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Product of the jamal Crawford whiff
Nick Robinson! Hell yeah!!
Sorry, who is he?
Sorry, who is he?
Placeholder for when we hire Crawford.
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Hot tub time machine
He took his wife’s name
NickRobinson
Director of Men's Basketball OperationsBIO
A former student-athlete at Stanford with more than 20 years of college basketball experience and a combined eight NCAA Tournament appearances as a player and coach, Nick Robinson was hired as the Kentucky men’s basketball director of operations in June of 2024.
Robinson was a vital part of head coach Mark Pope’s first season which saw the Cats go 24-12 and advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2019. He assisted the staff by directing all day-to-day operations, contract management, travel logistics, the team budget and serving as a liaison to the athletics department and administration. In year two, Kentucky faced one of the toughest schedules in the country and went 22-14 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
In his most recent role before coming to Lexington, Robinson worked alongside Pope as an assistant coach at BYU from 2019-2024. During this time, the Cougars amounted a 110-51 record making two NCAA Tournament appearances, including one as a No. 6 seed this past March. The team finished fifth in the Big 12 in 2023-24, its first season in the conference, after being picked to finish 13th in the preseason poll. The successful campaign included a program-record four wins over ranked opponents, highlighted by a road win at No. 7 Kansas.
Before his arrival in Provo, Robinson was an assistant coach at Seattle from 2017-19 and the head coach at Southern Utah from 2012-16. He helped Seattle to back-to-back winning seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19, the first time such had occurred since the 1968-69 and 1969-70 seasons. While serving as the head coach at Southern Utah, Robinson’s student-athletes collected two All-Big Sky selections, 20 Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors, five NABC Honors Court selections and one NABC Academic Excellence Team Award.
Before arriving at Southern Utah, Robinson spent three seasons in the Southeastern Conference at LSU where he served in a variety of roles including assistant coach, director of basketball operations and executive assistant to the head coach. While with the Tigers, Robinson was involved with the development of a pair of NBA draft picks – Justin Hamilton and Johnny O’Bryant III. Prior to that, Robinson was an assistant coach at William Jewell College in 2008-09 and both an assistant coach and director of operations at his alma mater, Stanford, from 2006-08. With the Cardinal, Robinson reached the Sweet 16 in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and helped coach three future NBA players – Brook Lopez, Robin Lopez and Landry Fields.
Robinson played college basketball in Palo Alto from 2001-05, helping the Cardinal to a 92-34 record, Pac-10 regular-season and tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances. His legacy includes hitting one of the most famous shots in Stanford program history when he connected on a running 35-footer at the buzzer to send the No. 2 Cardinal past No. 12 Arizona in 2004. He graduated from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in sociology.
Robinson and his wife Meagan have four children: Annie, Tate, Toby and Elise.
I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't due to Keegan Brown absorbing a chunk of his responsibility. Or possibly freeing up the role of "Director of Men's Basketball Operations" for someone else we may want.
I mean, have you seen Mrs Robinson?
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should have told Crawford to F off months ago. His only real reason would have been stokes anyways and as far as I’m concerned they can both piss off.
Now your left with this guy who nobody knows or cares about. Just another whiff.
Now your left with this guy who nobody knows or cares about. Just another whiff.
this is just a thread for trolls to comment on
I don't want to troll but after months of hearing how we were going to hire a NBA legend then we just give this guy a promotion instead??
Just disappointing. Just some more mediocre feelings happening. I hope this team wins a national championship but I'm leaning more towards 14 losses again if not more.
I think a lot on here call people with common sense and two eyes trolls. Pope is the definition of mediocre. Hopefully this is the last year of this stuff.
Crawford would have helped immensely with recruiting and relating to players. Mo Williams and Mikhail are good, but Crawford was a highly respected pro that could bring in the "cool factor".
Gotta love Ryan holding onto this info and then dropping it right before a holiday weekend lol.
Once again Pope cant figure out when a deal isnt happening. Why would Crawford leave a budding announcing gig just to join a coach on the hot seat?
It never made sense to me, but that didn't stop Pope from hanging on as usual.
I knew after Crawford tweeted he can be a NBA coach. Now I get most coaches work their way up from college then pro. But somebody like Crawford I'm sure sees himself in the same light as JJ over in LA.
I got excited when I heard he might be an assistant but Crawford isn't coming to be an assistant under Mark Pope when he wants to be a NBA coach. Somebody like Crawford has too many head coaching opportunities to be an assistant. Imo.
Whiff on Crawford so hire someone who already works here (ie another yes man).
