COACHING STAFF • 2009-10 OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF 2009-10 OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE • 51 2009-10 OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL • COACHING STAFF CCRAIGRAIG RROBINSONOBINSON HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH SSECONDECOND SSEASONEASON PPRINCETONRINCETON ‘‘8383 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 (Chicago, 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, Princeton University, 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 - Ivy League 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 United States 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, Illinois 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. 52 • 2009-10 OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE COACHING STAFF • 2009-10 OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 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.