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Randy Hinson
Hinson in 1940
Biographical details
Born(1912-07-23)July 23, 1912
Kershaw, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 2006(2006-05-24) (aged 93)
Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football, baseball
1933–1936Clemson
PositionHalfback (football)[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1939–40, 1946–47Clemson
Football
1944–1947Clemson (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall58–19–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • SoCon Coach of the Year (1947)
  • Second-team All-SoCon (1934)
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Branch
United States Army
Service years
1941–1964
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit755th Tank Battalion
82nd Airborne Division[2]
Conflicts
World War II
Korean War

Claude Randolph Hinson Sr (July 23, 1912 – May 24, 2006) was a United States Army colonel and college football and baseball coach.

Born in Kershaw, South Carolina, in 1912, Hinson attended Clemson College, where he played football and baseball. He graduated from Clemson with a degree in agricultural economics in 1936. In 1939 and 1940, he returned to Clemson to coach the baseball team and the freshman football team, before being drafted by the United States Army in 1941.[3] During World War II, he served as an adviser to the French expeditionary force in North Africa and in Italy with the 755th Tank Battalion.[2]

After the war, he returned to Clemson as a baseball and football coach. In 1947, the baseball team won the Southern Conference championship and qualified for the inaugural NCAA baseball tournament. Hinson was named SoCon baseball coach of the year.[4]

Hinson then returned to the Army, serving in the Korean War, working with the International Military Sports Council in Germany, and was infantry representative to the U.S. Army Engineer School, retiring in 1964. Hinson taught the U.S. government and coached golf at Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia, until 1979.[2]

Death

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Hinson's gravesite in May 2026

On May 24, 2006, Hinson passed away at Inova Hospital Mount Vernon, located in Fairfax County, due to congestive heart failure and recurrent pneumonia.[2] Hinson is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[5]

Head coaching record

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Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Clemson Tigers (Independent/Southern Conference) (1939–40, 1946–47)
1939 Clemson 10–7
1940 Clemson 12–2–2
1946 Clemson 12–5
1947 Clemson 24–513–21stNCAA Eastern Playoff
Total:58–19–2 (.747)

Honors

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Player

  • Second–team All-Southern Conference football team: 1934[6]

Coach

Notes

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  1. ↑ Only 4 teams played in each region.

References

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  1. ↑ "Hampden-Sydney Checks Virginia; Tech Yields In Last Period; Presidents and Commodores Play Tie Games With Strong Foes". Virginia Chronicle. Norfolk Virginia-Pilot. September 29, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Claude Randolph Hinson Sr. Army Colonel, Coach". The Washington Post. June 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tiger Baseball Coach Drafted" (PDF). Clemson University. The Tiger. January 14, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  4. ↑ Blackman, Sam; Bradley, Bob; Kriese, Chuck; Vandervort, Will (2013). Clemson: Where the Tigers Play. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-61321-356-8.
  5. ↑ "Claude Randolph Hinson's Memorial". www.vlm.cem.va.gov. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Only 1 Va. Athlete Makes All-Southern". Newspapers.com. The Free Lance–Star. November 27, 1934. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
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