John Robic
John Robic (born August 10, 1963)
Teams coached: Youngstown State Penguins
Youngstown State record: 58-113 (.339)
Overall record: 58-113 (.339)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2021 | Kentucky (special asst) |
| 2009-2016 | Kentucky (asst) |
| 2005-2009 | Memphis (asst) |
| 1999-2005 | Youngstown State |
| 1988-1999 | UMass (asst) |
| 1986-1988 | Kansas (grad. asst) |
John Robic Facts
- John Robic
- Born August 10, 1963
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Denison University (BA, 1986)
- Graduated from North Hills HS in Pittsburgh before attending Walsh College (OH), where he played NAIA basketball for two seasons under head coaches Bob Huggins and Dan Peters
- Transferred to D-III Denison (OH), where he played for Mike Ehrenfried and was a D-III All-American as a senior in 1986
- Inducted into the North Hills High School HOF in 2004 and the Denison Athletic HOF in 2006
- Became a graduate assistant at Kansas in 1986, spending two seasons working under head coach Larry Brown
- Robic wart of the 1987-88 Jayhawks’ team that won the NCAA National Championship
- Joined the coaching staff at UMass in 1988, working as an assistant under another former KU staffer, John Calipari
- Although later vacated, UMass reached the NCAA Final Four in 1996 behind future NBA player Marcus Camby
- Worked with the Minutemen for eleven years in total, the last three coming under Bruiser Flint
- Hired in 1999 to be the head coach at Youngstown State, leading the Penguins for six seasons
- Had just one winning season in that tenure, winning 9 games or less in his last four years after the program joined the Horizon League
- Fired in 2005 following a painful 5-23 (2-14 Horizon) campaign
- Reunited with Calipari that same year, becoming an assistant coach at Memphis
- Part of another vacated Final Four, as the Tigers finished as NCAA Runners-up to Kansas in 2008
- Followed Calipari to Kentucky in 2009 and worked in the Wildcats program for the next 12 years
- Spent seven years as an assistant coach, including UK’s 2012 National Championship, and five as a special assistant before moving into an administrative, non-coaching role in August 2021
John Robic Coaching Tree
- Derek Kellogg (LIU/LIU Brooklyn, UMass)
- Eric Skeeters (Delaware State)
