Director of Athletics
Randy Warrick is in his 22nd year as Director of Athletics at the University
of South Carolina Aiken. He was hired at USCA in 1978 as head baseball coach
and intramural director and has served many different duties during his tenure.
While coaching baseball for 11 years, Warrick also served as an assistant
basketball coach during the 1978-79 season and acting golf coach in 1989-90.
As baseball
coach, Warrick compiled a 392-146 record, while earning various coaching awards.
In 1986 his team advanced to the College World Series, the highlight of his coaching
career.
Warrick was born in Rocky Mount, N.C. and attended Rocky Mount High School. He
was an All-Conference player in football, basketball, and baseball. Upon graduation
from high school, Warrick went to Louisburg Junior College where he played baseball
for two years.
In 1975, Warrick earned his Associate of Arts degree from Louisburg and was drafted
by the Kansas City Royals, but decided to stay in school.
Warrick then moved on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where
he received a two-year baseball scholarship. While at North Carolina he earned
Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic honors two straight years. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1977 and then his Master of Arts in Teaching
in 1978. While earning his master’s degree, he served as a graduate assistant
baseball coach. In the same season, the team advanced to the College World Series.
Warrick is a member of the College Athletic Management’s Editorial Board, PBC
Awards Committee, NCAA Division II AD’s Association Board of Directors, Greater
Augusta Sports Council Board, and is the most recent past chairman of the NCAA
Division II National Golf Committee.
Warrick is married to Martha Blankenship Warrick of Augusta, Ga. They have one
son, Tripp, who is 16 years old. The Warrick family resides in North Augusta,
S.C.