Craig Robinson (born April 21, 1962)
Teams coached: Brown Bears, Oregon State Beavers
Brown record: 30-28 (.517)
Oregon State record: 94-105 (.472)
Overall record: 124-133 (.482)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Championships: 1 (2009)
- CBI Appearances: 5 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Awards:
- Ivy League Player of the Year: 2 (1982, 1983)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2017-2020 | New York Knicks (VP, player dev) |
| 2016-2017 | Milwaukee Bucks (VP, player dev) |
| 2008-2014 | Oregon State |
| 2006-2008 | Brown |
| 2000-2006 | Northwestern (asst) |
| 1988-1990 | IIT (asst) |
Craig Robinson Facts
- Craig Malcolm Robinson
- Born April 21, 1962
- Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Princeton University (BA, 1983) / University of Chicago (MBA, 1992)
- Grew up on Chicago’s South Shore, where he was valedictorian at Mount Carmel HS
- His younger sister is former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, making Robinson the brother-in-law of Former President of the United States Barack Obama
- Played at Princeton for legendary head coach Pete Carril; twice named Ivy League POY
- Was encouraged by Carril to pursue business after a brief professional career
- Got his MBA from UChicago and worked in finance and banking industries
- Coached the University of Chicago Lab School (HS) team for one season and was an assistant at Illinois Institute of Technology for two years
- Started his college coaching career in 2000, working on fellow Carril disciple Bill Carmody‘s staff at Northwestern for six years
- Spent two seasons as the head coach at Brown, improving the Bears team from 10-17 before he arrived to 19-10 and a CBI berth by his second year
- Hired by Oregon State in April 2008, taking over a team that went 6-25 (0-18) in 2007-08
- Went 18-18 and won the 2009 CBI Championship in his first season
- Led the Beavers to four CBI appearances in six years, but never finished higher than 5th in the Pac-12 standings
- Fired from his position in May 2014, receiving a $4 million buyout for the remainder of his contract
- Worked at ESPN as a college basketball analyst for the 2014-15 season
- Spent one year in the Milwaukee Bucks front office and then spent three years in the New York Knicks front office as VP of Player/Organization Development
- In July 2020, the NABC announced that Robinson was succeed Jim Haney as the organization’s Executive Director
- Along with his wife, Kelly, has two sons, as well as a son and daughter from a previous marriage
Craig Robinson Coaching Tree
- Jess Agel (Brown)
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
