
Gregory McIntosh Robinson was an American football coach and player know all about his Family, Net Worth, Parents, Wife, Children and Cause of Death.
Greg Robinson Biography
Name | Greg Robinson |
Birthdate | 9 October 1951, |
Died | 5 January 2022 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Nationality | American |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse/Partner | Laura |
Children | Three |
Mother | Name not Known |
Father | Name not Known |
Siblings | Four |
Education | Bakersfield College, University of the Pacific, Garces Memorial High School |
Profession | American football coach |
Net Worth | $12 Million |
Last Update | 2022 |
Gregory McIntosh Robinson was an American football coach and player. Robinson served as the head football coach at Syracuse University from 2005 to 2008. He has served as an assistant coach with several other college football programs and for three teams in the National Football League (NFL): the New York Jets from 1990 to 1994, the Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2000, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 2001 to 2003.
With the Broncos, Robinson was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams. In more recent years he has served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin, in 2004 and for part of the 2013 season, and at the University of Michigan, from 2009 to 2010.
Greg Robinson Family and Parents
Robinson graduated from Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield, California; then attended and played at Bakersfield College, a junior college, before transferring to the University of Pacific.During his collegiate coaching career, Robinson was an assistant coach at North Carolina State University, Cal State Fullerton, UCLA and his alma mater, the University of the Pacific, in addition to his roles at both the University of Texas and Syracuse University.
Greg Robinson Wife
Greg Robinson is a Married man.He is survived by his wife, Laura; his son, Dominic (Jonnell); his daughters, Lindsay Kupper (Jeff) and Leslie Mathewson (Chris); four siblings and six grandchildren.
Greg Robinson Net Worth
Gregory McIntosh Robinson was an American football coach and player has an estimated Net Worth od $12 Million in 2022.
Professional Career
Robinson’s tenure as defensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos occurred during their Super Bowl (XXXII & XXXIII) seasons in 1997 and 1998. Robinson’s Bronco defense played superbly during the 1998 playoff run. The Broncos defense held the Miami Dolphins scoreless in the divisional playoffs, allowed only a touchdown as a result of a fumble on the one yard line against the New York Jets in the AFC Championship Game, and then allowed a single touchdown to the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl after the outcome was secure.
Early in the 2008 campaign, the decline of Syracuse football was the subject of an ESPN College GameDay piece in which Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross and Syracuse greats Floyd Little and Jim Brown registered their disgust with Robinson.Robinson was fired November 17, 2008, two games before the end of the season.He had one year left on a contract that paid him $1.1 million per season.In 2012, Athlon Sports named Robinson as the sixth worst college football head coach of the last 50 years.
Following the end of the 2013 season and the departure of head coach Mack Brown, new head coach Charlie Strong announced that Vance Bedford (Strong’s defensive coordinator from his previous job at the University of Louisville and a former star player on the Texas defense) would take over as the defensive coordinator at Texas. Robinson was not announced as part of the new staff.
Robinson became the San Jose State defensive coordinator for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. On December 18, 2015, San Jose State announced Robinson would be retiring following the Spartans’ bowl game.
Cause of Death
Greg Robinson died Wednesday at 70, according to his son Dominic. Robinson’s was reported by Syracuse.com. The former U-M coordinator was living in California, and his death was the result of a form of Alzheimer’s Disease