Randy Norton

Biography

Randy Norton enters his 13th season as the UAB women’s basketball head coach in the 2025-26 season. Since Norton arrived on campus in 2013, he’s guided the Blazers to at least 15 wins in 10 out of 12 seasons. In UAB’s second season in the American Athletic Conference, he led the Blazers to an 16-16 overall record and went 7-11 in league play and is the second wingiest head coach in program history. Norton guided UAB to its second consecutive postseason bid in the WNIT during the 2024-25 season. It marked the eighth all-time appearance and fifth under Norton. From 2017-2020, he led the Green and Gold to three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in school history. He led UAB to its first C-USA Regular Season title in 2017-18. Norton was named the 2017-18 C-USA Coach of the Year after leading the Blazers to a record-setting 27-7 overall record and a 13-3 conference record. The Blazers have finished with 12 or more conference wins from 2017-2020. The Blazers have also found success in the classroom under the direction of Norton. The team has recorded 17 straight semesters with a 3.0 GPA and have earned the Conference USA Academic Excellence Award three times (2017-18, 2019-20, 2020-21). Norton Notes: 211-159 overall record in 12 seasons 2017-18 Conference USA Coach of the Year Guided the team to its first ever C-USA Regular Season title in 2017-18 Coached 17 All-Conference USA Team members, including five first-team selections in Karisma Chapman (2013-14), Janae Smith (

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