Daniyal Robinson

Robinson was born on April 28, 1976, is a native of Rock Island, Illinois,{{cite news |last1=Doxsie |first1=Don |title=Former Rock shocked by Loyola success |url=https://qconline.com/sports/college_sports/former-rock-shocked-by-loyola-success/article_b1a8b881-593c-554f-9a15-d7b49c0b615f.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Dispatch Argus |date=28 March 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Doxsie |first1=Don |title=Rock Island's Robinson happy to be staying in Ames |url=https://qctimes.com/sports/college/basketball/men/rock-islands-robinson-happy-to-be-staying-in-ames/article_e5ec6e11-e231-523f-b77a-d9dd765b1383.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Quad City Times |date=4 April 2021}} and played basketball at Rock Island High School.{{cite news |last1=Meenan |first1=Jim |title=Former Rocky players recall 'priceless' memories of Reid |url=https://qctimes.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/former-rocky-players-recall-priceless-memories-of-reid/article_e1f09472-9f82-5b28-bc2c-b6daf49cd47a.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Quad City Times |date=20 November 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Nessler |first1=Marc |title=Rocky alumni game was a trip down memory lane |url=https://qconline.com/sports/high_school_sports/rocky-alumni-game-was-a-trip-down-memory-lane/article_8961cccd-2a6c-5d72-aa2b-be7c92cc8a26.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Dispatch Argus |date=30 June 2009}} Robinson then attended Indian Hills Community College for two years,{{cite news |title=Iowa State basketball sets official visit with guard Anthony Black |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/bbmen-recruiting/2021/05/22/iowa-state-sets-june-visit-4-star-guard-anthony-black-texas-oklahoma-state-cyclones-basketball/5229164001/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=22 May 2021}} where he continued his basketball career,{{cite news |title=College basketball Tuesday schedule |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ottumwa-courier-jan-09-1996-p-11/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Ottumwa Courier |date=9 January 1996}}{{cite news |title=Indian Hills sophomores face game to remember |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ottumwa-courier-feb-24-1996-p-25/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Ottumwa Courier |date=25 February 1996}} and subsequently played for the Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team from 1996 to 1998.{{cite news |last1=Schulte |first1=Troy |url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/mar/19/ex-trojan-serves-as-eye-for-cyclones-20/ |title=Ex-Trojan serves as eye for Cyclones |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=19 March 2016}}{{cite news |title=Daniyal Robinson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/daniyal-robinson-1.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |agency=Sports Reference}}{{cite news |last1=Wolff |first1=Chris |title=ISU assistant to face his alma mater Little Rock |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/isu-assistant-to-face-his-alma-mater-little-rock/article_f4f30f42-ed4b-11e5-8943-b30ad1e9a451.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=16 March 2016}} A forward, Robinson averaged 4.2 points and 3.8 rebounds in two seasons with Little Rock.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/daniyal-robinson-1.html|title=Daniyal Robinson|publisher=Sports Reference CBB|accessdate=December 15, 2023}}

Robinson remained on the UA–LR staff as an administrative assistant to head coach Porter Moser.{{cite news |title=College Basketball: No. 11 Cyclones travel to Oklahoma for Big 12 road battle |url=https://northiowatoday.com/2022/01/07/college-basketball-no-11-cyclones-travel-to-oklahoma-for-big-12-road-battle/|access-date=6 April 2022 |work=North Iowa Today |date=7 January 2022}} In 2003, Robinson joined the coaching staff of the Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team under Moser.{{cite news |title=College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/232389678/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 April 2003}} Moser and three of his assistant coaches, including Robinson, were terminated in March 2007.{{cite news |title=Moser fired by Illinois State |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2788311 |access-date=6 April 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=5 March 2007}} [https://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2788311 Alternate URL]{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Jan |title=Moser fired as Illinois State basketball coach |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/article_2f4ec4b4-363d-5e06-9627-17fbf60d4212.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Times of Northwest Indiana |date=March 2007}} During the 2007–2008 season, Robinson was an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Arkansas–Little Rock.{{cite news |last1=Benson |first=Jim |url=https://pantagraph.com/article_c1df5607-5cb7-57fd-b008-084ee5063b2b.html |title=Moser a possible candidate at Texas A&M Corpus–Christie|access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Pantagraph |date=19 April 2007}} Robinson became an assistant coach for the Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team starting in the 2008–2009 season.{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Eric |title=Rocky grad Robinson right at home at ISU |url=https://qctimes.com/sports/college/rocky-grad-robinson-right-at-home-at-isu/article_408d9994-1f41-578d-967a-2de2ae563753.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Quad City Times |date=13 May 2008}} From the 2010–2011 season, Robinson was an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars men's basketball program.{{cite news |title=Daniyal Robinson to Join Men's Basketball Staff |url=https://uhcougars.com/news/2010/4/10/Daniyal_Robinson_to_Join_Men_s_Basketball_Staff |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=University of Houston |date=10 April 2010}}{{cite news |title=Ex-assistant on move|url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/2010/04/12/sports-briefs/42527158007/|access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Peoria Journal-Star |date=12 April 2010}}{{cite news |last1=Gottlieb |first1=Doug |title=On turmoil, rumors and coaching buzz |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/ncbexperts/insider/post/_/id/272 |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=ESPN.com |date=12 April 2010 |quote=With all of that going on, McDermott has moved Jeff Rutter to director of basketball operations from an assistant coaching position and lost head recruiter Daniyal Robinson to the same position at Houston.}} In 2013, Robinson moved to the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, again working under Moser.{{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=Scott |title=Loyola's Moser loses entire coaching staff |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/colleges/post/_/id/9532/loyolas-moser-loses-entire-coaching-staff |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=ESPN.com |date=17 June 2013}} Before the 2014–15 season began, Robinson was elevated to associate head coach.{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Jack |title=Loyola picked to finish 10th in MVC preseason poll |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/chi-loyola-mvc-preseason-poll-20141028-story.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Capital Gazette |date=28 October 2014}} Robinson returned to Iowa State to work on head coach Steve Prohm's staff in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Cuellar |first1=Chris |title=Analysts: Iowa State staff boasts strong ties in South, Midwest |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/bbmen-recruiting/2015/06/24/iowa-state-cyclones-mens-basketball-recruiting-regional-steve-prohm/29209551/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=24 June 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Manderfield |first1=Luke |title=Otzelberger becomes Prohm's highest paid assistant coach |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/otzelberger-becomes-prohms-highest-paid-assistant-coach/article_3a05d1ee-202b-11e5-a003-77a2ce5b984c.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=1 July 2015}} When T. J. Otzelberger became head coach in 2021, Robinson was retained as an assistant coach.{{cite news |last1=Belinson |first1=Matt |title=Otzelberger retaining Robinson and Byars as part of new coaching staff |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/otzelberger-retaining-robinson-and-byars-as-part-of-new-coaching-staff-tj-otzelberger-coaching-staff-hired-daniyal-robinson-micah-byars-sports/article_106ffcd4-8bea-11eb-a2c1-0b76897bcf70.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=23 March 2021}}

In April 2022, Robinson was hired as head coach of the Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball program.{{cite news |title=Cleveland State Vikings hire Iowa State Cyclones assistant Daniyal Robinson as men's basketball coach |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33678636/cleveland-state-vikings-hires-iowa-state-cyclones-assistant-robinson-men-basketball-coach |access-date=6 April 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=5 April 2022}} [http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=ncb&id=33678620 Alternate] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/cleveland-state-hires-iowa-state-assistant-robinson-as-coach/2022/04/05/2daf24fe-b52f-11ec-8358-20aa16355fb4_story.html URLs]{{cite news |last1=Bain |first1=Matthew |title=Iowa State assistant coach Daniyal Robinson to become head coach at Cleveland State |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/basketball-mens/2022/04/05/daniyal-robinson-basketball-iowa-state-assistant-coach-hired-cleveland-state/9476339002/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=5 April 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Pluto |first1=Terry |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2022/04/cleveland-state-to-name-iowa-state-assistant-daniyal-robinson-as-head-coach-terry-pluto.html |title=Cleveland State to name Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as head coach |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=5 April 2022}}

During his first stint at Iowa State with head coach Greg McDermott, Robinson was responsible for recruiting players from Chicago and junior colleges. He continued recruiting from those areas in his second stint with Iowa State.{{cite news |last1=Marner |first1=Aaron |title=Cyclones' 2018 class set to take Big 12 by storm |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/cyclones-2018-class-set-to-take-big-12-by-storm/article_fdc66810-312f-11e8-91ad-e7af2694343c.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=26 March 2018}}{{cite news |title=Iowa St's Prohm announces coaching staff, keeps Otzelberger |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story?id=13130224 |access-date=6 April 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN.com |date=22 June 2015 |quote=Daniyal Robinson, a former Iowa State and Loyola (Chicago) assistant, will use his Midwest and junior college ties to help the Cyclones maintain their recent efforts recruiting in those areas.}} Robinson became known for his recruiting ability.{{cite news |title=In Chicago, basketball experts say there is a real shot in... |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/bbmen-recruiting/2018/02/19/iowa-state-basketball-recruiting-chicago-pipeline-talen-horton-tucker/352358002/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=19 February 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Bain |first1=Matthew |title=Sit-down with Daniyal Robinson: Cyclones assistant coach talks 2019 recruiting, pipeline development |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/bbmen-recruiting/2018/12/03/sit-down-daniyal-robinson-cyclones-pipeline-xavier-foster-marcedus-leech-tre-jackson-luke-anderson/2143933002/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=3 December 2018}} Following the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Jacob Blake, all in 2020, Robinson contacted fellow coaches across the Big 12 Conference. He and the Iowa State coaching staff began discussing several topics with Cyclones' men's basketball players over Zoom, including protests, demonstrations, and unrest that began as a result of these deaths. Following these discussions, the Big 12 Black Assistant Coaches Alliance was established.{{cite news |last1=Belinson |first1=Matt |title='Bigger than just a moment': The people behind BACA, working to better student athletes |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/bigger-than-just-a-moment-the-people-behind-baca-working-to-better-student-athletes-daniyal-robinson-big-12-black-assistant-coaches-alliance-baca-group-big-12-micah-byars-william-small-iowa-state-mens-basketball-cyclones-sports-steve-prohm-voting-finances-black-history-month-story-feature/article_a51e28fa-7471-11eb-8aea-039bd168f9b6.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Iowa State Daily |date=21 February 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Medcalf |first1=Myron |title=Big 12 Black assistant coaches form alliance focused on education, support |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30203307/big-12-black-assistant-coaches-form-alliance-focused-education-support |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=ESPN.com |date=27 October 2020}}

Dainyal Robinson's older brother David also played basketball for Rock Island High School, at Indian Hills, then later for the Quad City Thunder.{{cite news |title=Mickeal from page 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/340495707/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=The Dispatch |date=16 February 1997}} Dainyal Robinson married Kim in 2003.{{cite news |last1=Pluto |first1=Terry |title=New Cleveland State hoops coach Daniyal Robinson came up the hard way – Terry Pluto |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2022/04/new-cleveland-state-hoops-coach-daniyal-robinson-came-up-the-hard-way-terry-pluto.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Cleveland Plain Dealer |url-access=subscription}} The couple raised three children.{{cite news |title=Devyn Robinson, Iowa State basketball coach's daughter departed basketball path and found new sport |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/11/06/how-centennials-devyn-robinson-departed-basketball-path-and-found-new-sport/828174001/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Des Moines Register |date=6 November 2017}}{{cite news |last=Punzel |first1=Dennis |title=Badgers volleyball team thrilled Devyn Robinson changed sports |url=https://madison.com/sports/college/volleyball/badgers-volleyball-team-thrilled-devyn-robinson-changed-sports/article_3b8378b8-1d72-5ace-b9e8-e7a8b26d8851.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=21 February 2021}}

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• [https://lrtrojans.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/daniyal-robinson/170 Little Rock Trojans profile]
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• [https://cyclones.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/daniyal-robinson/1726 Iowa State Cyclones profile]
• [https://www.csuvikings.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/Daniyal_Robinson Cleveland State Vikings profile]

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