"M" Club Hall of Fame - J Robinson - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Mar 1

Men's Golf

vs Colleton River Collegiate

Mar 1

10:00 AM

Women's Swimming & Diving

at Last Chance Meet

Mar 1

1:00 PM

Women's Basketball

at Illinois

J Robinson
Wrestling - 1986-2016
Hall of Fame Class of 2012

After taking over the Gopher wrestling program in 1986, Robinson's teams claimed the first three national championships in Minnesota history (2001, 2002, 2007) while the three-time national coach of the year helped develop 57 All-Americans, 13 individual national champions, six Big Ten team titles and 29 individual Big Ten champions.

All told, Robinson's wrestlers amassed a total of 109 All-America honors, including a NCAA record 10 All-Americans during the national championship run in 2001. His .743 winning percentage is a program record, and his 388 dual meet victories stand as the second best mark in Minnesota wrestling history -- just five wins away from overcoming Wally Johnson for the all-time win record.

Robinson's efforts did not gone unnoticed by his peers in the wrestling community. In June of 2005, Robinson earned the ultimate honor as he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Stillwater, Okla. He was named the 1998, 2001, and 2012 Dan Gable Coach of the Year by Wrestling Insider News (WIN) Magazine and earned the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Coach of the Year award in 2001 and 2012. Robinson also has earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors seven times in his career, more than any other coach in the conference's history. At the 2002 National Duals in Columbus, Ohio, he was awarded the 2001 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year award for his work and support of wrestling at all levels.