EP #143 COACH ROB “LAST CHANCE U”—BASKETBALL IS LIFE

Coach Robert Robinson enters his second season as an assistant coaches at East Los Angeles College. Prior to joining the Huskies, Coach Robinson helmed a very successful 20-year run as a head coach at Notre Dame High School in Riverside (1998-2019). Over the two decades, the Titans amassed over 360 wins with six league titles, a CIF championship, three regional finals, and a state finals appearance in 2018. He has been named Cal-Hi state Coach of the Year, SCIBCA Southern Section Coach of the Year, and the Press Enterprise Coach of the Year. He also had coaching stops at Allen Hancock College as an assistant coach (1997-98) and as a player and head coach for the Columbus Cagerz of the USBL. Coach Rob was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Leavenworth, Kansas. He moved to California to finish high school, attending Cabrillo High in Lompoc, Ca. After graduating Cabrillo High, he played basketball for three schools: Allen Hancock Community College, Stephen F. Austin State University and concluding his college hoops career at UC-Riverside in 1996. While at UC Riverside, he also ran track - qualifying for the NCAA national championship finals in the high jump in '96. He received his Bachelors degree in Sociology from UC Riverside in 97’ and his master’s degree in Instruction and Curriculum from Emporia State University in Kansas in 2005. He has been married to his wife Krysten for 21 years and they have three sons, KJ 20, Meda 20, and Justus 18. Kellycardenas.com Cardenaslawgroup.com Michealmina.net Samaritansfeet.org Sqeezedried.com Findlayvolvocarslv.com EXECUTIVE PRODUCER- BROOKLYN CARDENAS --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kelly-cardenas/support