RADFORD ALUM STEVE ROBINSON SELECTED FOR ASSISTANT COACHES HALL OF FAME

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RADFORD, Va. – A former player and coach with the Radford men's basketball program, Steve Robinson is one of eight Division I coaches selected to the A STEP UP Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame.

A STEP UP is in its 10th year of educating and inspiring collegiate assistant coaches at all NCAA levels. A STEP UP will induct its inaugural Hall of Fame class on May 7 in Atlanta at its annual professional development symposium.

Now in his 16^th season as an assistant coach at North Carolina, Robinson made the move to Chapel Hill with head coach Roy Williams in 2003 and has helped lead the Tar Heels to NCAA championships in 2005, 2009 and 2017 as well as two additional Final Four appearances, three ACC Tournament championships and eight ACC regular-season titles. Robinson was an assistant on Williams' staff at Kansas for eight seasons, helping the Jayhawks reach the Final Four three times.

His coaching career began at Radford from 1983-86 under Joe Davis and also features stops at Cornell (1986-88), Tulsa (1995-97) and Florida State (1997-2002). He served as the head coach with both the Golden Hurricane and Seminoles.

The Roanoke, Va. native came to Radford from Ferrum Junior College and played as a Highlander from 1980-81. He was voted into the Radford Hall of Fame in 1997 and was appointed as a member of the Radford University Board of Visitors.

Robinson will enter the assistant coaches' Hall of Fame with seven other Division I coaches: Gonzaga's Donny Daniels, Connecticut's Chris Dailey, Mickie DeMoss, Florida State's Stan Jones, Notre Dame's Carol Owens, Michigan State's Dwayne Stephens and Stanford's Amy Tucker.

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