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Dallas Morning News Reports:

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Sources: UT's Robinson headed to Syracuse

06:38 PM CST on Monday, January 10, 2005

By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN – Texas co-defensive coordinator Greg Robinson will be named the new head football coach at Syracuse, according to two sources close to the Longhorns' program.

Robinson, 53, was offered the job Monday and accepted after interviewing with new Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross in Los Angeles on Friday, the sources said.

Gross, the former associate athletic director at USC, received a strong recommendation to hire Robinson from USC head coach Pete Carroll.

Carroll, who recommended Robinson to Texas coach Mack Brown last year, played and coached with Robinson at Pacific and also coached with Robinson at North Carolina State (1980-81) and the New York Jets (1990-94).

Gross said he wanted to hire a defense-minded coach with NFL experience – basically in the mold of Carroll – and probably has found that in Robinson.

The biggest difference between Carroll and Robinson, however, is that Carroll was a two-time NFL head coach before landing the USC job, while Robinson will be taking his first job as a head coach at Syracuse.

Robinson said when he arrived at Texas that his ultimate goal was to become a college head coach and that he didn't want to return to the NFL. Robinson spent 14 seasons in the NFL, including stints as defensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos, where he won Super Bowl rings in 1997 and 1998.

"I'm making a career change," Robinson said when he was announced as Brown's co-defensive coordinator at Texas last year.

Robinson, who has a reputation as a super recruiter dating to his days as an assistant coach under Terry Donahue at UCLA (1982-89), helped oversee a Texas defense this season that reduced its points allowed from 21.5 in 2003 to 17.9 (18th nationally) in 2004. UT also allowed just 107.4 yards rushing per game (16th nationally) this season compared to 152.5 yards rushing per game last season.

Texas players credited Robinson with injecting the team with enthusiasm and discipline while increasing the hitting in practice to help make the Longhorns a better tackling defense than in years' past. Even players on offense said Robinson helped them with pointers and encouragement.

E-mail: chipbrown@dallasnews.com
01-10-2005 11:08 PM
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Speaking as a Chiefs fan:

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Some coaches are better college coaches then NFL coaches and some coaches learn much more by failing in the NFL then by not trying at all. Robinson could very well flourish with the amount of experience and contacts that he has.
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A description of his NFL background from the press release:

Defensive System Dominates

Prior to joining the Longhorns in January, 2004, Robinson spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, where he helped turn around a team that was 7-9 in 2000, the year before he arrived, into a unit that posted the second-best record in the NFL in 2003 (13-3). As defensive coordinator, Robinson's aggressive, attacking Chiefs' units produced 70 sacks and forced 68 turnovers (43 interceptions/25 fumble recoveries) in 2002 and 2003. During that time, Kansas City posted a 21-11 record.

In 2003, Robinson's Chiefs' defense produced 36 sacks (T-6th/AFC), 25 interceptions (2nd AFC/3rd NFL) and forced 37 turnovers (T-3rd AFC/5th NFL). Kansas City led the NFL in turnover margin with a +19 advantage in that category. In 2001, the Chiefs registered 34 sacks, 18 interceptions and forced 31 turnovers. They led the AFC and ranked third in the NFL in turnover margin that year.

Robinson established his reputation as a tremendous defensive coordinator in Denver, where he transformed a struggling defense into a Super Bowl Championship unit, serving as the architect of a defense that led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1997 and '98. After inheriting a club that ranked last in total defense in 1994, Robinson made an immediate impact in his first season with the team, as the Broncos finished the 1995 campaign ranked 15th in the same category. By 1996, he had turned Denver into the league's fourth-rated defensive unit, and by season number three in '97, the Broncos were on their way to the first of two straight Super Bowl titles.

During his stellar six-season stay in Denver, the Broncos made four playoff appearances and claimed back-to-back World Championships with wins in Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII, making them just one of six franchises in NFL history to accomplish a Super Bowl repeat. During that six-year span, the Broncos compiled a 64-32 (.667) regular-season record.

The Broncos ranked in the NFL's top 10 in total defense during three of Robinson's six seasons at the club's defensive helm, finishing seventh in '99 (297.1 ypg), fifth in '97 (291.9 ypg) and fourth in '96 (279.4 ypg). Denver's defenses were also stingy in the scoring column during his reign with the Broncos, producing three top 10 rankings in scoring defense — eighth in '98 (19.3 ppg), sixth in '97 (17.9 ppg) and seventh in '96 (17.2 ppg). The team's pass defense ranked among the league's top 10 in four of his six seasons with Denver, finishing eighth in '99 (188.5 ypg), fifth in '97 (179.3 ypg), 10th in '96 (196.2 ypg) and ninth in '95 (206.1 ypg). Denver's run defense ranked in the league's top 10 three times during Robinson's tenure. The run defense was highlighted when Denver led the NFL (83.2 ypg) in '97 and ranked third in 1998 (80.4 ypg).

The performance of Robinson's defense throughout the '98 playoffs was paramount to Denver's quest for a second straight title. The Broncos allowed opponents just 53.0 rushing yards per game in the postseason and forced a remarkable 13 turnovers in just three games. Denver allowed just 25 total points during that stretch.

Robinson joined the Broncos after a five-year stint with the New York Jets (1990-94). He coached the defensive line from 1990-93 and served as defensive coordinator in '94 when the Jets ranked eighth in the league by permitting just 20.0 points per game. Forcing turnovers and a stingy run defense were also a staple of Robinson's defenses in New York. During his last four years with the Jets, the defense forced 151 turnovers, most in the AFC and second most in the NFL during that span. They improved from 27th in the league in total defense in '89 to eighth in '93. New York's rush defense showed significant improvement, jumping to a fifth-place ranking (92.1 ypg) after allowing 133.5 yards per game in '89.

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2005 Rose Bowl Texas
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2000 Playoffs Denver Broncos
1998 Super Bowl Denver Broncos
1997 Super Bowl Denver Broncos
1996 Playoffs Denver Broncos
1991 Playoffs New York Jets
1989 Cotton Bowl UCLA
1987 Aloha Bowl UCLA
1986 Freedom Bowl UCLA
1986 Rose Bowl UCLA
1985 Fiesta Bowl UCLA
1984 Rose Bowl UCLA
1983 Rose Bowl UCLA
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