Before he was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs player personnel and scouting department, working as the pro personnel scouting assistant for the past four years, Randy Ball spent time coaching at both the high school and collegiate levels.
Ball has made his life’s work about football ever since he graduated from Columbia (Mo.) Hickman High School back in 1969. He played collegiately at Northeast Missouri State (now known as Truman State) from 1969-72 and was a part of three league championship teams, and he was a two-time All-Conference offensive guard and captain.
When his playing days were over, Ball began a coaching career that has spanned almost five decades, and the success he’s had is why the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame decided to induct him into the Hall of Fame this year, with a ceremony Monday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri.