Les Robinson
Les Robinson (born September 23, 1942)
Teams coached: The Citadel Bulldogs, East Tennessee State Buccaneers, NC State Wolfpack
The Citadel record: 132-162 (.449)
East Tennessee State record: 81-70 (.536)
NC State record: 78-98 (.443)
Overall record: 291-330 (.469)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1989, 1990, 1991)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 1 (1990)
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 2 (1989, 1990)
Awards:
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 2 (1979, 1990)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1990-1996 | NC State |
| 1985-1990 | East Tennessee State |
| 1974-1985 | The Citadel |
| 1969-1974 | The Citadel (asst) |
| 1968-1969 | Western Carolina (grad. asst) |
| 1964-1966 | NC State (student asst) |
Les Robinson Facts
- Les Robinson
- Born September 23, 1942
- Hometown: St. Albans, West Virginia
- Alma Mater: North Carolina State University (BS, 1965) / Western Carolina University (MA, 1969)
- Played at NC State for head coach Everett Case then spent two years as a student assistant under Press Maravich
- Spent two years as the head coach at Cedar Key School in Cedar Key, Florida
- Was a grad assistant on Jim Gudger’s staff at Western Carolina for a year before joining Dick Campbell’s staff at The Citadel
- Stayed on the staff for five years, the last two under new Bulldogs’ head coach George Hill
- Took over as head coach of The Citadel in 1974, leading the program for the next 11 seasons
- Left for East Tennessee State in 1985, coaching the Buccaneers for five seasons and serving as the school’s athletic director for the last four years of that tenure
- Went 81-70 in five seasons, winning one SoCon title and two SoCon Tournaments
- Was hired as the head basketball coach at his alma mater NC State in 1990, coaching the Wolfpack for six seasons
- Only had one winning season during his time as head coach, going 78-98 overall
- Stepped down as coach in 1996 to become the athletic director at the school, a position he had for four years
- Returned to The Citadel in 2000 to be the athletic director for the next eight years until his retirement in 2008
- Inducted into the ETSU Hall of Fame (2006), The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame (2012) and the SoCon Hall of Fame (2018)
- Along with his wife, Barbara, has four children
Les Robinson Coaching Tree
- Eddie Biedenbach (UNC Asheville)
- Ed Conroy (Tulane, The Citadel, Francis Marion)
- Brian Lane (Transylvania)
- Alan LeForce (Coastal Carolina (w), East Tennessee State)
- Randy Nesbit (The Citadel)
- Buzz Peterson (UNC Wilmington, Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Tennessee, Tulsa)
- Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern, Queens NC)
- Dereck Whittenburg (Fordham, Wagner)
