-June 1, 2024.
Randall joins the Northern State staff after seven years as a high school administrator, teacher, and coach for the Herreid School District and Herreid Selby Area Sports Coop. As the district’s athletic director, he was part of a group that completed upgrades to the football field and complex, school gymnasium, and weight training facilities. As a football coach, Herreid Selby Area reached the semi-finals four times and finished as the South Dakota High School Activities Association 9-Man runner-up in three of his seasons at the helm. Randall was named the 2021 9-Man Region II Head Coach of the Year. On the hardwood, he guided the Doland/Conde Chargers to a State ‘B’ Basketball Tournament appearance in 2005-06.
He opened his professional career teaching and coaching in the Doland and Eureka school districts. From 2008-17, Randall moved to the business sector as a self-employed contractor operating Randall Construction and as a remote sales representative with Heartland Payment Systems.
Randall received his bachelor’s degrees in business education and business finance from Northern State University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in leadership and administration. Clayton and his wife Holly, a Northern State alumna, will reside in Aberdeen with their children Remi and Sullivan. They are also the parents of 2024 Northern State graduate and Wolves football alum Clayton Randall II, who was honored as the 2023 NSU Homecoming King this past fall.
