Rand Chappell

Rand Chappell is an American college basketball coach and in his second year as the assistant head coach at Eastern Illinois University. Chappell has marked a career head coaching record of 358-203, led six teams to the NCAA Division II National Tournaments and won more than 20 games in each season for 12 consecutive years.

Early career

Chappell played for Charlie Spoonhour at Missouri State University and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Mississippi and Missouri State University. Chappell spent three seasons (1989-1993) as an assistant coach at Southwest Baptist University under head coach Jerry Kirksey where he helped guide the 1990-1991 team to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

He began his head coaching career in 1993 when he was hired as head coach at Labette CC in Parsons, Kansas. In his two seasons at Labette Chappell posted a 45-17 record, led the Redbirds to consecutive Independent Tournament Championships and reached the NJCAA Region VI Tournament both seasons.