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Steve Robinson is in his fifth year as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina and his 13th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff. He has been named one of the top 25 recruiters in college basketball three times in four seasons at Carolina. His primary responsibilities include scouting, recruiting and bench coaching. He helped recruit future NBA Draft Lottery picks Marvin Williams, Brandan Wright and Paul Pierce to Carolina and Kansas. Last season, the Tar Heels went 31-7 and won the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after earning a share of the conference regular season title. UNC ranked second in the nation in scoring offense at 85.7 points per game, the 11th time in as many years that Robinson has teamed Williams to coach a squad averaging 80 or more points. In 2005-06, Carolina played three freshmen in the starting lineup for much of the season, but won 23 games and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Forward Tyler Hansbrough received unprecedented honors at the national and ACC level for a freshman and Williams was the conference and NCAA Coach of the Year. In 2004-05, the Tar Heels went 33-4, won the ACC regular-season title and beat the No. 1 ranked team in the nation to win the NCAA championship. Robinson helped coach four players who were selected in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft, including Final Four MVP Sean May and ACC Rookie of the Year Marvin Williams. Raymond Felton won the Bob Cousy Award as the top point guard in the country. It was only the second time in NBA history one school had four players chosen in the top 14 selections of one draft. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the nation in scoring and assists, fifth in field goal accuracy and seventh in three-point shooting. In 2003-04, Robinson coached three different Tar Heels who led the ACC in scoring, rebounding and assists. Robinson was head coach at the University of Tulsa for two years (1995-97) and at Florida State University for five years (1997-2002). As head coach at Florida State, he led the Seminoles to the second round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament, becoming the first coach in school history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in his first season. The Seminoles went 18-14, beat No. 5-ranked Arizona, the defending national champions, and upset fifth-seeded TCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Robinson was head coach at Tulsa in 1995-96 and 1996-97. He led the Golden Hurricane to a 46- 18 record and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In his first year, Tulsa won 22 games and won the Missouri Valley Tournament for the first time in 10 years. In 1996- 97, Tulsa went 24-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For his efforts, Robinson was named the Coach of the Year in the WAC Mountain Division. The 24 wins were the second- most in Tulsa history. Robinson coached future NBA players Michael Ruffin and Shea Seals while at Tulsa. Robinson has a record of 297-81 (.786) on the bench with Williams. He was an assistant at Kansas from 1988-95 and in 2002-03, during which the Jayhawks posted a combined record of 214- 59. The Jayhawks won five Big Eight Conference regular-season titles and made Final Four appearances in 1991 and 1993. He was the team's academic coordinator; nine players made the Big Eight All-Academic Team and 37 had grade point averages of 3.0 or better. He coached a number of Kansas standouts, including first-team All- Americas Jacque Vaughn and Raef LaFrentz, All-Big Eight selections Kevin Pritchard, Mark Randall, Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters and Big Eight Newcomer of the Year Jerod Haase. Before joining Williams in 1988, Robinson spent two years as an assistant coach at Cornell and three seasons at his alma mater, Radford. In 1988, Cornell won the Ivy League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 35 years. A native of Roanoke, Va., Robinson graduated from William Fleming High School, and attended Ferrum Junior College, where he played basketball for two seasons. He was one of three student-athletes to receive Radford's first athletic scholarships, and was team captain in 1980 and 1981. He earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1981 and his master's degree in counseling in 1985, both from Radford. He is a member of both the Ferrum Junior College and Radford University Halls of Fame. Robinson was born Oct. 29, 1957. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children - daughters, Shauna and Kiaya, and sons, Tarron and Denzel. Tarron is a freshman at Carolina who will be a pitcher for the Tar Heel baseball team beginning in the Spring of 2008. |
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