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American basketball coach
Montez Robinson
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamFort Valley State Wildcats
ConferenceSIAC
Record28–47 (.373)
Biographical details
BornBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1998–2000Kemper Military
2000–2002North Georgia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2005Truett McConnell (assistant)
2005–2011Kennesaw State (assistant)
2011–2015Bethune–Cookman (assistant)
2015–2020Alcorn State
2020–2021UT Martin (interim HC)
2022–presentFort Valley State Wildcats
Head coaching record
Overall105–149 (.413)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SWAC Coach of the Year (2017)
NABC District 23 Coach of the Year (2017)

Montez Robinson is an American college basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of Fort Valley State Basketball. He previously served as the interim. Head Coach of UT Martin Basketball.

Playing career

Robinson started his college career at Kemper Military, where he was a two-year starter and captain. He completed his playing career at North Georgia.

Coaching career

After graduation, Robinson started his coaching career at Truett McConnell, before joining Tony Ingle's staff at Kennesaw State, where he stayed until 2011. After five years on the staff of Bethune-Cookman, Robinson was named head coach at Alcorn State, taking over for Luther Riley.

In his first season with the Braves, Robinson guided the team from a ninth-place finish the seasons before to a second-place finish and 15–15 overall record. In 2016–17, Robinson was named SWAC Coach of the Year after another second-place finish for the Braves, and an 18–14 overall record.

In March 2020, director of athletics Derek Horne announced that the school would not renew Robinson's contract, ending his five-year tenure at Alcorn State.

On September 11, 2020, Stewart was hired by UT Martin as an assistant coach under Anthony Stewart. On November 17, two days after the sudden death of Stewart, Robinson was named the interim head coach of the Skyhawks for the 2020–21 season.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2015–2020)
2015–16 Alcorn State 15–15 13–5 2nd
2016–17 Alcorn State 18–14 13–5 2nd
2017–18 Alcorn State 11–21 7–11 8th
2018–19 Alcorn State 10–21 6–12 T–7th
2019–20 Alcorn State 15–15 11–7 T–4th
Alcorn State: 69–86 (.445) 50–40 (.556)
UT Martin Skyhawks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2020–2021)
2020–21 UT Martin 8–16 6–14 T–9th
UT Martin: 8–16 (.333) 6–14 (.300)
Total: 77–102 (.430)

References

  1. "Robinson Wins Coach of the Year; Vance Earns All-Conference First-Team, Johnson Second-Team".
  2. "Robinson, Johnson Pick-Up NABC All-District Honors".
  3. ^ Bidwell, Jeff (November 17, 2020). "Robinson named UT Martin Interim Basketball Coach". WPSD. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. "Alcorn State University Athletics".
  5. "Kennesaw State Athletics".
  6. "Alcorn State parts ways with head men's basketball coach Montez Robinson". Coaches Database. 23 March 2020.
  7. "MONTEZ ROBINSON JOINS UT MARTIN MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AS AN ASSISTANT COACH" (Press release). UT Martin Skyhawks. September 11, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
Alcorn State Braves head basketball coaches
UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball head coaches

# denotes interim head coach

Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year


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