RAVENWOOD

Matt Robinson

Position:

JV Boys Basketball Coach,Varsity Asst.

Experience:

3rd Year

Education:

Lee University (B.A. 2002, M.A.T. 2004)

The 2007-2008 Basketball season will be Coach Robinson’s third with the Raptor program. He will be coaching the JV team as well as being the Varsity Assistant. In addition to his basketball duties, he will be teaching US History and World Geography.

Robinson is a native of Franklin, Ohio where he played basketball for 2 years, golf for 3 years and baseball for 1 year. He graduated with honors and gained several academic scholarships to attend Lee University.

While at Lee, Coach Robinson worked as head student manager for 3 years, and then his senior year he was promoted to student assistant for the men’s basketball program. His final 2 years at Lee were spent working on his master’s degree and as the graduate assistant coach. In the 6 years Robinson was at Lee they compiled a record of 113-86 (.567). The Flames won 2 conference regular-season and tournament championships. They also advanced to the NAIA national tournament for the first time in school history. In 2003 the Flames reached the Final 8 of the NAIA National Tournament. While Robinson was at Lee they also were the #1 ranked team in the NAIA in 2003, another 1^st in school history. Robinson was involved in all facets of the college game including: scouting, recruiting, team travel, study hall, academic advisor, mentor, office coordinator, and liaison between the sports information department and the basketball program. Robinson also had the privilege of coaching 3 NAIA All-Americans, 8 All-Transouth selections, and 1 Transouth player of the year. Of these players 6 went on to play professional basketball overseas.

After leaving Lee, Robinson taught at Walker Valley High School in Bradley County, and was the 7^th grade coach for Ocoee Middle School. Ocoee had an 11-9 record under Robinson’s direction.

Following his one year at Walker Valley, Robinson was married to the former Amy Nelson of Cleveland, Ohio. They decided to move to Nashville and Robinson was hired as the freshman coach at Ravenwood. Under Robinson the freshman team matured and finished above .500 on the season (9-5 under Robinson). He was also a Varsity assistant where the team finished 20-11, second in the District and reached the Region semi-finals. In 2006-07 Robinson helped lead the Raptors to a tie for 5^th place in District 11-AAA with an overall record of 13-17.

YEAR	TEAM	POSITION	RECORD	POSTSEASON
1998-99	Lee	Head Manager	4-30
1999-2000	Lee	Head Manager	18-14
2001-02	Lee	Head Manager	28-7	NAIA Sweet 16
2002-03	Lee	Student Assistant	20-12
2003-04	Lee	Graduate Assistant	27-8	NAIA Final 8
2004-05	Ocoee Middle School	7^th Grade Coach	11-9	2^nd place in the County
2005-06	Ravenwood High School	9^th Grade Coach Varsity Assistant	9-5 20-11	Lost in County Semi-finals Lost in Region Semi-finals