LHS Head Football Coach and Athletic Director
Randy McPherson
Coach McPherson is a 1979 graduate of Lake Worth High School in Lake Worth, Florida. He has a B.S. in Education from Bethel College in Kansas, where he played football and was named All-American in 1982. Coach McPherson was a graduate assistant at Bethel College in 1983. In 1984, he assisted at Madison County High School. In 1985, he was an assistant coach for Suwannee High School. He then returned to Madison and served as an assistant from 1986-1995. Eight of those years he was the Defensive Coordinator. He took over as Head Coach in 1996.
McPherson coached Madison County High, in Madison, Florida, to its first District Title in 1996. For the next five years in a row, his team held that title. They appeared in 21 playoff games including two State Championship Games, winning it in 2001. In 2002 he became the head coach and athletic director at Lowndes High School. In his first year, he led his Viking team to the first round of playoffs. Coach McPherson then led the Vikings to the second round in 2003. In 2004 he coached his team to a perfect 15-0 season and obtained the AAAAA State Championship title. The 2004 team never trailed in game and they had 6 shut-outs.
In 2005 Coach McPherson and his Viking team made LHS history by winning back-to-back State Championship titles. The team completed the season with a 14-1 record.
During his coaching career, Coach McPherson has won 8 Region Championships. Has completed 4 Undefeated Regular Seasons and now has 3 State Championships wins. He has received Florida Coach of The Year honors twice. Since coming to Lowndes he has received the 2004 Overall Coach of the Year Award from the Atlanta Touchdown Club, the 2005 GACA Overall Coach of the Year Award, 2004 Athletic Director of the Year Award and the 2005 Athletic Director of the Year Award. His overall coaching record is 137-21, with a winning percentage of .867. Coach McPherson's record at Lowndes is 66-12, with a winning percentage of .846. His family includes wife, Deonne, a teacher at Parker Mathis Elementary, son Will, 20, a student and player at Georgia Military College, and son Mitch, 14, an 8th grade student and member of the Hahira Middle School football team. They are members of the First Methodist Church of Lake Park.
You can view how Coach McPherson's record stacks up aginst past Viking coaches on the coach history page.
Congratulations to Coach McPherson for being named the 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution AAAAA Coach of the Year, the 2007 Georgia Sports Writers AAAAA Coach of the Year, and the 2007 Touchdown Club of Atlanta Division AAAAA Coach of the Year!
Assistant Head Coach/Linebacker Coach
Terry Quinn
Terry is a 1990 Graduate of Port St. Joe High School and a 1995 graduate of the University of Louisville with a B.S. degree in Sports Management. He was named best Defensive Back and Team Captain his senior year at Louisville and signed with the Buffalo Bills in 1995. Terry received his Masters Degree from Troy State University in 2005.
He served one season at Apalachicola High School where he was the receivers coach and also coached the defensive backs. From 1998-2003, Coach Quinn was the Defensive Coordinator at Liberty County High School. While there, he coached receivers and defensive backs. Coach Quinn also coaches the Varsity Boys Basketball Team at LHS. His family includes wife, Tina, a teacher at Dewar Elementary and son T.J.-4.
