Steve Robinson (basketball)

Steve Robinson

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Arizona
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1957-10-29) October 29, 1957 (age 67) Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1978–1980	Ferrum JC
1980–1981	Radford
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1986	Radford (assistant)
1986–1988	Cornell (assistant)
1988–1995	Kansas (assistant)
1995–1997	Tulsa
1997–2002	Florida State
2002–2003	Kansas (assistant)
2003–2021	North Carolina (assistant)
2021–present	Arizona (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	110–104
Tournaments	2–3 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MVC tournament (1996)
Awards
WAC Coach of the Year (1997) Assistant Coach Hall of Fame (2019) [1]

Steve Arnette Robinson (born October 29, 1957) is an American college basketball coach. He is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Arizona. Robinson served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Tulsa from 1995 to 1997 and Florida State University from 1997 to 2002. He was an assistant to Roy Williams for 26 years, including two stints at the University of Kansas (1988–1995 and 2002–2003), and at North Carolina following Williams's move from Kansas in 2003. Robinson assisted the North Carolina Tar Heels to three NCAA Division tournament titles, in 2005, 2009, and 2017. As a head coach, Robinson led his teams to the NCAA tournament three times, twice with Tulsa and once with Florida State. In 1997, he was named WAC Mountain Division Coach of the year.^[2]

Early life and family

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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1995–1996)
1995–96	Tulsa	23–8	12–6	3rd	NCAA Division I first round
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–1997)
1996–97	Tulsa	23–10	12–4	2nd	NCAA Division I second round
Tulsa:		46–18 (.719)	24–10 (.706)
Florida State Seminoles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1997–2002)
1997–98	Florida State	18–14	6–10	T–6th	NCAA Division I 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)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "STEVE ROBINSON INDUCTED INTO ASSISTANT COACHES HALL OF FAME". GoHeels.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
2. "STEVE ROBINSON". GoHeels.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.

External links

• North Carolina Tar Heels bio
• Kansas Jayhawks bio