| Don Robbins | |
| Birth Date: | October 27, 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | College Station, Texas |
| Alma Mater: | Texas A&M University B.S., M.Ed. |
| Player Years1: | 1953–1955 |
| Player Team1: | Texas A&M |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Years1: | 1957 |
| Coach Team1: | Texas A&M (Freshmen) |
| Coach Years2: | 1958 |
| Coach Team2: | Port Arthur HS (TX) |
| Coach Years3: | 1959–1960 |
| Coach Team3: | Snyder HS (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 1961–1962 |
| Coach Team4: | Big Spring HS (TX) (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1963–1965 |
| Coach Team5: | Big Spring HS (TX) |
| Coach Years6: | 1966–1967 |
| Coach Team6: | Texas Western / UTEP (DL) |
| Coach Years7: | 1968–1969 |
| Coach Team7: | Idaho (DL) |
| Coach Years8: | 1970–1973 |
| Coach Team8: | Idaho |
| Coach Years9: | 1976–1990 |
| Coach Team9: | Big Spring HS (TX) |
| Overall Record: | 20–24 (college) |
| Championships: | 1 Big Sky (1971) |
Donald Roy Robbins[1] (October 27, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American football coach.[2] He was the head coach at the University of Idaho from 1970 through 1973, compiling a record of 20–24.
An identical twin born in Fort Worth, Texas, Robbins grew up primarily in Breckenridge, one of three sons of football coach Cooper Robbins, Sr.[3] [4] Along with twin brother Ron, he graduated from Breckenridge High School in 1952, where his father was the head football coach for seven seasons (1945–1951), then became the freshman football coach at Texas A&M in 1952, and son Don played for him that first season.
Following Robbins' sophomore season, Paul "Bear" Bryant was hired as the head coach at A&M and Robbins was a member of the Junction Boys as a junior end in September 1954. He graduated in 1956 and later earned a master's degree in education from A&M.
After coaching in Texas at Big Spring High School, Robbins became a collegiate assistant coach in 1966 at Texas Western (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 1967) under head coach Bobby Dobbs.[5] After two seasons in El Paso, he was hired as an assistant at Idaho in April 1968 under first-year head coach
When McNease was dismissed after spring drills in Robbins was promoted to head coach of the Vandals.[6] [7] His 1971 team had the best record in the history of the school at, but the next two seasons were less successful and he was dismissed in He was succeeded by an assistant under Robbins and his two predecessors (and the head
Robbins returned to Big Spring High School as head coach and athletic director in 1976.[8] After retirement, he lived in College Station and died in 2020 at age 86.[2]