Mayville State University Athletics

Comet baseball player Randy Vigen graduated from Mayville State in 1975 with a major in physical education and minors in business education and health education. He began his 41-year career as a teacher, coach, and athletic director at Central Valley School near Buxton, N.D. that year. He was the head football coach for 37 years, leading teams to the playoffs 14 times. His 1999 team won the state 9-man championship. He was named NDHSCA 9-Man Football Regional Coach of the Year eight times, Region Coach of the Year several times, and the NDHSCA 9-Man Coach of the Year in 1981. He was also the head coach for basketball at various levels. In 2011 he was inducted into the North Dakota High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He was recognized nationally with the Class Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Society of H.S. Scholars in 2004; the NSAA-USA Football Championships Award by USA Football in 2005; and was an American Football Coaches Association Power of Influence Award finalist in 2009 and 2010. He earned success as an athletic director as well as for coaching after being named the Central Valley AD in 1978. He was named district and region AD of the year several times. In 2012, he was honored as the NDHSCA State Class B Athletic Director of the Year. In 2015 he was inducted into the N.D. Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame. His leadership extended into various committees locally and statewide. In 2007, in honor of his accomplishments at Central Valley High School, the football field was named the Randy Vigen Field.