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After engineering one of the nation’s best single-season Several players earned all-conference and all-academic honors THE CRAIG ROBINSON FILE turnarounds in his first year at Oregon State, Craig Robinson in Robinson’s first year, led by Roeland Schaftenaar, who was PERSONAL enters his second season at the helm of the Beavers men’s named honorable mention all-league and was an academic Born: April 21, 1962 (, Ill.) basketball program. All Pac-10 Conference selection. Calvin Haynes also earned Family: wife - Kelly, son - Avery, daughter - Leslie honorable mention all-league honors as Seth Tarver was named In his first season at Oregon State, Robinson helped lead a to the honorable mention all-defensive squad. EDUCATION remarkable turnaround that culminated in the Beavers captur- A.B., Sociology, , 1983 ing the College Basketball Invitational post-season tournament The first year coach also saw success on the recruiting trail as M.B.A., Finance, University of Chicago title with a best-of-three series win over UTEP. With the the Beavers add five student-athletes for the 2009-10 school Graduate School of Business, 1992 championship, the Beavers captured the first postseason men’s year. The class is one of the most decorated in program history basketball title in school history. and is ranked in the top 25 in the nation by several recruiting CRAIG ROBINSON’S DIVISION I services. HEAD COACHING CAREER Under Robinson, Oregon State finished the season with an YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONF. POST. 18-18 record and had one of the greatest turnarounds in the Prior to joining Oregon State, Robinson spent two years as the 2006-07 Brown 11-18 6-8 nation as the plus-12 win total from the previous year ranked head coach at Brown, leading a revival of the Bears program as - Coach of the Year No. 3 in the country. The 18 wins were the most for Oregon he guided the squad to a school-record 19 victories in his final 2007-08 Brown 19-10 11-3 CBI State since the 1989-90 season (22) as Robinson was named season. In his second year at Brown, Robinson led the Bears - School record for wins. District IX Coach of the Year by the Basketball to their fourth ever post-season tournament berth, competing 2008-09 Oregon State 18-18 7-11 CBI Writers Association. in the CBI. Robinson’s team posted an 11-3 Ivy League mark, - Captured first postseason title in school history second best in school history, and good for second place in the - Named District IX Coach of the Year Along the way, Oregon State captured seven Pac-10 games conference standings. Robinson won more games (30) in his and swept four contests from California and Stanford, marking first two years than any other head coach in Brown basketball ADDITIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE the first time since the 1989-90 season the Beavers have history. 1988-90, Institute of Technology, Assistant Coach swept the two schools in the same year. The seven conference 1999-2000, University of Chicago HS, Head Coach wins were the most for the program since the 2004-05 season. 2000-06, Northwestern University, Assistant Coach

HEAD BASKETBALL COACH OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008-PRESENT • Captured the CBI postseason title during 2008-09 season, the first postseason men’s basketball title in school history. • Named District IX Coach of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association. • In his first year, team improved by 12 wins overall and seven in conference play. The 12-win improvement ranked No. 3 in the nation.

HEAD BASKETBALL COACH BROWN UNIVERSITY, 2006-2008 • Set school record for wins(19) in the 2007-08 season. • Won more games (30) in his first two years than any other head coach in Brown basketball history. • Led Brown to its fourth ever post-season appearance in 2008 (CBI). • Named Rhode Island Coach of the Year for 2007-08. • Posted the highest winning percentage (.645) since 1945. • Improved from fifth to second in the Ivy League in just one season (06-07 to 07-08). The finish was the highest for the school since 2004. • Led team to an 11-3 record in Ivy League play, the second-most wins ever in conference play. • Earned the school’s first-ever sweep of Penn/Princeton on the road, as well as its first-ever season sweep of Penn and Princeton. • Named 2007 Ivy League “Coach of the Year” by BasketballU.com.

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Robinson made an immediate impact on the Brown basketball team in his first year at the helm of the program as he was QUOTEBOOK... RECRUITING named the Ivy League Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year by “I’ve known Craig for more than 20 years, and he is one I have recruited and will continue to recruit locally, nationally BasketballU.com. of the new breed of up-and-coming college coaches with and internationally. Given my extensive relationships, I will playing experience, mastery of X’s and O’s and the ability to recruit skillful, athletic and intelligent players whose goals In his first season at Brown, Robinson guided the Bears to an recruit nationally and internationally.” are to win and learn. The players I recruit will be multi- improved 11-18 mark, 6-8 in the Ivy League, finishing fifth in – Steve Mills, President, New York Knicks dimensional and athletic. There will be a bias toward good the conference. He led the Bears to a stunning 51-41 victory shooters and defenders. Big men will be skillful runners who over Providence College, limiting the Friars to 14 second-half “Craig Robinson did a great job in recognizing the potential are comfortable on the perimeter. I have also spearheaded points and 18-percent shooting from the floor in the second (for Sterling Williams, Whitney Young High School blue the development of an Internet-based recruiting tool that is half (4-of-22). His Brown team also limited NCAA-bound Michi- chipper) and getting to him early and getting him to commit currently being used by various Division I programs across gan State to 45 points, its lowest point total of the season. to Northwestern.” the country. – Jerry Krause, former GM, Chicago Bulls Prior to Brown, Robinson worked at Northwestern, where This tool enables me and my staff to communicate on a reg- he spent six seasons with the Wildcats under head coach “It’s hard not to talk to Oregon State head coach Craig ular, systematic basis with hundreds of recruits annually. My Bill Carmody (former head coach at Princeton). Robinson’s Robinson and walk away not being impressed. ” ability to recruit talented players is based on my tremendous relationship with Carmody dates to the 1982-83 season when - Andy Katz, ESPN.com communication skills bolstered by my skills in evaluating and as a senior captain, he led Princeton to the second round of developing talent. This enables me to target prospects earlier the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, Carmody’s first year COACH ROBINSON ON... and provide them with an honest evaluation of where they as an assistant coach with the Tigers. COACHING PHILOSOPHY fit in my plans. I believe that this up-front honesty is key to My coaching philosophy is to win championships, develop getting in early with recruits and their families. At Northwestern, Robinson developed and implemented his student-athletes for the next level both on and off the local, national and international recruiting technology. He was court and create and maintain a positive culture within my My recruiting successes include: Michael Thompson, a for- an integral part of Northwestern’s dramatic turnaround, helping program. I will accomplish this using: mer McDonald’s All-American and Duke transfer who chose the Wildcats to the most wins in a four-year period in school • local, national and international recruiting Northwestern over Notre Dame, UCLA, Texas and Ohio State; history at the time with 57 victories from the 2001-2002 to the • up-tempo, unselfish offensive schemes T.J. Parker, who was recruited by Marquette and Georgia 2004-2005 seasons. Robinson also helped Northwestern finish • 100% student-athlete graduation Tech; and Vedran Vukusic, who turned down a pro contract ninth in the nation in scoring defense (58.8 points per game) • disciplined, team-oriented defense to play for Northwestern. in 2005-2006. • fundamental basketball skills My successful playing, coaching and professional experi- ACADEMICS A 1983 graduate of Princeton with an AB (Arts of a Bachelor ences will play an integral and unique role in achieving these Academics will never be compromised. My goal is to have degree) in Sociology, Robinson is considered one of the top goals as a head coach. a 100% graduation rate. I will recruit student athletes who players in Ivy League history. He ranks fourth on Princeton’s have graduation at the top of their priority list. My philosophy all-time scoring list with 1,441 points and led the Ivy League in STYLE OF PLAY will be supplemented with very disciplined requirements field goal percentage in 1982 (.577) and 1983 (.642). I will coach to the strengths of the players I recruit. The enforced by the coaching staff. The academic coaches will foundation of my game plan will be an up-tempo, unselfish supervise mandatory study halls on and off the road. Tutors Robinson was also the league’s first two-time honoree as Ivy offense anchored by a disciplined, team-oriented defense. will be allowed to travel with the team. Players will under- League Player of the Year, sharing the honor in 1982 before My staff and I will teach our players offensive and defensive stand that academics are equally as important as athletics. winning it outright in 1983. He played under legendary Princ- fundamentals emphasizing an unselfish philosophy. This is eton coach Pete Carrill, leading the Tigers to two NCAA Men’s extremely important today with respect to the lack of funda- Basketball Championship appearances during his tenure (1981 mentals taught to student-athletes before college, in addition and 1983). His 16 rebounds in a NCAA tournament win over to the influx of fundamentally sound international players. Oklahoma State in 1983 rank fifth in the Ivy League record book for NCAA games.

After graduating from Princeton with a degree in sociology, Robinson was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the fourth round of the 1983 NBA draft. He played two seasons with the Manchester (England) Giants of the European Basketball League. In addition, he served as the assistant to the general manager and public relations officer for Manchester.

Robinson began his coaching career as an assistant coach at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1988-90. He was responsible for offense implementation, game strategy, recruit- ing and advance scouting. He was also the head coach at the University of Chicago High School in 1999-2000.

Robinson, who also has a MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1992), took a hiatus from coaching and went into private business in 1990. He was a Vice President for Continental Bank from 1990-92, Vice President for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter from 1992-99 and then Managing Director for Loop Capital Markets before he made his move to Northwestern.

Robinson and his wife Kelly have a son, Avery, and a daughter, Leslie.

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Doug Stewart enters his second season as an assistant coach Prior to joining Oregon State, Stewart spent two years as an Prior to Brown, Stewart was the head coach at Casper College, with the Oregon State men’s basketball program after serving assistant coach at Brown. While at Brown, Stewart helped lead a Division I Junior College in Casper, Wyo., for two years (2004- two seasons as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Brown. a turnaround of the program as the Bears recorded a school- 06) after serving as the top assistant coach at Casper during the record 19 victories in 2007-08 and earned their fourth-ever 2003-2004 season. As an assistant coach, Casper captured the In his first year at Oregon State, Stewart helped lead a remark- post-season tournament berth, competing in the inaugural Col- central sub-regional title. As head coach, his team either won or able turnaround that saw the Beavers capture the College Bas- lege Basketball Invitational. Brown posted an 11-3 Ivy League came within one game of winning the regional title each year. ketball Invitational championship for the first postseason men’s mark, second best in school history, and finished second place basketball title in school history. In all, Oregon State won 12 in the conference standings. At Casper, he was responsible for all aspects of the program more games than the previous season as the turnaround ranked including national and international recruiting, practices, scout- No. 3 in the nation. In his first season at Brown, Stewart helped lead Brown to an ing reports, game plans and working with the community and improved 11-18 mark, including a win over Providence. In addi- booster clubs. Under Stewart’s guidance, Oregon State brought in one of the tion, the Bears held Michigan State to 45 points, its lowest point most decorated recruiting classes in school history as the Bea- total of the season. A native of Haddonfield, N.J., Stewart was an assistant coach at vers added five new student-athletes for the 2009-10 season. Columbia for the 2002-2003 season where he developed post The group, which consists of several top 100 players, is ranked During his time in the position, Stewart served as the recruiting players, administered the strength and conditioning program, among the nation’s best by many recruiting services. coordinator and supervised strength, conditioning and academic coordinated school, home and campus visits, recruited on a na- performance and assisted with all other aspects of coaching and tional basis and developed practice plans. He was part of the player development. staff at Columbia that led the nation in scoring defense.

He also worked as the top assistant coach at Washington and Lee University in 2002 and was a player/coach and organiza- tional representative for the Washington Generals from 1994- 1999.

Stewart was a four-year letter-winner and team captain at Brown, graduating in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in econom- ics. He was the recipient of the 1994 Thomas Hoagland Award, presented annually to the member of the varsity team who exemplifies true unselfishness through commitment and hard work both on the court and in the community.

He and his wife, Lindsay, reside in Corvallis.

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Nate Pomeday enters his second season as an assistant coach Prior to arriving at Lake Forest, Pomeday served as the head Pomeday attended Northwestern University where he was a with the Oregon State men’s basketball program. coach at Calumet College (Ind.) of St. Joseph, where he was stand-out guard for the Wildcats for four seasons. In addition to the head coach for four seasons. When he was named as the his four years on the court for the Wildcats, Pomeday has spent In his first year at Oregon State, Pomeday helped lead a re- head coach for the start-up NAIA Division II program in August the past four seasons serving as the color commentator for the markable turnaround that saw the Beavers capture the College 2000, Pomeday was the youngest head men’s basketball coach men’s basketball program on WGN Radio. Basketball Invitational championship. The title was the first in the nation. postseason men’s basketball championship in school history. In Pomeday graduated from Northwestern in 1999 with a bach- all, Oregon State won 12 more games than the previous season While at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Pomeday produced an elor’s degree in communication studies and is expected to re- as the turnaround ranked No. 3 in the nation. increase in wins each year and brought the program to the up- ceive a master’s degree in sports administration from the school per echelon of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. later this month. At Oregon State, Pomeday assists in all aspects of the program During his four seasons, several players were named CCAC all- including national and international recruiting, scouting reports, conference, one earned NAIA Div. II All-America honors while The native of Cedar Grove, Wisc., resides in the Corvallis area game plans, practices and working with community and booster two former student-athletes are currently playing professionally with his wife, Heidi. clubs. in the International Basketball League.

Pomeday also helped Oregon State bring in one of the most dec- His additional coaching experience includes working with Full orated recruiting classes in school history as the Beavers added Package Athletics, Inc., where Pomeday served as the Director five new student-athletes for the 2009-10 season. The group, of Basketball Operations for two years and has served as the which consists of several top 100 players, is ranked among the head coach for the Under-17 AAU team since June 2006. nation’s best by many recruiting services.

Prior to joining Oregon State, Pomeday served as an assistant coach at Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy.

In three seasons at Lake Forest Academy, Pomeday helped lead the squad to three straight League titles as the squad finished 24-10 in 2007-08. Under his guidance, where he specialized in skill development for junior varsity and varsity basketball players, several members of the program went on to receive Division I men’s basketball scholarships.

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David Grace enters his second season as an assistant coach with Prior to Oregon State, Grace served as an assistant coach at Grace also coached the Compton Magic in 2005 and 2006. the Oregon State men’s basketball program. the University of San Francisco for one season. In addition to With the Magic, Grace helped develop players Lawrence Hill his collegiate coaching experience, Grace served as the head (Stanford), Joey Shaw (Indiana), Harvey Perry (Washington), In his first year at Oregon State, Grace helped lead a remarkable coach at South Mountain High School in Phoenix, Ariz., for two Christian Polk (Arizona State), Ray Murdock (San Diego), James turnaround that saw the Beavers capture the College Basketball seasons, where he led the Jaguars to a 5A Div. II state cham- Anderson (BYU), Nkem Ojougboh (Northeastern), Tim Maiden Invitational championship for the first postseason men’s basket- pionship. The team went 29-4 and the state title was the first (Texas-San Antonio), Bryson Krueger (Arizona State), Devon ball championship in school history. In all, Oregon State won 12 for South Mountain since 1992. In addition, he led the team to Evertsen (Grand Canyon via Boston College), Luis Ahmundson more games than the previous season as the turnaround ranked a state playoff appearance in 2004-05. One year prior to his (Sacramento Kings) and Derek Wabbington (Harlem Globetrot- No. 3 in the nation. arrival, South Mountain had finished just 4-17. ters) among others.

Grace, who assists in all aspects of the Oregon State program, A native of Aberdeen, Md., Grace was head coach of the Arizona Prior to his stint at South Mountain, Grace spent four years was instrumental in bringing in one of the most decorated Magic in 2004, leading the team to a national ranking of 21st (2000-04) as an assistant varsity coach at Trevor Browne High recruiting classes in school history as the Beavers added five and an eighth place finish at the Big Time Tournament in Las School in Phoenix. That team reached the Final Four in 2003, new student-athletes for the 2009-10 season. The group, which Vegas. The eighth-place finish was the best in the history of any and was ranked among the top 40 schools in the nation by The consists of several top 100 players, is ranked among the nation’s AAU team from the state of Arizona. Sporting News prior to the 2003-04 season. During his time at best by many recruiting services. Trevor Browne, Grace helped develop Ty Morrison (Creighton), Daren Jordan (Oral Roberts) and Kaleo Kina (Navy).

Grace, who spent 20 years in the Air Force, is a 2003 graduate of Park University in Parkville, Mo., where he graduated cum laude with a degree in human resources and a 3.67 GPA.

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JJAIMEEAIMEE CCOLBERTOLBERT TTOMOM FFREGOSOREGOSO ASST. COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS • THIRD YEAR BASKETBALL TRAINER • SEVENTH YEAR Jaimee Colbert is entering her third season as assistant coordinator of operations for Tom Fregoso begins his seventh year as an athletic trainer at Oregon State and his the Oregon State men’s basketball team. As part of her duties, Colbert will assist in third season working with the men’s basketball team. all facets of the program, including team travel, budget management, Oregon State camps and clinics, fundraising and on-campus recruiting. As part of his duties, he is in charge of all care and treatment of the men’s basketball team and oversees the graduate assistant athletic trainers working with A graduate of Oregon State, Colbert joined the men’s basketball program after earn- the men’s and women’s soccer teams. In addition, he assists with the strength and ing several honors as a student of OSU. While a student at Oregon State, she served conditioning and nutritional needs for all student-athletes. as Memorial Union President for the 2006-2007 year and was a scholarship Naval ROTC student throughout college. Fregoso also serves as staff athletic trainer for the United States Soccer Federation. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and served as the head of athletic training at Portland from 1984 to In addition, she sat on the Undergraduate Senate, served as Veteran’s Affairs Chairperson and director for the 2003. He has also served as an assistant trainer at Utah. Memorial Union Program Council. Fregoso received his bachelor’s from Utah in 1981 while earning his master’s in sports psychology from Among her many awards and honors, Colbert has completed the Leadership Corvallis Program and was Portland in 1991. named one of the 25 most influential undergraduates at Oregon State. He is married to Susie Fregoso as the couple has two children, Matt (19) and Jake (14). Colbert graduated from Oregon State with a bachelor’s degree in political science and naval science in June 2007.

MMICHAELICHAEL CCOLLINSOLLINS BBRENDONRENDON ZZIEGLERIEGLER ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • THIRD YEAR STRENGTH & CONDITIONING • FOURTH YEAR Michael Collins is in his third season with the Oregon State men’s basketball team, Brendon Ziegler is in his third season at Oregon State where he serves as the serving as the squad’s athletic communications director. strength and conditioning coach for the men’s basketball team.

Prior to Oregon State, Collins worked in a similar position at Baylor, serving as the In his duties, Ziegler handles all strength and conditioning duties for the men’s primary media contact for and soccer while serving as the managing editor basketball squad, including lifting and strength work, core training, speed and agility of the football game program. drills, flexibility drills as well as conditioning. He also coordinates all off-season conditioning programs. In addition to his time at Baylor, Collins worked as a sports information assistant at Kansas State University where he served as the primary media contact for cross country, track and field and Prior to Oregon State, Ziegler served in similar positions with Hawai’i, Wisconsin and the Chicago Bulls of the rowing. NBA.

He also worked for two years in the Marshall University athletic department as a sports information graduate Ziegler is certified through NSCA-CSCS and USA Weightlifting. assistant while working towards a master’s degree in journalism. A native of Edgerton, Wisc., Ziegler was a four-year starter in football at Hamline University and is also a A Lawrence, Kan., native and a 1999 graduate of Drake University with a degree in journalism, Collins also competitive weightlifter. has served in public relations roles for the Eugene (Ore.) Symphony Association and Dynamac Corporation, an environmental firm based in Washington, D.C.

KKATRINAATRINA GRUBERTGRUBERT TTOMOM WWILLIAMSILLIAMS ACADEMIC SERVICES • SEVENTH YEAR EQUIPMENT MANAGER • 31ST YEAR Katrina Grubert begins her seventh year at Oregon State working with the men’s Tom Williams enters his 31st year at Oregon State and his 10th season working with basketball team as an athletic academic counselor. the Beavers men’s basketball squad.

In her role, she handles all aspects of academic support, including facilitating study As part of his duties, he handles all equipment needs while overseeing all student- plans and tutor sessions, working with student-athletes in tracking progress towards manager support with the team. degrees and monitoring student-athlete eligibility. A native of Albany, Oregon, Williams has lived in the state his entire life and is an Prior to her time at Oregon State, she has nine years of teaching experience, serving avid fisherman and hunter. He also enjoys camping with his family. as a teacher in Ohio before moving to Oregon seven years ago. In addition, she also served as the assistant rowing coach at Marietta (Ohio) College for three seasons. Married to Vicki Williams, the couple has two sons, Troy and Kevin, as well as five grandchildren: Zachary, Ethan, Nicolas, Christina and Jaden. A former rower at Marietta, Grubert received her bachelor’s in education from the school as well as a master’s in education from the institution in 1999.

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BRADY NIKKI DR. RON DR. CRAIG MALISA JEFF MIKE ORVIK PRUETT WOBIG GRAHAM HOLLIS TAYLOR STONE Ticket Director of Team Team Director of Video Public-Address Office Marketing Physician Physician Video Operations Department Announcer

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DR. EDWARD BOB DR. KELVIN TODD MARIANNE BOB DR. KATE LINDA RAY DE CAROLIS KOONG STANSBURY VYDRA CLIFFORD HALISCHAK JOHNSON University Director of Faculty Executive Sr. Sr. Associate Associate Associate Associate President Athletics Athletic Assoc. Athletic Athletic Athletic Athletic Athletic Representative Director Director Director Director Director (SWA) (S-A Affairs) (Academics) (Life Skills)

ALEX MARK MATT JOHN STEVE MEGAN LINDA BOB PARKER SPENCER AREND CHENEY FENK GILLICK HURD WESTLUND Associate Associate Assistant Assistant Assistant Senior Assistant VP for Athletic Athletic Athletic Athletic Athletic Director of Athletic Principal Director Director Director Director Director Development Director Gifts to (Compliance) (Business) (Revenue) (Facilities) (Sports Info) (BASF) Athletics

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