Randy Dunn
| Title: | Athletics Director |
| Phone: | 706.379.5218 |
| Email: | rjdunn@yhc.edu |
Randy Dunn enters his second year as the athletics director at Young Harris College.
Dunn came to Young Harris after 14 years of service as director
of athletics at North Georgia College & State University. He
served as the head men’s basketball coach for 14 years before
retiring in 2003 to serve full time as athletic director. Dunn
oversaw the NGCSU athletic department’s transition from the
NAIA to the NCAA Division II and the Peach Belt Conference.
During his tenure as athletic director at NGCSU, Dunn oversaw the
addition of five new sports: women’s soccer, men's and
women's golf, baseball and softball. With Dunn at the helm, the
school’s intercollegiate athletic program produced 12
conference championships in the Georgia Athletic Conference, the
Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference, and the Southern States
Athletic Conference, and for two years, the NGCSU softball team has
earned the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championship and
competed in the College World Series. The athletics department
facilities at NGCSU grew during his tenure with the addition of the
NGCSU Baseball, Softball and Soccer Complex.
Dunn is an alumnus of North Georgia College, having played
basketball for the Saints for three years, graduating in 1980 with
a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. After
completing his undergraduate degree, Dunn was a graduate assistant
coach at Georgia Southwestern State University, where he received
his master's degree in physical education. He became an assistant
coach at the State University of West Georgia in 1981 before
returning to his alma mater in 1982.
Dunn’s men’s basketball team won the
Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference regular season championship and
advanced to the NAIA National Tournament in 1996. That same year,
Dunn was named GACC men’s basketball “Coach of the
Year.” Dunn was selected in 2001 as the
Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference's Garland Dickey Award
recipient as the conference's Athletics Director of the Year.
That same year Dunn was a finalist for the NAIA Athletics Director
of the Year award.
Dunn is married to the former Susan Reed, and they have a son,
Jake.



















