Steve Robinson (basketball coach)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant Head Coach |
| Team | North Carolina |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 29, 1957 Roanoke, Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Radford |
| 1980–1981 | Ferrum College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1986 | Radford (asst.) |
| 1986–1988 | Cornell (asst.) |
| 1988–1995 | Kansas (asst.) |
| 1995–1997 | Tulsa |
| 1997–2002 | Florida State |
| 2002–2003 | Kansas (asst.) |
| 2003–present | North Carolina (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 110–104 (.514) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3× NCAA Tournament appearances (1996–1998) | |
| Awards | |
| Radford Hall of Fame (1997) | |
Steve Robinson (born October 29, 1957), a native of Roanoke, Virginia, and a graduate of Radford University, 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 20 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.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (MVC) (1995–1996) | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | Tulsa | 23–8 | 12–6 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (WAC) (1996–1997) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Tulsa | 23–10 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| Tulsa: | 46–18 (.719) | 24–10 (.706) | |||||||
| Florida State Seminoles (ACC) (1997–2002) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Florida State | 18–14 | 6–10 | T-6th | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 1998–99 | Florida State | 13–17 | 5–11 | T-7th | |||||
| 1999–00 | Florida State | 12–17 | 6–10 | T-6th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Florida State | 9–21 | 4–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Florida State | 12–17 | 4–12 | T-7th | |||||
| Florida State: | 64–86 (.427) | 25–55 (.313) | |||||||
| Total: | 110–104 (.514) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Robinson grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and attended William Fleming High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical science from Radford University in 1981, followed by a master's degree in counseling in 1985. Robinson and his wife, Lisa, have four children: daughters Shauna and Kiaya and sons Tarron and Denzel. Denzel played two seasons for the Tar Heels.