STEVENS POINT – Lance Randall, who made a name for himself leading Oshkosh West High School to back-to-back state titles in 2006 and 2007, has been named assistant men's basketball coach at UW-Stevens Point. Randall fills the spot left by Scott Anderson, who accepted the head coaching position at Stevens Point Area High School (SPASH).



Randall, who has experience as both an assistant and as a head coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels, guided Oshkosh West to consecutive state titles after taking over the program prior to the 2005 season. In three seasons with the Wildcats, Randall led his teams to an impressive 71-3 overall record. His 2006 team posted a perfect 26-0 record on it's way to the state title. A two-time Coach of the Year honoree, Randall helped the program break a 34-year-old Fox Valley Association record, winning 48 consecutive games. His Wildcat program was one of only two WIAA Division I boys basketball programs not from Milwaukee or Madison to win a state title. SPASH won the other title in 1994.

Randall spent last season as the Head Coach, Dean of Students and Assistant Athletic Director at Cedarburg High School, leading the program to a 9-12 finish in his first year at the helm. Prior to his return to high school basketball, Randall spent one season as assistant coach for Loyola University in Chicago. There, he helped the Ramblers to12 wins, including a victory over UW-Milwaukee in the opening round of the Horizon League Championship.

Prior to Oshkosh West, he served as an assistant as Saint Louis University from 2002 to 2004. The team twice earned National Invitation Tournament bids and posted the universities best finish in Conference USA under Randall. Randall was also the head coach at NCAA Division III Webster University in St. Louis where he led the Gorloks to their first NCAA Tournament appearance and a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1999-2000. He left Webster as the all-time winningest coach and was also two-time SLIAC Coach of the Year.

During the 2000-2002 seasons Randall was the head coach and vice president of operations for the Pertemps Birmingham Bullets professional team in Birmingham, England. He led the team to the Final Four of the Northern European Basketball League Challenge Cup and the British Basketball League Playoffs where they advanced to the finals for the first time in 21 seasons. During the team's preseason tour of the United States, the Bullets defeated eventual NCAA Sweet 16 teams Southern Illinois and Mississippi State in 2002.

Randall is a 1994 graduate of Beloit College with a degree in Government and also holds a Masters of Arts in Teaching, which he received in December for 2007 from Webster University. At Beloit, Randall was a two-time basketball team captain and also served as assistant coach at his alma mater from 1994-1997.

Randall and his wife Pamela, have three children, Evelyn (6), River (4) and Ruby (1).