Craig Robinson

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Craig Robinson is an award-winning basketball coach, administrator and former player. In July 2020 he was named the Executive Director of the NABC. He brings over three decades of administrative and coaching experience to his role at the NABC. Most recently, he served as the Vice President of Player Development for the New York Knicks and General Manager of the Westchester Knicks. Prior to his time with the Knicks, Robinson held a similar front office position with the Milwaukee Bucks. 

Robison attended Princeton University where he was one of the top basketball players in Ivy League history and was a two-time Conference Player of the Year. He later earned an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. The led to private sector executive roles for Continental Bank, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Loop Capital Markets. He left banking to pursue his passion for coaching and accepted an assistant coach position at Northwestern. Robison went on to spend 8 years as a Division I men's basketball head coach for Brown (2 years) followed by Oregon State (6 years). During this time, he was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by basketball-u-.com. At Oregon State, he led the Beavers to four postseason appearances.