Wednesday, May 21, 2003 | 10:55 a.m.
Personal data
BORN: July 25, 1935
BOYHOOD HOME: Daly City, Calif.
COLLEGE: Oregon, '58
COACHING: Assistant football coach at Oregon (1960-71), assistant at Southern California (1972-74), assistant for Oakland Raiders (1975), head coach at Southern California (1976-1982), head coach for Los Angeles Rams (1983-91), head coach at Southern California (1993-97), head coach at UNLV (1999-present).
ADMINISTRATION: Senior vice president for university relations at Southern California (1983), athletic director at UNLV (2002-0).
FAMILY: Robinson and wife Linda have six grown children (daughters Teresa, Lynn,Karilyn and Beth, and sons David and Christopher), eight grandsons and one granddaughter.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fifth-winningest active football coach in the nation (119-55-4). ... 8-1 record in bowl games, highest winning percentage in history among coaches with at least eight appearances. ... Coached USC to national championship in 1978 and three Pacific-10 Conference championships. ... Author of two books -- "Coach to Coach: Business Lessons in the Locker Room" and "Conquest," about USC's football heritage.
ADs at UNLV
* -- interim
Robinson's personnel moves as the AD
Hirings:
Barbara Ferrell-Edmundson, Cross Country/Track
Melissa Ringler, Women's Golf
Diane Dickerson, Associate AD/Development
Dean Harrold, Associate AD/Special Projects
Firings:
Karen Dennis, Cross Country/Track
Shan McDonald, Softball
What people are saying:
"I very much regret that John has to do this. But I completely understand and support it. I just have great empathy for what John and Linda are going through." -- UNLV President Dr. Carol Harter
"We owe him a lot, a tremendous amount of gratitude for all that he's done. He's done 17 months of Superman work. But you can only be Superman for so long." -- UNLV Regent Mark Alden
"John, even after he had his health problems, was so resilient and has so much energy. He's an amazing man." -- UNLV basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour
"I'm definitely not interested in pursuing it." -- Interim athletic director Fred Albrecht
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