Randy Campbell
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Thomas Randolph "Randy" Campbell (born October 28, 1960) is an American football
quarterback
who played for Auburn University
, a NCAA Division 1-A school; is a speaker and wealth management
and life insurance
professional.
He is best known for his two years as Auburn University's starting quarterback and leader of the 1983 SEC Championship Tigers. Upon graduation Randy held NCAA passing records and was named MVP of the 1982 Tangerine Bowl
.
Campbell founded Campbell Wealth Management, LLC. a wealth management
and life insurance
company. He also does speaking engagements throughout the Southeast.
to James Marshall "Jim" and Tommie Lou Gribble Campbell. He has one younger brother, Norman Garrett Campbell. His father was transferred to Hartselle, Alabama
when Randy was in the second grade where he attending Hartselle Elementary School. He went to Morgan County High School, now known as Hartselle High School. Randy was the starting quarterback for several years at Morgan County High School. As a senior Randy was ranked the number one quarterback and considered the fourth best player overall in the state of Alabama
. Randy also served as class president of Morgan County High School for three years and was ranked in the top 10 academically of his graduating class. Campbell was offered many NCAA Division 1-A athletic scholarships such as the University of Tennessee, the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and Mississippi State University and decided on Auburn University.
Pat Dye
as the starting quarterback during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. Other standouts on those teams were Bob Harris, David Jordan, Al Del Greco
, Tommie Agee, Lionel "Little Train" James
, John "Jay" Jacobs and Ben Thomas
. The 1982 season
is highlighted with the victory over state rival the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
after a nine year losing streak. Campbell then led the Tigers
to a victory over Boston College
in the Tangerine Bowl. Campbell was named Most Valuable Player
in that game where two future Heisman Trophy
winners played as well; Vincent "Bo" Jackson
(Auburn University) and Doug Flutie
(Boston College). As Team Captain in 1983, Randy led the Tigers to a consecutive victory over the Crimson Tide finishing the year 11-1. They were named the SEC Champions and bested the University of Michigan in the Nokia Sugar Bowl. Auburn was ranked #3 AP
, UPI, National Champions – New York Times.
Campbell received the 1983 Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club – SEC Back of the Year and set an NCAA record for lowest interception ratio in a career 5 interceptions 300 attempts. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Cliff Hare Award
which is the highest honor given to a student/athlete at Auburn University for leadership, integrity, scholastic and athletic achievement.
of Florida State University
, Dominique Wilkins
of the University of Georgia
and Atlanta Hawks
and defensive great Ted Roof
from Georgia Tech who now is the Defensive Coordinator at Randy's alma mater.
He met Nancy Jo Whittingslow in Atlanta. Nancy was a class officer, on the homecoming court, high school athlete and a 1980 graduate of Walton High School
(Raiders) in Marietta, Georgia. Whittingslow then attended the University of Georgia (Bulldogs) and received a degree in Journalism (ABJ) in 1984. They married on May 28, 1988 at Primrose Cottage in historic Roswell, Georgia.
Campbell then moved to Florence, Alabama where he coached wide receivers and tight ends in football at the University of North Alabama
(Lions) under Head Coach Bobby Wallace. Randy was quickly moved to Quarterbacks Coach
then became Offensive Coordinator
. During his fourth and final season at University of North Alabama
Campbell's last signed recruit was Ronald McKinnon
from Elba, Alabama. McKinnon became the first and only defensive player ever to be awarded the Harlan Hill Award. The Harlan Hill Award is the NCAA Divion II equivalent to the Heisman Trophy given to the best player in the country. McKinnon went on to receive the Rookie of the Year Award in the National Football League
while playing for the Arizona Cardinals
and many other awards during the remainder of his career.
January 1992 Coach Pat Dye asked Randy to replace former Heisman Trophy winner Coach Pat Sullivan
as Quarterbacks Coach for the Auburn Tigers. Coach Sullivan had recently resigned from Auburn to become the new Head Coach at Texas Christian University
(Hornfrogs). Stan White
and Patrick Nix
were two of the players Randy coached that season. Before the last game of that season, Coach Dye announced his retirement. Campbell decided to leave coaching as well, move to Birmingham,Alabama and begin a professional career in the life insurance and wealth management business.
Campbell joined Pittman Financial, Inc. as a career agent in the New England Life Insurance Company system. After only 9 months in the new position Randy was given a national recognition by New England as a member of the Rookie of the Year Team for sales performance.
The following year Campbell was recognized by the Birmingham News as a top young professional in the Birmingham-Metropolitan area in their annual Top 40 Under 40. He was also inducted in the Morgan County, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. The New England group was eventually purchase by Metropolitan Life Company where Campbell received every top honor awarded for performance during his nine years.
As an entrepreneur
Campbell formed his own company Campbell Wealth Management, LLC. based in Birmingham, Alabama
where he serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer
. Campbell Wealth Management, LLC provides strategies to help individuals, families, businesses and organizations preserve, leverage and transfer wealth. His team of professionals works with high net worth individual
s and their professional advisors in the design and execution of wealth transfer strategies, charitable planning and business succession. He has also worked closely with Auburn University in the Charitable Planned Giving
program helping raise millions of dollars which will benefit Auburn University in years to come. He and his wife Nancy are also featured on the Auburn website for their personal contribution to the Planned Giving Program at Auburn.
Campbell also served as Co-Chair along with Mr. James "Jim" Rotch, Esq. for the Birmingham area during Auburn University's Capital Campaign. He was also a board member of Making Strides of Alabama, Inc. who's mission was to serve children with cerebral palsy through physical training at Children's Hospital. Campbell was a board member of Gifts, Inc. founded by Ms. Peggy England serving disadvantaged and ill children throughout the state of Alabama. Campbell and Kermit Kendrick, Esq. and former All- American defensive player for the University of Alabama also formed Legends for Children, Inc. a non-profit charitable organization that served underprivileged children in the state of Alabama.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
who played for Auburn University
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
, a NCAA Division 1-A school; is a speaker and wealth management
Wealth management
Wealth management is an investment advisory discipline that incorporates financial planning, investment portfolio management and a number of aggregated financial services...
and life insurance
Life insurance
Life insurance is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical illness may also trigger...
professional.
He is best known for his two years as Auburn University's starting quarterback and leader of the 1983 SEC Championship Tigers. Upon graduation Randy held NCAA passing records and was named MVP of the 1982 Tangerine Bowl
Capital One Bowl
The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
.
Campbell founded Campbell Wealth Management, LLC. a wealth management
Wealth management
Wealth management is an investment advisory discipline that incorporates financial planning, investment portfolio management and a number of aggregated financial services...
and life insurance
Life insurance
Life insurance is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical illness may also trigger...
company. He also does speaking engagements throughout the Southeast.
Early life
Randy Campbell was born in Wilmington, North CarolinaWilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...
to James Marshall "Jim" and Tommie Lou Gribble Campbell. He has one younger brother, Norman Garrett Campbell. His father was transferred to Hartselle, Alabama
Hartselle, Alabama
Hartselle is the second largest city in Morgan County, Alabama, United States, about south of Decatur, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2006 census estimates, the population of the city is 13,479. Hartselle was...
when Randy was in the second grade where he attending Hartselle Elementary School. He went to Morgan County High School, now known as Hartselle High School. Randy was the starting quarterback for several years at Morgan County High School. As a senior Randy was ranked the number one quarterback and considered the fourth best player overall in the state of Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. Randy also served as class president of Morgan County High School for three years and was ranked in the top 10 academically of his graduating class. Campbell was offered many NCAA Division 1-A athletic scholarships such as the University of Tennessee, the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and Mississippi State University and decided on Auburn University.
College Years
Randy played under CoachHead coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
Pat Dye
Pat Dye
Patrick Fain Dye is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University , the University of Wyoming , and Auburn University compiling a career college football record of 153–62–5...
as the starting quarterback during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. Other standouts on those teams were Bob Harris, David Jordan, Al Del Greco
Al Del Greco
Albert Louis Del Greco is a former American football placekicker and a current sports radio personality and high school coach in Birmingham, Alabama.-Biography:...
, Tommie Agee, Lionel "Little Train" James
Lionel James
Lionel 'Little Train' James , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 5th round of the 1984 NFL Draft. Undersized at 5'6" and 171 lbs., James played running back at Auburn University where he shared the backfield with Bo Jackson...
, John "Jay" Jacobs and Ben Thomas
Ben Thomas
Benjamin Thomas Jr. is a former defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers, the New England Patriots, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams...
. The 1982 season
1982 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1982 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with a 9–3 record. Auburn ended Alabama's 9-game winning streak in the famous "Bo Over the Top" Iron Bowl, and went on to defeat...
is highlighted with the victory over state rival the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...
after a nine year losing streak. Campbell then led the Tigers
Auburn Tigers football
Only Mohamed Amin Abughadir set the record with 1,890 yards in 1 season. He was the QB for Auburn in 1998.The Auburn Tigers football team represents Auburn University in college football as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, competing in the Western Division of the...
to a victory over Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
in the Tangerine Bowl. Campbell was named Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Player
In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
in that game where two future Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winners played as well; Vincent "Bo" Jackson
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is a former American baseball and football player. He was the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports, and also won the Heisman Trophy in 1985....
(Auburn University) and Doug Flutie
Doug Flutie
Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League, and United States Football League...
(Boston College). As Team Captain in 1983, Randy led the Tigers to a consecutive victory over the Crimson Tide finishing the year 11-1. They were named the SEC Champions and bested the University of Michigan in the Nokia Sugar Bowl. Auburn was ranked #3 AP
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, UPI, National Champions – New York Times.
Campbell received the 1983 Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club – SEC Back of the Year and set an NCAA record for lowest interception ratio in a career 5 interceptions 300 attempts. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Cliff Hare Award
Cliff Hare
Clifford Leroy Hare was a member of Auburn University’s first football team who went on to serve as chair of the Auburn Faculty Athletic Committee. Auburn’s football stadium, Jordan-Hare Stadium, is co-named for the longtime professor and dean of the School of Chemistry...
which is the highest honor given to a student/athlete at Auburn University for leadership, integrity, scholastic and athletic achievement.
Professional career
Upon graduation Campbell moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work for a sports marketing and management firm, Athletic Management Service, Inc. where he was primarily responsible for recruiting and managing professional athletes and coaches. Some of the individuals Randy worked with included Coach Bobby BowdenBobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler "Bobby" Bowden is a retired college football coach. He coached the Florida State Seminoles football team from the 1976 to 2009 seasons...
of Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
, Dominique Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique Wilkins is a retired American professional basketball player who primarily played for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA...
of the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
and Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
and defensive great Ted Roof
Ted Roof
Terrence Edwin Roof, Jr. is an American football coach and former player. Currently, he is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Auburn University. Roof served as the head coach at Duke University from 2003 to 2007, compiling a 6–45 record...
from Georgia Tech who now is the Defensive Coordinator at Randy's alma mater.
He met Nancy Jo Whittingslow in Atlanta. Nancy was a class officer, on the homecoming court, high school athlete and a 1980 graduate of Walton High School
George Walton Comprehensive High School
George Walton Comprehensive High School, usually referred to simply as "Walton High School," is public high school located in suburban Marietta, Georgia in the United States. It resides in eastern Cobb County and is a charter school in the Cobb County School District. It is a School of Excellence...
(Raiders) in Marietta, Georgia. Whittingslow then attended the University of Georgia (Bulldogs) and received a degree in Journalism (ABJ) in 1984. They married on May 28, 1988 at Primrose Cottage in historic Roswell, Georgia.
Campbell then moved to Florence, Alabama where he coached wide receivers and tight ends in football at the University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....
(Lions) under Head Coach Bobby Wallace. Randy was quickly moved to Quarterbacks Coach
Quarterbacks coach
A quarterbacks coach is a coach in charge of the quarterbacks in gridiron football. The quarterbacks coach typically operates under the offensive coordinator on a team's coaching staff....
then became Offensive Coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
. During his fourth and final season at University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....
Campbell's last signed recruit was Ronald McKinnon
Ronald McKinnon
Ronald McKinnon is an American football linebacker, currently a free agent in the NFL. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals out of the University of North Alabama where he won three division II National Championships...
from Elba, Alabama. McKinnon became the first and only defensive player ever to be awarded the Harlan Hill Award. The Harlan Hill Award is the NCAA Divion II equivalent to the Heisman Trophy given to the best player in the country. McKinnon went on to receive the Rookie of the Year Award in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
while playing for the Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and many other awards during the remainder of his career.
January 1992 Coach Pat Dye asked Randy to replace former Heisman Trophy winner Coach Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan (American football)
Patrick Joseph Sullivan is an American football coach and former player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 playing quarterback for the Auburn Tigers and then played in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan is currently the head coach at Samford University...
as Quarterbacks Coach for the Auburn Tigers. Coach Sullivan had recently resigned from Auburn to become the new Head Coach at Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
(Hornfrogs). Stan White
Stan White (quarterback)
Stan White is a former American football quarterback.-High School & College:A graduate of W. A. Berry High School in Hoover, Alabama. He went on to play quarterback at Auburn University where he started every game from his freshman year until his senior year, a total of 45 straight games...
and Patrick Nix
Patrick Nix
Patrick Nix is a college football coach and former player in the United States.-Player:Patrick Nix began his career at Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama. Nix was a standout quarterback at Auburn University, where he came in for an injured Stan White vs. Alabama to help lead the Tigers to a...
were two of the players Randy coached that season. Before the last game of that season, Coach Dye announced his retirement. Campbell decided to leave coaching as well, move to Birmingham,Alabama and begin a professional career in the life insurance and wealth management business.
Campbell joined Pittman Financial, Inc. as a career agent in the New England Life Insurance Company system. After only 9 months in the new position Randy was given a national recognition by New England as a member of the Rookie of the Year Team for sales performance.
The following year Campbell was recognized by the Birmingham News as a top young professional in the Birmingham-Metropolitan area in their annual Top 40 Under 40. He was also inducted in the Morgan County, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. The New England group was eventually purchase by Metropolitan Life Company where Campbell received every top honor awarded for performance during his nine years.
As an entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
Campbell formed his own company Campbell Wealth Management, LLC. based in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
where he serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
. Campbell Wealth Management, LLC provides strategies to help individuals, families, businesses and organizations preserve, leverage and transfer wealth. His team of professionals works with high net worth individual
High net worth individual
A high-net-worth individual is a person with a high net worth. In the private banking business, these individuals typically are defined as having investable assets in excess of US$1 million. As explained below, the U.S...
s and their professional advisors in the design and execution of wealth transfer strategies, charitable planning and business succession. He has also worked closely with Auburn University in the Charitable Planned Giving
Planned giving
Planned giving is an area of fundraising that refers to several specific gift types that can be funded with cash, equity, or property. These gift vehicles are commonly based on United States tax law, but Canada, the United Kingdom, and other nations are beginning to establish similar laws...
program helping raise millions of dollars which will benefit Auburn University in years to come. He and his wife Nancy are also featured on the Auburn website for their personal contribution to the Planned Giving Program at Auburn.
Additional Accomplishments
Campbell currently serves on several boards:- The Monday Morning Quarterback Club which benefits Birmingham's Children's Hospital
- The American Sports Medicine InstituteAmerican Sports Medicine InstituteAmerican Sports Medicine Institute located in Birmingham, Alabama was founded in 1986 by Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lawrence Lemak with original funding from HealthSouth Corporation...
founded by world-renown orthopedic surgeon Dr. James "Jim" AndrewsJames Andrews (physician)James Rheuben Andrews, M.D., born 1942 in Homer, Louisiana, is an orthopedic surgeon who practices at the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He also practices in Birmingham, Alabama at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center located at St....
which offers educational opportunities to professionals in the field of sports medicine as well as young people who aspire to become the sports medicine professionals of the future. - Partners Financial Advisory Board a subsidiary of National Financial Partners, Inc. (NYSE-NFP) a leading independent financial service firm.
Campbell also served as Co-Chair along with Mr. James "Jim" Rotch, Esq. for the Birmingham area during Auburn University's Capital Campaign. He was also a board member of Making Strides of Alabama, Inc. who's mission was to serve children with cerebral palsy through physical training at Children's Hospital. Campbell was a board member of Gifts, Inc. founded by Ms. Peggy England serving disadvantaged and ill children throughout the state of Alabama. Campbell and Kermit Kendrick, Esq. and former All- American defensive player for the University of Alabama also formed Legends for Children, Inc. a non-profit charitable organization that served underprivileged children in the state of Alabama.
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