Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Quarterbacks coach |
Team | North Dakota State |
Conference | MVFC |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Parshall, North Dakota |
December 27, 1954
Playing career | |
1973–1976 | Minot State |
1977 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1979–1981 | Minot State (assistant) |
1982–1989 | Minot State |
1990–1995 | Central Missouri (AHC/OC/QB) |
1996–1998 | North Dakota (OC/QB/WR) |
1999–2007 | St. Cloud State |
2008–2013 | Southern Illinois (QB) |
2014– | North Dakota State (QB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 92–74–2 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Randolph R. Hedberg (born December 27, 1954) is an American football coach and a former player. He is currently the quarterbacks coach at North Dakota State University. Hedberg played as a quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL in 1977. He served as the head football coach at Minot State University from 1982 to 1989 and at St. Cloud State University from 1999 to 2007, compiling a career college football record of 92–74–2.
Hedberg was born and raised in Parshall, North Dakota, southwest of Minot, and graduated from Parshall High School in 1973. He played college football at Minot State College, an NAIA school, from 1973 to 1976. 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 the University of North Dakota in 1987.
Hedberg was selected in the eighth round (196th overall) in the 1977 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay, the eleventh quarterback selected. He saw significant playing time in his rookie season in 1977, where he appeared in seven games and started in four. On injured reserve the following year, he was traded in February 1979 to Oakland; briefly with Raiders and Green Bay, he did not see any regular season playing time.