Rob Ehsan

{{Short description|American college basketball coach (born 1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

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| name = Rob Ehsan

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| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = UIC

| current_conference = MVC

| current_record = {{winpct|17|14|record=y}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|3}}

| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 2001–2005

| player_team1 = UC Davis

| coach_years1 = 2005–2007

| coach_team1 = Maryland (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2007–2011

| coach_team2 = Maryland (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2011–2012

| coach_team3 = Virginia Tech (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 2012–2016

| coach_team4 = UAB (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 2016–2020

| coach_team5 = UAB

| coach_years6 = 2021–2024

| coach_team6 = Stanford (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 2024–present

| coach_team7 = UIC

| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|93|71|record=y}}

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| tournament_record = 0–1 (CBI)

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Robert Hassan Ehsan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|s|ɑː|n}} {{respell|EE|sahn}};{{cite news|title=Rob Ehsan Named UIC Men’s Basketball Head Coach |url=https://uicflames.com/news/2024/4/1/mens-basketball-rob-ehsan-named-uic-mens-basketball-head-coach.aspx |accessdate= April 1, 2024 |work=UIC Athletics }} born May 3, 1982) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the UIC Flames. From 2016–2020, he was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).{{cite news|title=UAB tabs Robert Ehsan to be next head basketball coach|url=https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/04/rob_ehsan_uab.html|accessdate=October 11, 2016|work=The Huntsville Times|date=April 5, 2016|last=Champlin|first=Drew}}

A native of Sacramento, California, Ehsan was a four-year player at UC Davis. He was a team captain as a senior in 2005.{{cite web|title=Robert Ehsan Bio|url=https://uabsports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1257&path=mbball|website=UAB Blazers|accessdate=October 11, 2016}} Ehsan served as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland from 2008 to 2011. When Gary Williams resigned, Ehsan was named interim head coach. He spent a season as an assistant at Virginia Tech before becoming an assistant coach at UAB in 2012.

Ehsan was hired as UAB head coach on April 4, 2016, replacing Jerod Haase. Ehsan took over a team that went 26–7 the year before and lost one senior, Robert Brown. "We strongly believe Rob has the experience and background to build on the already strong foundation he helped establish and take Blazer Basketball to new levels of success," said UAB athletics director Mark Ingram.

Ehsan was fired on March 13, 2020, after compiling a record of 76–57.{{cite news |last1=Chambers |first1=Christina |title=Rob Ehsan out as UAB Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://www.wbrc.com/2020/03/13/rob-ehsan-out-uab-mens-basketball-coach/ |accessdate=March 14, 2020 |work=WBRC |date=March 13, 2020}}

On April 27, 2021, Ehsan joined Haase at Stanford University as an assistant coach.{{cite news|title=Ehsan Joins Men's Basketball Staff |url=https://gostanford.com/news/2021/4/27/mens-basketball-ehsan-joins-mens-basketball-staff.aspx |accessdate= May 8, 2021 |work=Stanford Athletics }}

On April 1, 2024, Eshan was named the head coach at UIC.