Jackie Randall (Randy) Vice, Jr.
309 Roseland Dr.,
Rainbow City, Alabama 35906
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 03-16-1965
Married: Tonya Williams Vice
Children: Jackie Randall Vice, III Age: 233
Victoria Lauren Vice, Age: 31
William Kelley Vice, Age: 20
Bentley Grant Vice, Age 15
Faith
Evangelical Christian
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Life Group Leader / Sunday School Teacher
Educational Information
Bachelor of Science in Education, Jacksonville State University,
Master of Arts, History, The University of Alabama,
Educational Specialists-Curriculum and Instruction, Lincoln Memorial University
Gifted Certification, Georgia Department of Educaiton
Advanced Placement Certification in United States History, AP European History, United States
Government, and Economics.
Professional Information
Current Employment:
Southside High School , 2017-Present
History Teacher, Coach, and Budget Committee member.
Rainbow City Council, Place 2 - 2020-Present
Etowah County Mega Complex Authority Board member - 2021-Present
Coosa High School, 1988-2017
Technology Consultant and Instructional Specialist for Basic Administrative Solutions, an educational consulting firm out of Rainbow City, Alabama.
Positions Held
Councilman Rainbow City, Place 2
Board Member, Etowah County Mega Complex Authority
Social Science Instructor-Budget Committee Member
Department Head and Leadership Team member
School Webmaster
Head Boys’ Soccer Coach, 27 years
Football , 10 non-consecutive years.
Yearbook Advisor
Academic Decathlon Coach, 24 years (19 county championships)
School Technology Lead (Trained in ICLAS and computer repair at FCBOE )
INTECH (redelivery) Instructor , Coosa High School
Former Employment
Youth Minister, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Glencoe,AL 2000-2007
Youth Minister, Calvary Baptist Church, Vincent, Alabama – 1985-87
Chemical Technician, NALCO Chemical Company, Gulf States Steel
Professional Accomplishments:
Floyd County Coach of the Year, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2013
Greater Gadsden Area Coach of the Year, 2018, 2020, 2022
Alabama High School All Star Game - Head Coach, North
Teacher of the Year, 2004
Star Teacher, 2000 and 2004
SOCCER / COACHING INFORMATION
Southside High School - 2017 to Present
Greater Gadsden Area Coach of the Year, 2018, 2020, 2022
2020 State Coach of the Year Runner-Up
Record at SHS
60-26-6
Started Middle School and Freshman Team to complement existing J.V. and Varsity programs.
Coosa High School Soccer, Rome, Georgia
1989-2006, 2008-2014, 2016
Southside High School, Gadsden,Alabama
2018-Present
Started the soccer program at Coosa High School which was the first program in Floyd County,Georgia .
Qualified for State Tournament play on seven different occasions and had several players
continue their careers in college.
On two separate occasion (1994 and 2001) also coached the Girls team. Playoff Appearances both seasons.
Overall HS Record: 227 Wins, 85 losses, 12 Draws
3 non-shared Region Titles and 1 Area Title,
4 additional shared Region Titles. (7AA Georgia)
3 Boys Region Coach of the Year
1 Girls Region Coach of the Year
2017 – Soccer Coordinator, Coosa High School, Georgia State Runner-Ups, Boys Soccer
Personal Statement of Qualifications:
Public Service Qualifications
I have been on the Rainbow City Council for 2 years and currently serve on the Etowah County Mega Sports Complex Board, an appointment I have held for 1.5 years. I am passionate about providing the citizens of Etowah County a quality venue for soccer, festivals, concerts, and other special events and have worked diligently over the past year and a half to help this facility come to fruition.
As a City Council Member I have tirelessly advocated for honest, open, and fair government. I work with an outstanding Mayor and fellow council men and women.
Academic Qualifications
I believe that the most important person in my class is the student. My only focus as an educator is to facilitate the learning of the student. I am an avid user of Google Classroom. Any software I am unfamiliar with I will be able to learn quickly and without extra intervention. As the technology lead person at Coosa High School, I led the first online voluntary homework lecture in Floyd County over Supply and Demand in 1996 via Webhost software. This was conducted at home and “attended” by 5 students. Since that time I have led several Distance Learning sessions for students who were unable to attend class for whatever reason.
I installed the first academic (non-vocational) computer lab at Coosa High School under Dr. Terry Lewis. I maintain the school website, have taught instructional webpage design to my colleagues, and worked with the county Social Studies teachers in developing a collaborative assessment using Google Documents. I am familiar with Microsoft, Google, Adobe and several other software suites and applications, both proprietary and open source. Before we had Google Classroom, 2010-11, I used ZOHO software in the A.P. Government Distance Learning classroom to streamline assignment collection and grading. I facilitate and/or instruct the majority of technology based staff development at Coosa High School and taught instructors and administrators from other county schools in my role as an INTECH instructor. As a classroom teacher, my Advanced Placement students had the highest scores in Floyd County in U.S. History and Government.
Athletic Qualifications
Soccer
Southside High School has qualified for the State Playoffs 4 of the 5 seasons I have been the head boys coach.
We were ranked #1 in the state in 202 when the season was terminated due to Covid 19.
I started the soccer program at Coosa High School which was the first program in Floyd County. We have qualified for State Tournament play on six different occasions and I have had several players continue their careers in college. I am a USSF licensed coach who has coached in the Coosa League and EYSA (Etowah Youth Soccer Association).
Football
I have coached Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Youth Football. I worked with offensive line, defensive ends, and special teams.
As a kicking coach I worked with Jorge Galvis who signed with Jacksonville State University and with Chris Jones punter for the Dallas Cowboys.
Softball
I coached the Girls’ Softball team at CHS for 3 seasons, 1991, 1992 and 1993. We qualified for the region tournament during all three seasons.
Baseball
I coached/managed the Alabama Bandits USSSA/BPA 14-U baseball team which won the BPA World Series and over 16 tournaments. During that time period I served in different capacities from head coach to “GM”. Current Major League players Todd Cunningham and Chase Whitley were on the roster as were collegiate/high school standouts Darius Rudolph, Frederick Gray, and Alabama State Pitcher of the Year, Trey Vice (Son).
RETIREMENT ARTICLES
2nd Retirement Article
SOCCER: Longtime coach Randy Vice steps down
May 18, 2014 (1)
Coosa soccer
Brittany Hannah
Coosa boys soccer assistant coach Ruben Maldonado (left) congratulates head coach Randy Vice on his 200th win as he waves to the stands after a game against Armuchee at Coosa High, April 12, 2013. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T)
Twenty-six years ago,
Randy Vice helped jumpstart the soccer movement in Floyd County.
East Rome and West ome both had soccer programs, as did Darlington.
Despite some athletic directors and principals scoffing at the idea to bring in soccer, Dr. Terry Lewis and Homer Mathis backed Vice and gave him the tools to bring the sport to the Floyd County school system. With soccer now firmly planted as a school sport throughout Northwest Georgia, Vice has officially stepped down from his position as head coach. “Looking back, (building soccer in the area) is something I’m proud of. I couldn’t have done it without a lot of great people and great kids. I’m proud of what Coosa High School has accomplished in bringing soccer into Northwest Georgia,” said Vice.
“We were directly involved with bringing it to Model, Armuchee and Pepperell. And we were indirectly involved with bringing it to schools like Rockmart and Cedartown in those areas. This is because our school has supported us and we’ve been able to build this.
“Now it’s the exception, not the rule that a school doesn’t have a soccer team. For Vice, the decision to leave this time is much easier than it was seven years ago, when he took one season away from the game.
“It’s weighed on my mind over the last two or three years and it’s time to go,” he continued.
“I’ve got three grandkids, another one on the way, a 7-year-old at home and a 12-year-old. As much as they love watching soccer games, I think they’d much rather me watch their sports and things of that nature. That’s what I’m going to commit myself to doing over the next few years. The last time I retired, I retired with a heavy heart.
“I knew I wanted to see my son play, but I felt like we had unfinished business. Since then, we’ve been to the playoffs seven of the last eight years. We’ve been ranked as high as No. 3. We’ve laid the framework for a lot of success and that’s all you can ask.”
While it was a bittersweet end to the season, with a second-round loss in the Class AA state playoffs, Vice can only look back and appreciate the support he and his team has received over the years.
“I can’t talk about any of this without mentioning the strong administrative support that I have now. Trevor Hubbard has been to almost every game the last couple of years,” Vice said. “That’s the key. If you say you have a soccer program and you just throw it out there and 15 people come, that’s tough on kids. But when they see their teachers out here and they see their principal and their administrators like they do here, that moves kids to do better.”
Looking back, it’s not just about the support from the administrators, but also the colleagues that helped Vice along the way.
“I’ve had some great mentors. Guys like Randy Nobles at Rome, Steve Davis, Gordon Nebble at Darlington who kind of took me by the hand about how to do things right and wrong. It’s been great. Guys like Andy Arnold at LaFayette,” Vice continued.
As for the team, Vice believes the Eagles will be in good hands.
“We’ve got a phenomenal guy coming on in Ruben Maldonado. I think he’s most likely going to take over the high school program. He’ll do a great job. They’ve got a great opportunity next year with the region changing, with Calhoun and Murray moving out,” he said.
“I’m excited to see what Reuben can do with (the program). I think it’s got nowhere to go but up.”
As Vice moves forward with life after soccer, his focus will still be on educating high schoolers and continuing his relationship with his family.
“I’ve coached five total athletes that have passed away. if I had made their life one iota better while they were here, then it’s all been worth it. I’m sure that’s something that can be echoed from any educator,” he noted.
“My wife has been a soccer widow for a several years and it’s about time she got her husband back.”
Vice finishes his career with just five losing seasons over his 25-year coaching career.
1st Retirement Article
Vice hangs up whistle for family
Sport
Jeff Gable, Rome News-Tribune Sports Write Apr 15, 2006 (0)
Vice hangs up whistle for family| Sport
Vice hangs up whistle for famil | Sport
Jeff Gable, Rome News-Tribune Sports Write Apr 15, 2006 (0)
Vice hangs up whistle for famil | Sport
It's one thing to say that your family matters more than anything else in life.
It's quite another to make career decisions based on that belief.
Long-time Coosa boys' soccer coach Randy Vice found it harder and harder to split time between his soccer family and his real family, so he finally came to a decision this year to retire after 18 years of leading the Eagles' program.
The veteran coach's final game was Friday night, when Coosa downed Adairsville 5-2.
'It really wasn't bittersweet until the last whistle,' Vice said of the final game of his coaching career. 'I looked at my assistant coach and just said 'well, that's it.' It was actually a little bit sad for me.'
However, no one can fault Vice for his reasons behind the decision to step down.
'My son plays baseball at Westbrook Christian School in Gadsden, Ala.,' Vice explained. 'I tried to not miss any of his games this year, but I've already missed three or four of them. I don't want to miss any next year when he's a senior.
'And my wife is expecting again,' he added. 'We lost a child about five and a half years ago, so I just really wanted to spend more time with her and my other children right now.
'Sometimes, you just have to make a family decision. This was easy to decide, but It's still tough to give up something you love like coaching.'
Vice said watching an opposing coach in a game midway through this season cemented a decision that he was still wrestling with.
'We were playing against Rome High in the Rome Classic Tournament, and I saw (Rome boys' coach) Randy Nobles coaching his son,' Vice said. 'That decided it for me.
'I realized after watching him coach his son (Aaron) that I needed to be home more watching mine.'
Nobles is one of several coaches that Vice listed as friends in a profession where coaches must often act as counselors, bus drivers, academic advisors and friends to their players, as well as being their coach.
'It's ironic that a lot of long-time coaches are retiring at about the same time,' Vice said. 'Steve (Davis, of Rome High) stepped down last year and Randy (Nobles) is retiring, too.
'Randy is a good friend, full of integrity. I've learned a lot from him. And (former Darlington coach) Gordon Neville was an inspiration to me. He had so much class and he was always a gentleman.
'I've developed a lot of friendships in coaching, with those guys and others like Andy Arnold (at LaFayette) and Roger Lowe (at Cartersville).'
Vice said while the games and seasons can tend to run together after a while, being involved with so many young players made his career a very rewarding one.
'Looking back, while It's hard to remember every kid you teach in class, I think I remember almost all of the ones I've coached in soccer,' Vice said. 'You think of all the good kids you've worked with.
'Some former players were at the game Friday, and that made it even more special. And it was great having a former player (Chris Shephard) as my assistant this season.'
While there were no state championships or victory parades in his time at Coosa, Vice said he didn't feel like he had to chase more wins to validate his career.
'I'm very comfortable with my decision,' he said. 'It's easy when you feel that you're doing the right thing.
'I just hope that down the line, I had a positive impact on the kids I coached.”