| Rob Ehsan | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | UIC |
| Current Conference: | MVC |
| Birth Date: | 3 May 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 2001–2005 |
| Player Team1: | UC Davis |
| Coach Years1: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team1: | Maryland (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2007–2011 |
| Coach Team2: | Maryland (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team3: | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2016 |
| Coach Team4: | UAB (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2016–2020 |
| Coach Team5: | UAB |
| Coach Years6: | 2021–2024 |
| Coach Team6: | Stanford (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team7: | UIC |
| Overall Record: | 76–57 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (CBI) |
Robert Hassan Ehsan (;[1] born May 3, 1982) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the UIC Flames. From 2016–2020, he was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).[2]
A native of Sacramento, California, Ehsan was a four-year player at UC Davis. He was a team captain as a senior in 2005.[3] Ehsan served as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland from 2008 to 2011. When Gary Williams resigned, Ehsan was named interim head coach. He spent a season as an assistant at Virginia Tech before becoming an assistant coach at UAB in 2012.[2]
Ehsan was hired as UAB head coach on April 4, 2016, replacing Jerod Haase. Ehsan took over a team that went 26–7 the year before and lost one senior, Robert Brown. "We strongly believe Rob has the experience and background to build on the already strong foundation he helped establish and take Blazer Basketball to new levels of success," said UAB athletics director Mark Ingram.[2]
Ehsan was fired on March 13, 2020, after compiling a record of 76–57.[4]
On April 27, 2021, Ehsan joined Haase at Stanford University as an assistant coach.[5]
On April 1, 2024, Eshan was named the head coach at UIC.[1]
Ehsan holds a bachelor's degree in economics from UC Davis and an MBA from Maryland. He is married to the former Lindsey Rattray. They have a daughter, Katelyn, and two sons, Davis and Robert Ryder.[3]