Vincent Robinson is in his second season at Miles College as Associate Head Coach/Director of Operations with the Golden Bears men’s basketball team.
Robinson comes to Miles from The Robinson School in Irvington, N.J., where he established it as one of the premier prep programs in the country. He started his head coaching career at NIA Prep in Newark, N.J., and finished his inaugural season by winning the Apex School Prep Regional Tournament. Every student-athlete at NIA Prep received a scholarship. Coach Robinson’s 2009-10 NIA Prep team was ranked No. 9 by ESPN. He founded The Robinson School in 2010 and five years later they were National Champions (2014-15). Coach Robinson has a head coaching record of 287-55 winning eight Conference Championships and was selected Coach of the Year six times. Every student-athlete who has played for him at The Robinson School received a scholarship. He has numerous former student-athletes playing professionally in the G-League or internationally.
After graduating from Rutgers University-Newark, Robinson began his career as an assistant coach at Irvington High School. Robinson was a star basketball player Union County College and Rutgers University-Newark. He was captain on the basketball team at Rutgers University- Newark his junior and senior seasons, leading his team in scoring and rebounding from 1993-1995. Coach Robinson was one of three players in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) in the top-5 in scoring and rebounding.
Robinson is a native of Newark, N.J. and graduated from Irvington High School. He attended Union County College before transferring to Rutgers University- Newark, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in 2003 and master's degree in Non-Profit Management in 2004. He founded the Vincent Robinson Basketball Academy Summer Camp in 2002, which teaches fundamental basketball to kids ages 5-17 in New Jersey.
Vincent is a 11-year member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and has authored a book documenting his weight loss. Coach Robinson has six children: Kimberly, Tiarah, Aaron, Keyera, Taylor and Jayden, and one granddaughter, Kyla.
