Miles Robinson, Jr. is in the first season of his second stint on the coaching staff at Tuskegee University, following stretches at UCLA and Miles over the past decade.
Robinson coached the tight end and h-back positions for Miles on two separate occasions, along with a season for the Atlanta Legends AAF (AAF) team in between, serving in the Offensive Quality Control role along with working with the receivers and quarterbacks.
He is no stranger to the Golden Tiger family, playing for Tuskegee from 2007-2011 and then coached at his alma mater for the next six seasons, serving as graduate assistant before tight ends coach for the final five years with the program.
Prior to his time spent at Miles and the AAF, Robinson served in the scouting and operation assistant roles in the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, along with serving under both Chip Kelly and Jim Mora at UCLA as the Assistant Director of Player Development, as well as Football Operations in 2017.
Before his stint at UCLA, Robinson spent five years on the staff at Tuskegee, the last four as tight ends coach for the Golden Tigers. He helped coach two players to All-SIAC honors during his tenure.
Robinson coached Leo Gilbert to a First Team All-SIAC nod in 2016, after finishing third on the team with 20 receptions for 394 yards and five scores on the season, helping The Golden Tigers go on to a 9-3 record and Division II Playoff berth.
In 2015, Gilbert finished fourth on the team in receptions with 11 for 201 yards. The junior averaged 18.27 yards per reception and led the team with six touchdown receptions. TU finished the year averaging 28.5 points per game, while piling up 321.8 yards per game on offense that included 158.6 yards per game on the ground.
The team finished with 88 first downs passing and finished the year averaging 163.15 yards per game through the air. They also finished the season by averaging 321.8 yards of total offense on 757 plays __ 25 yards more than their opponents on 105 less plays.
Robinson was instrumental in coaching a position that helped the Golden Tigers finish as one of the most prolific offenses in the conference during the 2014 season. Tuskegee led the conference in scoring by averaging 34.8 points per game which was seven points higher than the next closest team in Stillman (27.9 ppg). They also finished top in the conference in total offense (385.8 ypg), pass efficiency (143.6), first downs per game (19.0) and third down efficiency (41.7%). The team also finished in the top three in the conference in passing offense (212.6 ypg).
The Golden Tigers also finished 36th nationally in team passing efficiency (143.49). Tight end Tahj Dent earned All-Conference honors for the Golden Tigers at tight end, one of four players along the offensive front to earn first team honors.
Robinson was initially hired as the tight ends coach after serving as a student-assistant coach for the 2012 season.
Robinson is a graduate of both Booker T. Washington High School and Tuskegee University, and is a second-generation Golden Tiger, as both his parents graduated from the Pride of the Swift Growing South.
He is 2006 graduate of Booker T., where he earned All-Region honors and Super Senior #10 linebacker in Class 5A during his final year as a prep athlete. He also lettered four years in the varsity basketball, was a state champion in the shot put for track and field and finished as a runner-up in the discus.
After his prep career, Robinson was a two-sport athlete at Tuskegee, playing in several games as a freshman in football before taking a two-year leave of absence in 2007. He returned in 2009 and earned team captain for three seasons (2009-2011). He played both first and third for the Tuskegee baseball team before leaving after his freshman season.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and is married to the former Dinah Wimbish of Tuskegee.
