[1] He is a member of the Southern Conference Hall of Fame and the only person to have been both Head Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at 3 different Division I colleges.
In 1968 he returned to graduate school, serving as an assistant coach at Western Carolina University where he also received a master's degree in physical education and guidance counseling.
[5] In 1985 Robinson became East Tennessee State University's men's head basketball coach and athletic director.
However, a year earlier, NC State self-imposed a limit of only 12 total scholarships for 1990-91 and 1991-92 as part of an investigation into misconduct under Valvano.
The scholarship reductions took their full effect in Robinson's second season, and the team plummeted into the ACC's second division for the next five years.
In 2016 Robinson briefly served as interim athletic director at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina;[8] he currently works for the Grinalds Group which provides guidance and advice to college administrators.
[9] He is an honorary member of the Alumni Associations of The Citadel and East Tennessee State[10] and was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.