Randy was born and raised in North Carolina. He graduated from
Asheboro High School in 1975, playing football, baseball, and basketball. He was named most outstanding football player in 1974 (known as Mr. Blue Comet), and his 1975 baseball team won the
WNCHSAA state championship. He would later be inducted in the Asheboro High School hall of fame in 2011. Randy attended
Mars Hill College with an athletic scholarship, where he played football and was a four-year letterman for the baseball team. He graduated in 1979 with a BS in business administration. ==Business career==