Montez Robinson | |
Current Title: | Head Coach |
Current Team: | Fort Valley State Wildcats |
Current Conference: | SIAC |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1998–2000 |
Player Team1: | Kemper Military |
Player Years2: | 2000–2002 |
Player Team2: | North Georgia |
Coach Years1: | 2002–2005 |
Coach Team1: | Truett McConnell (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2005–2011 |
Coach Team2: | Kennesaw State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2011–2015 |
Coach Team3: | Bethune–Cookman (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2015–2020 |
Coach Team4: | Alcorn State |
Coach Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Coach Team5: | UT Martin (interim HC) |
Coach Years6: | 2022–present |
Coach Team6: | Fort Valley State Wildcats |
Awards: | SWAC Coach of the Year (2017)[1] NABC District 23 Coach of the Year (2017)[2] |
Montez Robinson is an American college basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of Fort Valley State Basketball.[3] He previously served as the interim. Head Coach of UT Martin Basketball.[4]
Robinson started his college career at Kemper Military, where he was a two-year starter and captain. He completed his playing career at North Georgia.[5]
After graduation, Robinson started his coaching career at Truett McConnell, before joining Tony Ingle's staff at Kennesaw State, where he stayed until 2011. After five years on the staff of Bethune-Cookman, Robinson was named head coach at Alcorn State, taking over for Luther Riley.
In his first season with the Braves, Robinson guided the team from a ninth-place finish the seasons before to a second-place finish and 15–15 overall record. In 2016–17, Robinson was named SWAC Coach of the Year after another second-place finish for the Braves, and an 18–14 overall record.
In March 2020, director of athletics Derek Horne announced that the school would not renew Robinson's contract, ending his five-year tenure at Alcorn State.[6]
On September 11, 2020, Stewart was hired by UT Martin as an assistant coach under Anthony Stewart.[7] On November 17, two days after the sudden death of Stewart, Robinson was named the interim head coach of the Skyhawks for the 2020–21 season.[3]