Tommie Robinson


Tommie Robinson is an American football coach who is the running backs coach at UTSA.

Playing career

Robinson was a three-year starter at strong safety for the Trojans. There he was a player on the 1984 [Troy State Trojans football team|1984] Division II national championship team under Chan Gailey.

Coaching career

High school coaching

Robinson began his coaching career at the high school level beginning in 1986 as an assistant at Woodham High School in Pensacola, Florida. After two years there he returned to his alma mater Central High School Red Devils in Phenix City, Alabama where he served as an assistant for three years.

Coaching in college and the NFL

Robinson began coaching on the college level in 1991 [Arkansas Razorbacks football team|1991] as a graduate assistant for the Arkansas Razorbacks. In the 1992 [Utah State Aggies football team|1992] and Utah State Aggies football team|1993] season he served as the running backs coach for the Utah State Aggies. From 1994 [TCU Horned Frogs football team|1994] to 1997, Robinson worked as the wide receivers coach for Texas Christian University. In 1998 [Dallas Cowboys season|1998] Robinson made the jump to coach in the National football League for the Dallas Cowboys under his college head coach Chan Gailey as the teams wide receivers coach and to work with the special teams. Even after Gailey was fired following the 1999 season he was kept on as a part of Dave Campo for the 2000 season. In 2001 [Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|2001] Robinson joined the Oklahoma State Cowboys as their running backs coach but only stayed for that one year. The next four years were spent coaching at Georgia Tech. In 2002 [Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|2002] he coached the wide receivers and the following three years he served as the team's running backs coach. In Memphis Tigers football team|2006] he spent a lone season in Memphis serving as the Tigers’ running backs coach. From Hurricanes football team|2007] to 2009 Robinson was working as the Hurricanes running backs coach. In Cardinals season|2010] he returned to the NFL this time as a part of the Cardinals organization where he stayed until 2012. In USC Trojans football team|2013] Robinson was the pass game coordinator and running backs coach for the USC Trojans team that went through three head coaches in the season. From Texas Longhorns football team|2014] to 2015 Robinson served as the Texas Longhorns running backs coach. In 2016 Robinson returned to USC as the team's run game coordinator and running backs coach. In 2017 [LSU Tigers football team|2017] Robinson joined the LSU Tigers under Ed Orgeron where he served as recruiting coordinator, assistant head coach, and running backs coach. He stayed there until the end of the LSU Tigers football team|2019] college football playoffs championship. In 2020 [Texas A&M Aggies football team|2020] he joined Texas A&M under coach Jimbo Fisher as the team's running backs coach. He was released following the 2022 season.

Personal life

Robinson and his wife, Lartonyar, have three children.