Craig Robinson Position: Head Coach Experience: 4th Year Alma Mater: Princeton, 1983

Craig Robinson enters his fourth year at the helm of the Oregon State men's basketball team with a full roster of players he recruited and several marquee wins during his first three seasons as he continues to rebuild the Beavers historic program.

In his third season at Oregon State, Robinson led the Beavers to their first win over a Top 25 team (vs. No. 20 Washington) and first victory in the Pac-10 Tournament (vs. Stanford) since 2006. Oregon State also defeated Arizona to open conference play 2-0 for just the second time since 1992-93, its third consecutive win over a Wildcat team that eventually came within a basket from a trip to the Final Four.

Defensively, the Beavers used their 1-3-1, 2-3 and matchup zones, with some man-to-man mixed in, to be among the top teams in the nation in steals all season. Sophomore guard Jared Cunningham shattered Oregon State's sophomore steals record of 72 set by legendary Gary Payton in 1987-88 with 85 swipes. Cunningham was named to the All-Pac-10 Second Team and Pac-10 All-Defensive Team and also joined Payton as the only Oregon State players to make the Pac-10 All-Tournament Team.

Several freshmen had impact seasons, as Devon Collier broke the Beavers freshman single-season blocked shots record (23), Ahmad Starks made the third most three-pointers (42) by a freshman in school history and Roberto Nelson scored the most-ever points by a Beaver frosh (34) in a game.

For the third consecutive year under Robinson's watch, Oregon State players earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors as Angus Brandt and Rhys Murphy were both named to the First Team, to join Roeland Schaftenaar who was a two-time Pac-10 All-Academic recipient.

In his second year, Robinson guided Oregon State to a tie for fifth-place in the Pacific-10 Conference, the highest finish for the Beavers since 2004-05. The Beavers finished conference play with an 8-10 record, which tied for their most Pac-10 wins since 1992-93, and made a second consecutive postseason appearance in the College Basketball Invitational.

Robinson's second season also saw Oregon State capture a number of marquee wins, most notable of which were season sweeps of Arizona and Oregon. Oregon State's win at Arizona was its first there since 1983 and the win in Eugene was the first for the Beavers since 1993.

Seth Tarver was honored as the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year and Calvin Haynes was named to the All-Pac-10 Second Team after Robinson's second season.

In his first season at Oregon State, Robinson helped lead a remarkable turnaround that culminated in the Beavers capturing the College Basketball Invitational title with a best-of-three series win over UTEP. With the championship, the Beavers captured their first postseason men's basketball title in school history.

Oregon State finished the season with an 18-18 record and the plus-12 win total from the previous year ranked No. 3 in the country. The 18 wins were the most for Oregon State since 1989-90 and earned Robinson the District IX Coach of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.

Along the way, Oregon State won seven Pac-10 games and swept the season series from California and Stanford, marking the first time since the 1989-90 season the Beavers have swept the two schools in the same year. The seven conference wins were the most for the program since 2004-05.

The fourth-year coach has also seen success on the recruiting trail as the Beavers have added numerous top-ranked recruits in his first three signing classes. The 2009-10 class signed by Robinson is one of the most decorated in program history and was ranked in the top 25 in the nation by several recruiting services.

Prior to joining Oregon State, Robinson spent two years as the head coach at Brown, leading a revival of the Bears program that he guided to a school-record 19 victories in his final season. In his second year at Brown, Robinson led the Bears to their fourth-ever postseason tournament. Robinson's team posted an 11-3 Ivy League mark, second best in school history, and good for second place in the conference. Robinson won more games (30) in his first two years than any other head coach in Brown basketball history.

Robinson made an immediate impact on the Brown basketball team in his first year at the program and was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Coach of the Year by BasketballU.com. He guided the Bears to an improved 11-18 mark and 6-8 in the Ivy League to finish fifth in the conference. The Bears had a stunning 51-41 victory over Providence College and limited the Friars to 14 second-half points and 18-percent shooting from the floor in the second half (4-of-22) and also held NCAA-bound Michigan State to 45 points, its lowest point total of the season.

Prior to Brown, Robinson worked at Northwestern, where he spent six seasons with the Wildcats under head coach Bill Carmody (former head coach at Princeton). Robinson's relationship with Carmody dates to the 1982-83 season when, as senior captain, he led Princeton to the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Carmody's first year as an assistant coach with the Tigers.

At Northwestern, Robinson developed and implemented his local, national and international recruiting technology. He was an integral part of Northwestern's dramatic turnaround, helping the Wildcats to the most wins in a four-year period in school history at the time with 57 victories from the 2001-2002 to the 2004-2005 seasons. Robinson also helped Northwestern finish ninth in the nation in scoring defense (58.8 points per game) in 2005-2006.

A 1983 graduate of Princeton with an AB (Arts of a Bachelor degree) in Sociology, Robinson is considered one of the top players in Ivy League history. He ranks fourth on Princeton's all-time scoring list with 1,441 points and led the Ivy League in field goal percentage in 1982 (.577) and 1983 (.642).

Robinson was also the league's first two-time honoree as Ivy League Player of the Year, sharing the honor in 1982 before winning it outright in 1983. He played under legendary Princeton coach Pete Carrill, leading the Tigers to two NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament appearances during his tenure (1981 and 1983). His 16 rebounds in a NCAA tournament win over Oklahoma State in 1983 ranks fifth in the Ivy League record book for NCAA games.

After graduating from Princeton with a degree in sociology, Robinson was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the fourth round of the 1983 NBA draft. He played two seasons with the Manchester (England) Giants of the European Basketball League. He also served as the assistant to the general manager and public relations officer for Manchester.

Robinson began his coaching career as an assistant coach at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1988-90. He was responsible for offense implementation, game strategy, recruiting and advance scouting. He was also the head coach at the University of Chicago High School in 1999-2000.

Robinson, who also has a MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1992), took a hiatus from coaching and went into private business in 1990. He was Vice President for Continental Bank from 1990-92, Vice President for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter from 1992-99 and then Managing Director for Loop Capital Markets before he made his move to Northwestern.

Robinson and his wife, Kelly, have two sons, Avery and Austin, and a daughter, Leslie.