First Lady's brother Craig Robinson fired as Oregon State basketball coach

COACH CRAIG ROBINSON
A.B., Sociology, Princeton University, 1983
M.B.A., Finance, University of Chicago,
Graduate School of Business, 1992

Robinson has 3 years remaining on his contract and the university is expected to owe him $4.2 million.
 
CORVALLIS, Oregon – Oregon State Athletic Director Bob De Carolis announced today that Head Men’s Basketball Coach Craig Robinson has been relieved of his duties effective immediately, and that a national search for Robinson’s successor has begun.

“I want to thank Coach Robinson and his family for their contributions to Oregon State University,” said De Carolis.  “This was a difficult decision, but after further evaluation, I believe it is in the best interests of our student-athletes, our basketball program and our University.”

Robinson completed his sixth season at the helm of the Beavers in March, compiling an overall record of 94-105; 39-69 in Pac-12 play.

Robinson was hired April 7, 2008 as the 20th head coach in the program’s history.  He arrived in Corvallis after spending two years as the head coach at Brown University.  Prior to Brown, he served as an assistant coach at Northwestern University for six years.

OSU Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis will be available to the media at 1:30 p.m. today -- Monday, May 5 -- in the Gill Coliseum media room (Room 15). The event will also be live-streamed at pac-12.com/videos/oregon-state-university-2

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Opinion: Robinson appears on the surface to be a good match for FAMU.  With $4 million forthcoming from OSU, money may not be his issue ... With Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller signing on as head women's basketball coach at NAIA Division I Langston University last week and former Indiana/UAB Coach Mike Davis raising the profile of Texas Southern basketball, why not FAMU signing a higher division I head coach?  New FAMU athletics director Kellen Winslow has a tough job in finding the right person to re-build Rattler basketball. Go Rattlers!