Steve Robinson (basketball coach)
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Steve Robinson a native of Roanoke, Virginia, is an assistant college basketball
coach at the University of North Carolina
. He is the former head coach of the University of Tulsa
and Florida State University
. He has been an assistant to Roy Williams
for 13 years, including two stints at the University of Kansas
, 1988–1995 and 2002–2003, and at UNC-Chapel Hill since Williams' move from Kansas in 2003. Coach Robinson assisted Hall of Fame Coach Roy Williams, coaching UNC-Chapel Hill Men's Basketball Team, to winning the 2005 and 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championships.
As a head coach, Robinson lead his teams to the NCAA tournament
three times, once at FSU and twice with Tulsa. In 1997, he was named WAC
Mountain Division Coach of the year.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach at the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. He is the former head coach of the University of Tulsa
University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa is a private university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is currently ranked 75th among doctoral degree granting universities in the nation by US News and World Report and is listed as one of the "Best 366 Colleges" by...
and Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
. He has been an assistant to Roy Williams
Roy Williams (coach)
Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...
for 13 years, including two stints at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, 1988–1995 and 2002–2003, and at UNC-Chapel Hill since Williams' move from Kansas in 2003. Coach Robinson assisted Hall of Fame Coach Roy Williams, coaching UNC-Chapel Hill Men's Basketball Team, to winning the 2005 and 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championships.
As a head coach, Robinson lead his teams to the NCAA tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
three times, once at FSU and twice with Tulsa. In 1997, he was named WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
Mountain Division Coach of the year.